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SECOND EDITION 

HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

NEW YORK 

AND 

ITS OLD FAMILIES 

(From 1678 to 1820) 
Including the Huguenot Pioneers and Others who 

SETTLED in NeW PALTZ PREVIOUS TO 

THE Revolution 

With an Appendix bringing down the history of certain families 
and some other matter to 1850 



By RALPH LE FEVRE 

President New Paltz Huguenot, Patriotic, Historical and Monumental 

Society; Corresponding Member Huguenot Society of America; 

Corresponding Member New York Genealogical and 

Biographical Society; Forty years Editor of 

New Paltz Independent 



I LLUSTRATED 



FORT ORANGE PRESS 

Brandow Printing Company, Albany, N. Y 

1909 



Copyright, 1909 
By Ralph Le Fevre 



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Estiii:r -M. Omvrr 
JVifc of the aulhor, to -.vlwin this book is dedicated in recog- 
nition of the active aid and encouraf/eiiienf, zeithout 
which the icork would not hai'e been un- 
dertake)] or carried through. 



PREFACE 

IT is natural for the people of any country or community 
to feel an interest in the history of their ancestors. 
Even the most savage nations have carefully cherished tra- 
ditions of the deeds and prowess of their forefathers. 

To every man the honorable fame of his progenitors is 
an incentive to emulate their noble deeds. 

In the early settlement of New Paltz and its history for 
nearly a century afterwards there is such a touch of ro- 
mance, such a blending of the stern realities of frontier 
life with the harmony of the poet's golden age, such noble 
examples of devotion to the cause of religious liberty, such 
brotherly kindness toward each other as exiles for a com- 
mon cause, that the example should not be lost to posterity. 

Our old men are falling around us. The traditions which 
thev cherished are perishing with them. What is to be 
saved from oblivion must be saved now — in this generation. 

With these feelings we have undertaken the task of gath- 
ering up the scattered links of history and joining them in 
a chain that should stretch down from the days of the 
Patentees. 

In writing the history of New Paltz it is not to be ex- 
pected that the record of all its early settlers can be carried 
back of the time when our ancestors fled from France. 
Louis XIV was not satisfied with driving his Protestant 
subjects out of the country and confiscating their lands and 
goods. — Their very names were suppressed from baptismal 
and genealogical records. Weiss' History of the French 



IV 



PREF AC E 



Protestant Refugees saye : "' Under certain plausible pre- 
texts Louis XIV compelled the consistories of the Reformed 
churches to surrender their title papers and their registers 
of baptism, marriages and burials. These important docu- 
ments were suppressed, and thus a great number of noble 
families found themselves deprived of all legal means of 
proving their origin." 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Chapter I 

PAGE 

Events preceding the settlement i 

All probably lived at Hurley 19 

Chapter II 

More land wanted 21 

Deed of gift to Jean Cottin '. 22 

"The French schoolmasters at New Paltz 25 

^Houses built by Patentees 28 

^Dressmaking in the old days 32 

The first sales of land 2,^^ 

Chapter III 

The French records of New Paltz church 37 

Chapter IV 

The blending of French and Dutch at New Paltz 44 

Chapter V 

' Collection of old papers 49 

Patentees' trunk 53 

Chapter VI 

The spelling of various family names 55 

Chapter VII 

Moving out and moving in 58 

Dutch language superseding the French 59 

Territory formerly part of the town, but not within the Paltz 

Patent 60 

The first public highway 62 

Disputes in regard to the boundaries of the Patent 63 

Chapter VIII 

A pure Democracy 66 

Land worked in common 69 

The government of the Dusine 69 



vi CONTE N T S 

Chapter IX 

PAGE 

The Indians and hunting stories 78 

Stolen by the Indians 82 

Some hunting stories 83 

Wild pigeons and larger game 86 

Desperate fight with a bear 87 

Chapter X 

Property holders at New Paltz in early days 89 

Taxpayers in 1712 89 

The building of the first stone church 91 

Freeholders in 1728 92 

New Paltz taxpayers in 1728 92 

List of slave holders in 1755 93 

Value of the Precinct of New Paltz in 1765 93 

Chapter XI 

The contract of 1744 103 

Civil government 107 

Neighborhoods annexed to New Paltz 107 

Payments of rents and taxes 108 

Tax receipt 108 

Chapter XII 

A short historical memorandum no 

Matters submitted to voters 112 

Chapter XIII 

The first manufacturing industry in Southern Ulster 115 

Soldiers in the Colonial period 116 

Coats of arms in Huguenot families at New Paltz 119 

Chapter XIV 

Tories in the Revolution 122 

Old frame houses 124 

A famous old oak 125 

How they crossed the Wallkill 127 

The Springtown merchant of 1800 129 

Washington Irving and Martin Van Buren 130 

Regimental training J3j 

Amusements in the olden times 132 



CONTENTS vii 

Chapter XV ^^^^ 

The New Paltz church ^34 

The two French pastors ^^7 

The first stone church ^39 

Rev. Johannes Van Driessen Hi 

Rev. Barent Vrooman ^44 

Baptizing the children at Kingston I45 

Connection between Church and State 146 

Rev. Johannes Mauritius Goetschius I47 

The Conferentia church 148 

The second stone church ^52 

Rev. John H. Meyer ^56 

Rev. Peter D. Freligh ^57 

Rev. WilHam R. Bogardus ^57 

Rev. Douw Van Olinda ^SS 

Chapter XVI 

Old count}^ records at Kingston 100 

Could not build the church by tax 164 

Wills of early New Paltz people 164 

Other valuable papers ^°5 

Chapter XVII 
Articles of Association i"7 

Chapter XVIII 

New Paltz in the Revolution • i/i 

First Ulster County Regiment ^7^ 

Second Ulster County Regiment ^73 

Third Ulster County Regiment ^73 

Fourth Ulster County Regiment ^74 

Chapter XIX 

Guarding the Frontier from Tories and Indians 178 

Colonel Cantine's letters to General Clinton U9 

Money promised v/hen he was appointed at New Paltz 180 

Murdered by Indians ^81 

• Escaped from Indian captivity 181 

Paying his men ^'^- 

Cowardly behavior of Orange County Militia 182 

Two hundred Indians reported— man shot 183 

Time of some of Col. Jonathan Hasbrouck's men expired 183 



viii CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Gen. Clinton replies 183 

Plundered by the Militia 184 

Indian villages destroyed 188 

Still another attack on Wawarsing 188 

Capt. Abrain Deyo's men 188 

Chapter XX 

History of farming at New Paltz 190 

The poor soil of Kettleborough 194 

Clover and plaster the first commercial fertilizers 194 

Ancient names of clearings on the Wallkil! 194 

Racing horses 196 

Depression among the farmers 196 

The implements used by our Forefathers 197 

The New Paltz turnpike 197 

Chapter XXI 

New Paltz village and town in 1820 199 

Springtown in 1820 203 

Houses north of our village in 1820 204 

Bontecoe in 1820 206 

Libertyville in 1820 208 

Ohioville in 1820 208 

Houses south of our village in 1820 209 

Butterville in 1820 212 

Plutarch in 1820 215 

Industries in this town in 1820 215 

Teachers about 1820 and earlier 216 

Alexander Doag 217 

Gilbert C. Rice 218 

Miss Ransome 218 

Chapter XXII 

The family of Louis Bevier the Patentee 223 

Jean Bevier 227 

Abraham Bevier 229 

Samuel Bevier 230 

Louis Bevier 230 

Genealogy of the Bevier family 2^2 

Chapter XXIII 

The Deyo family at New Paltz 253 

Pierre the Patentee 256 



C O N T E N T S ix 

PAGE 

Christian, son of Pierre the Patentee 250 

Jacobus Deyo 260 

Abraham Deyo, son of Pierre the Patentee 261 

Capt. Abraham Deyo 264 

Soldiers in Capt. Abm. Deyo's Company 264 

Daniel Deyo 266 

Simeon Deyo 269 

Jonathan Deyo 270 

Philip Deyo 271 

The family of Hendricus, son of Pierre the Patentee 2/2 

Chapter XXIV 

The DuBois family at New Paltz 280 

Chapter XXV 

Abraham DuBois, the Patentee 293 

Chapter XXVI 

The family of Isaac DuBois, one of the New Paltz Patentees 293 

Daniel, son of Isaac 294 

Simon DuBois 299 

Andries DuBois 302 

Joseph DuBois 302 

Benjamin DuBois 303 

Chapter XXVII 

Solomon DuBois, son of Louis the Patentee 305 

Hendricus DuBois 312 

Chapter XXVIII 

Louis DuBois. Jun., son of Louis the Patentee 314 

Louis, son of Louis Jun 317 

Jonathan, son of Louis, Jun 318 

Nathaniel, son of Louis, Jun 322 

Chapter XXIX 

Military service of Col. Lewis DuBois -325 

Chapter XXX 

The Freer family at New Paltz 349 

Hugo Senior, son of Hugo the Patentee 352 

Isaac, son of Hugo Senior 360 



X CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Jonas, son of Hugo Senior 361 

Abraham, son of Hugo the Patentee 363 

Jacob, son of Hugo the Patentee 364 

Jean, son of Hugo the Patentee 365 

Chapter XXXI 

Abraham Hasbrouck, the Patentee 368 

Daniel, son of Abraham the Patentee 370 

Solomon, son of Abraham the Patentee 372 

Joseph, son of Abraham the Patentee 375 

Col. Abraham, son of Joseph 382 

Isaac, son of Joseph and grandson of Abraham the Patentee 386 

Jacob A., son of Joseph of Guilford 387 

Benjamin, son of Joseph and grandson of Abraham the Patentee. . 389 

Col. Jonathan, son of Joseph 390 

Rachel Hasbrouck's ride from Newburgh to Guilford 393 

Benjamin, son of Abraham the Patentee 394 

Chapter XXXII 

The family of Jean Hasbrouck the Patentee 397 

The Stone Ridge Hasbroucks 402 

Chapter XXXIII 

The LeFevre family in America 407 

The LeFevre family in New Paltz 409 

The homestead on the plains 418 

The Kettleborough LeFevres 422 

The LeFevre family at Bontecoe 432 

The Bloomingdale LeFevres 448 

Chapter XXXIV 

The Auchmoody family 451 

Chapter XXXV 

The Budd family 453 

Chapter XXXVI 

The Hardenbergh family 455 

Col. Johannes Hardenbergh of Rosendale 460 

Chapter XXXVII 

The Wur ts family ' 464 



CONTENTS xi 

Chapter XXXVIII 

PAGE 

Old Dutch families at New Paltz and vicinity 467 

Chapter XXXIX 
The Low family at New Paltz 468 



Chapter XL 
The Klaarwater (Clearwater) family 470 

Chapter XLI 
The Ean family 474 

Chapter XLII 
The Van Wagenen family at New Paltz 479 

Chapter XLIII 

The Elting family in New Paltz 481 

Roelif, the first Elting in New Paltz 483 

Roelif Elting's children 484 

Josias Elting and his descendants 486 

The Elting homestead 487 

The Hurley Eltings 497 

Chapter XLIV 
Families living in the congregation but not in the Precinct of 

New Paltz 499 

The Schoonmaker family in Gardiner 499 

The Ronk family 500 

The Relyea family 502 

The Smith family at Swartekill 503 

Chapter XLV 
Genealogy of the French settlers of New Paltz to the third 

generation 505 



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ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 

Ralph LeFevre Frontispiece 

Mrs. Ralph LeFevre 3 

Original deed from the Indians 16-17 

Deed of gift to Jean Cottin 24 

Agreement to learn dressmaking trade 32 

Deed from Anthony Crispell to Hugo Freer 35 

Tax Hst of 1712 90 

A famous old oak 125 

Old paper with signature of Rev. Pierre Daille 137 

The first stone church .' . 130 

The second stone church 152 

Sky Top 220 

The Louis Bevier house at Marbletown 231 

The ancient document with signature of Pierre Deyo 258 

The Deyo house at New Paltz 262 

The house of Daniel Deyo at Ireland Corners 267 

House of Hendricus Deyo at Bontecoe 272 

Tombstone of Margerite Van Bummel, wife of Hendricus Deyo.. 274 

Receipts with signatures of Louis DuBois, the Patentee 285 

Document with signature of Abraham DuBois, the Patentee 288 

Tombstone of Abraham DuBois, the Patentee 292 

The old DuBois house or fort in this village 295 

Tombstone of Daniel DuBois in graveyard in this village 298 

Rev. Dr. Anson DuBois 308 

House of Capt. Louis J. DuBois 320 

House of Col. Lewis DuBois at Marlborough 324 

—The old Freer house in our village 348 

Letter from Jean Giron to Hugo Freer, Senior, and wife 355 

The Abraham Hasbrouck house in our village 367 

Tombstone of Joseph Hasbrouck in the old graveyard in this village. 376 

The Jean Hasbrouck house, now the Memorial House 396 

LeFevre tombstone in old burying ground in this village 416 

The house of Abraham LeFevre, one of the first settlers at Kettle- 
borough 429 

House built by Maj. Isaac LeFevre at Bontecoe 436 

Scene on the Wallkill at Bontecoe 439 



xiv ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

The house of Daniel LeFevre, great-grandfather of the author... 444 

House of Col. Abraham J. Hardenbergh at Guilford 459 

Ancient map of the Patent 462 

Ruins of the Ean house at Bontecoe 475 

The Eltinge homestead, originally the Bevier house 488 

The oldest brick house in the town 495 

Louis Bevier of Marbletown 506 



w 



History of New Paltz 

CHAPTER I 

Events Preceding the Settlement 

ITH modesty, yet with confidence, we make the claim 
that the early history of no other portion of our land 
can excel in interest that of New Paltz. With the excep- 
tion of Kingston no other place in this part of the country 
was settled at so early a date. The New Paltz church w^as 
organized exactly forty years before the first church was 
erected in Poughkeepsie. Col. Jonathan Hasbrouck, grand- 
son of one of the early settlers of New Paltz, built Wash- 
ington's Headquarters at Newburgh. Col. Lewis DuBois, 
a great-grandson of one of the early settlers at New Paltz, 
built what was doubtless the first house at Marlborough, 
on the river front. Two other New Paltz men, John and 
Abram Bevier, were the first settlers in the town of Wa- 
warsing. 

Peter Guimar, of Moir, in Santaigne, who was one of the 
pioneers of Orange county and one of the seven men who 
made a settlement in 1690 at w^hat is now Cuddebackville, 
at the stone fort, which was for half a century an outpost 
of civilization, married Esther, daughter of Jean Hasbrouck, 
one of the New Paltz patentees. 

But it is not only because New Paltz was the cradle of 
surrounding settlements, nor only on account of its an- 
tiquity, that we claim for New Paltz the most interesting 
place in the history of the early settlements. It is not be- 
cause the New Paltz patentees purchased the lands of the 
Indians before William Penn had performed a like gracious 



2 HISTORY OF N E JV P ALT Z 

deed, with like peaceful results, in P^eniisylvania ; it is not 
because New Paltz was one of the few Huguenot settle- 
ments in this country, and perhaps the only one in which, 
the stock of original settlers was not speedily overwhelmed 
in a flood of new-comers from other European nationalities ; 
nor yet is it because the little community existed for half 
a century to some extent as a miniature republic — must we 
say aristocracy? — in which the Dusine exercised judicial 
and legislative powers, and the church owned no higher 
authority than its own membership. No ; it is for none of 
these facts, though rendering the history of New Paltz so 
unique and peculiar, that we claim for it the most interesting 
place in the narrative of early settlements. But it is for 
one other circumstance, coming down to our own day ; it 
is because at New Paltz, as in no other place in our country, 
the homesteads have been handed down in the family ever 
since the first settlement. In the house in which I was 
born and of which I am at the present time the owner, 
my father lived before me, my grandfather spent his days 
there, my great-grandfather dwelt there. A few^ rods ofif 
m}^ great-great-grandfather's house was built. In the old 
street in our village the Deyo house, the DuBois house and 
the houses of the two Hasbrouck brothers came down in the 
same family for nearly two hundred years. 

While New Paltz was, to a great extent, the cradle of sur- 
rounding towns, the Huguenots kept their grip on their own 
old homesteads, and their conservatism we consider a more 
remarkable point, by far, than the early date of the settlement. 
In church matters this point in their character is still more 
noticeable, and whether the settlement at New Paltz is acknowl- 
edged to be the most interesting of any in the country or not, 
there can scarcelv be a doubt that this claim will be conceded 



HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 3 

in regard to the Reformed Church in our village. Over 200 
years ago our church organized. By the grace of God it has 
grown and flourished from that time until the present day. 
For fiftv years of its history the records, still in existence, were 
kept to a great extent in French ; for seventy years longer 
in the Holland tongue, and afterwards in English. But, now 
that we have stated what there is peculiar in the early history 
of New Paltz, we must go back to show the causes that led up 
to that settlement. 

Two hundred and thirty years have passed since the first 
settlers reared their humble homes in New Paltz. Of the his- 
tory previous to that time we know but little. We only know 
that they left their native land, on account of religious perse- 
cution, and after a residence of a short period in that portion of 
Germany, known as the Paltz, or Palatinate, came to the New 
World, from 1660 to 1675. The history of the French Hugue- 
nots, in their own country for a century preceding, had been 
a historv of blood. The Reformation had not been slow to 
take deep root, and among the names of French, reformers is 
that of sturdy John Calvin, whose fame has spread wherever 
Protestantism has obtained a foothold; but while, partly 
from political causes, the reformation succeeded in England 
and in the north of Germany, in France it had to fight, 
almost from the first, against the power of the court, the 
priesthood and the prevailing popular sentiment. Never- 
theless the Huguenots numbered in their ranks many of the 
nobility and a great portion of the most intelligent people. 
Three civil wars had raged between the Catholics and the 
Protestants. 

The massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572, which was 
planned by Catharine De Medici, the wicked mother of 
Charles IX, the king, and was intended to destroy the 



4 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

Protestants at one blow, had but strengthened their hands. 
Although outnumbered, ten to one, by the Catholics, they 
had gallantly sustained themselves in arms, upheld, in part, 
by moral support from Germany, as well as more tahgible 
aid from Queen Elizabeth, of England. The death of 
Henr}^ III left the Protestant Henry, of Navarre, as the 
legal heir to the crown, but the Catholics were determined 
that no heretic should sit on the throne of France. For 
years Henry waged an unequal war for his inheritance, 
with a courage and a gallantry that made his name famous, 
but the odds were too great; he found himself forced to 
give up his religion or continue a hopeless contest. He 
chose the former alternative, declaring that " the crown was 
worth a mass." Shortly afterward, in 1598, he granted the 
celebrated Edict of Nantes, which secured to Protestants 
freedom of conscience and all political and religious rights. 
In 1610 Henry met his death at the hands of an assassin, 
and the Protestants being left without a protector their 
troubles again commenced. In 1628 Rochelle, which had 
been their stronghold and had been in their possession for 
seventy years, was taken, after a siege of fourteen months, 
during which so desperate a resistance was made that the 
population of the city was reduced, by war and famine, from 
30,000 to 5,000 souls. Notwithstanding that Rochelle was 
wrested from their grasp, wdiile Richelieu managed the 
realm, yet this was done rather as a political measure, be- 
cause Protestantism threatened to become a state within a 
state, than for the purpose of religious persecution. Riche- 
lieu Avas no bigot ; in the thirty-years' war he aided the 
Protestants and the Huguenots could not complain much 
of persecution during his administration or that of his suc- 
cessor, Mazarin. But from the time of Mazarin's death. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 5 

in 1661, when Louis XIV himself assumed the reins of 
authority, until the formal revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 
in 1685, which was the last act in a series of persecutions, 
the Protestants of France suffered greatly. Before the 
formal revocation of the Edict whole troops of dissolute 
soldiers were let loose upon them, and frightful barbarities 
followed. 

Half a million of subjects of the French king left their 
native country and fled to foreign lands. Borne on this 
wave of immigration and prizing liberty of conscience above 
everything else, the brave-hearted men, Mdio afterward set- 
tled New Paltz, fled across the frontier, and found an asylum 
in that part of Germany known as the Palatinate or Paltz — 
the name being borne now only by a castle on the Rhine. 
Here they could not long remain in peace, for the armies of 
their cruel monarch, in the wars which he almost constantly 
carried on with other European powers, repeatedly invaded 
and ravaged the Palatinate. In 1664 an army under Tu- 
renne, one of his generals, desolated that province without 
mercy, and it may be at this time some of our forefathers 
resolved to cross the Atlantic and escape from their merci- 
less foes. 

At this time the Huguenots were flying to different por- 
tions of the New A\^orld, as well as Europe, for protection. 
As early as 1625 several families settled in New York, then 
in possession of the Dutch, and were the first permanent 
settlers. Others were to be found in Virginia, Rhode Island, 
]\Iassachusetts, and especially in South Carolina, wdiere a 
large portion of the most honored names are of Huguenot 
origin. Scattered like leaves by the autumn blast, they 
were' tossed hither and thither, and it is probable that by 
1663 a score or more had found their way to Kingston — 



6 HISTORY OF N E JV P ALT Z 

called Esopus by the Dutch — then a flourishing village. 
We know that Louis DuBois, who was one of the first New 
Paltz immigrants, had been there two or three years at 
least before that time. In 1663 Kingston was burned by 
the Indians, and the wife and three children of Louis Du- 
Bois, the Walloon, as he was called, were among those 
carried away captive. 

This Louis DuBois, who became the leader of the settle- 
ment at New Paltz, was usually called Louis, the Walloon, 
the Walloons being the residents of that part of Flanders 
lying between the Scheldt and Lys. He was born in the 
hamlet of Wicres, near Lille, in the province of Artois, in 
French Flanders, October 2'j, 1626, and was the son of Chre- 
tien DuBois, whose farm is still pointed out. Louis moved 
to Manheim, on the Rhine, the capital of the Palatinate, 
or Paltz, a little principality, now incorporated in Baden, 
and there he married Catharine Blancon, the daughter of a 
burgher residing there, named Matthew Blangon, who was 
also a native of Artois. Manheim was, at that time, a refuge 
for the Protestants from the neighboring parts of France, 
and Baird, in his Huguenot Emigration, says: "The Le- 
Fevers, Hasbroucks, Crispells, etc., were associated with 
Louis DuBois at Manheim." 

Anthony Crispell was the first of the New Paltz patentees 
to come to America. He came in company with his father- 
in-law, Matthew Blanchan,'^ on the Gilded Otter .arriving at 
New York in June, 1660. Governor Stuyvesant gave Blan- 
chan a letter to Sergeant Romp, in Esopus, whither they at 
once proceeded. 

Louis DuBois, who was also a son-in-law of Blanchan, 
probably came over on the ship St. Jan Baptist, which 



* There is no uniformity in the early records in the spelling of French surnames and 
therefore none is attempted in this book. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 7 

landed August 6, 1661. Blanchan had sojourned in Eng- 
land before crossing the ocean, and probably his two sons- 
in-law, likewise. Blanchan, DuBois and Crispell all got 
land at Hurley. In 1661 Louis DuBois' third son, Jacob, 
was presented for baptism at the church at Kingston, as 
still shown by the church register, that being one of the 
earliest entries. 

In 1663, June 10, Hurley and part of Kingston were 
burned by the Indians, and the wife of Louis DuFjois and 
three children were among those carried away captive. 
Likewise the two children of Matthew Blanchan, Jr., and 
the wife and child of Anthony Crispell. 

Three months afterward an expedition under Captain 
Kregier, sent from New York, recovered the captives ; sur- 
prising the Indians at their fort near the Hogabergh, in 
Shawangunk. The story, which is dear to the Huguenot 
heart of New Paltz, is that when Captain Kregier and his 
■company, directed by an Indian, attacked the savages at 
their place of refuge near the Shawangunk Kill, they were 
about to burn one or more captives at the stake, and the 
women commenced singing the 137th Psalm, which so 
pleased the red men that they deferred the proposed death 
by torture, and in the meantime Captain Kregier's band, 
with Louis DuBois and others, arrived and rescued the cap- 
tives from a horrible death, Louis DuBois himself killing 
with his sword an Indian who was in advance of the rest 
before the alarm could be raised. Captain Kregier's report 
says nothing about this. However, we shall not give up 
the tradition as it contains nothing irreconcilable with the 
report of Captain Kregier. which deals mainly with the 
fighting done by his soldiers, while tradition would dwell 
more upon the condition of the captives. 



8 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

The tradition concerning the impending fate of the wife 
of Louis DuBois at the time of rescue is not credited by Mr. 
E. M. Ruttenber, the Orange county historian, who states 
his objections as follows : 

" The story was repudiated as a statement of fact, first, 
on the authority of Indian customs. We do not recall a 
single instance where a woman was burned at the stake by 
the Indians. They killed female prisoners on the march 
sometimes, when they were too feeble to keep up, but very 
rarely indeed after reaching camp. — Mrs. DuBois and her 
companions had been prisoners from Tune 19th to Septem- 
ber 5th, or nearly three months before they were rescued 
from captivity. During all that time they had been guarded 
carefully at the castle of the Indians, and held for ransom 
or exchange, to which end negotiations had been opened, 
the Indians asking especially the return of some of their 
chiefs who had been sent to Cura<;oa and sold as slaves by 
Governor Stuyvesant. 

Second : documentary evidence concerning the events 
of that period is entirely against the tradition. The writ- 
ten record is, that when the Dutch forces surprised the In- 
dians, the latter were busy in constructing a third angle to 
their fort for the purpose of strengthening it, instead of 
being engaged in preparations for burning prisoners, (See 
Kregier's Journal.) The prisoners were found alive and 
well, and no complaint is recorded of any ill treatment, not 
even that their heads had been shaved and painted, as had 
been customary. Every night, says the record, they were 
removed from the castle to the woods, lest the Dutch should 
recover them before negotiations for their release were con- 
summated. The entire drift of the record narrative is 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 9 

against even the probability of an intention to burn, much 
more so of preparation to do so." 

In answer to Air. Ruttenber's objections we will say, that 
it is probable that the Indians had heard of the presence of 
the Dutch soldiers at Kingston, but supposed they would 
tarry there longer before marching on their stronghold, 
and that being enraged at the failure of the negotiations 
for the exchange of their captives for their chiefs who were 
prisoners at Curagoa, they determined to burn them at the 
stake. 

Tradition states that during the advance for the rescue of 
the captives, an Indian, who was no doubt a scout and had 
fallen asleep, was killed by Louis DuBois with his sword 
near Libertyville, before the savage had opportunity to let 
fly his arrow. His death prevented the news of the ap- 
proach of the white men being given to their savage foes. 
The Indians at the fort were taken by surprise ; a squaw, 
named Basha, who had gone to the spring a short distance 
north of the fort for water, raised an alarm and Louis Du- 
Bois shot her with his gun and she fell in the spring, which 
still bears her name. The settler's dogs, which had accom- 
panied the party, rushed on and the cry " White men's dogs " 
was raised. The Indians in the ensuing fight lost their chief 
and twenty-one men killed and thirteen prisoners. Captain 
Kregier lost five men killed and six wounded. He recovered 
twenty-three women and children who had been captured 
by the Indians at Kingston and Hurley. The Indian fort 
was surrounded with palisades as thick as a man's body 
and fifteen feet high, but it was not yet completed. The 
surprise of the Indians was so complete that tradition states 
that Louis DuBois's wife started to run with the others 
at first, but was recalled bv the voice of her husband, 



lo HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

exclaiming in his excitement, " Stop, 'Trene, or I'll shoot 
you." 

In 1665 the LeFevre brothers, Simon and Andre, came to 
Kingston, and in April united with the church at that place. 
They had been at Manheim in the Palatinate, but their 
native spot in France is not known. It is possible that they 
were of the kindred of James LeFevre, the great French 
preacher and reformer, who was from Etaples, on the Eng- 
lish channel, in the ancient province of Picardy. They were 
unmarried men, probably quite young, when they came to 
Kingston. 

The English conquest of the New Netherlands took place 
at about this date, and the unsettled condition of the pro- 
vinces prevented the coming of other Huguenots to King- 
ston for a time. 

In the spring of 1673 came Jean Hasbrouck and his wife, 
Anna, daughter of Christian Deyo, and their two unmarried 
daughters, Mary and Hester. Jean and his brother, Abra- 
ham, who came later, were natives of Calais. Jean brought 
with him his certificate of church membership. 

In 1673, likewise came Louis Bevier, who was a cousin 
of the Hasbrouck brothers, and his wife, Maria LeBlan. 

About three years later came Hugo Freer and his wife, 
Mary Hays, and their three children, Hugo, Abraham and 
Isaac. 

Abraham Hasbrouck sailed from Amsterdam in 1675 
and landed at Boston. Shortly after he joined his brother 
in Kingston. 

Probably the last of the Patentees to cross the ocean were 
Christian Deyo and his son, Pierre. Pierre's wife, Agatha 
Nickol, and their child came with them ; likewise his three 
unmarried sisters, Maria, Elizabeth and Margaret, who 



// / 6^ T ORV OF N EW P ALT Z 1 1 

afterwards became the wives respectively of Abraham Has- 
brouck, Simon LeFever and Abraham DuBois. 

There was now quite a number of Huguenots at Kingston 
and Hurley. No doubt they longed for a settlement. of their 
own where they might speak their own language and form 
a community by themselves. Kingston was dropping its 
character as a trading post. The traffic with the Indians, 
in furs, was becoming less profitable. The cultivation of 
the soil was becoming more and more a necessary occupa- 
tion. The fertile lowlands of the Wallkill had doubtless 
recurred again and again to the recollection of Louis DuBois. 
In the meantime the colony of New York had finally passed 
from the control of the Dutch to the English. Edmund 
Andross was the Colonial Governor. Among the Hugue- 
not settlers at Kingston, at this time, was Abraham Has- 
brouck. He had served with Edmund Andross in the Eng- 
lish army. He was a native of Calais ; had emigrated to 
Manheim, and in 1673 to America, settling finally in Esopus. 

The Huguenots, being desirous of forming a settlement 
of their own, were indebted, to some extent, to the ac- 
quaintanceship of Abraham Hasbrouck wath Governor An- 
dross for the grant of so fine a tract as they obtained. 
It is related that Governor Andross wanted them to take 
more land along the river to the southward, as far as Mur- 
derer's Creek, but upon examining the land they found it so 
rough they declared they did not want it. 

Four months previous to the grant from Governor An- 
dross the land Avas purchased of the Indians, and the article 
signed bestowing upon Louis DuBois and his associates the 
territory comprising the Paltz patent, occupying all the 
present town of Lloyd, about two-thirds of New Paltz. one- 
third of Esopus and one-fourth of Rosendale. In the records 



12 HISTORY OF X E IV P ALT Z 

of the patentees — as these twelve men were called — long 
preserved in an ancient trunk in the Huguenot Bank at New 
Paltz, is the copy of the document signed by the Indians 
on their part, and by Louis DuBois and his associates ; like- 
wise by Jan Eltinge and others, as witnesses. This is dated 
]\Iay 26, 1677. Here is likewise the confirmation or grant 
from Governor Andross, covering the same territory, dated 
September 29, 1677. The four corners of the patent were 
Moggonck — now Mohonk; Juffrou's Hook, the point in the 
Hudson where the town line between Lloyd and Marl- 
borough strikes the river; Rapoos — Pell's Island, and Tower 
a Toque, a point of white rocks in the Shawangunks near 
Rosendale Plains. 

The papers relating to the matter in the Patentees' trunk 
are in Dutch and are translated by Rev. Ame Vennema as 
follows : 

By approbation of his Excellency Governor Edmond An- 
dras, dated April 28, 1677, an agreement is made on this 
date, the 26th of May, of the year 1677, for the purchase of 
certain lands, between the parties herein named and the un- 
dersigned Esopus Indians. 

Matsayay, Nekahakaway, Magakahas, Assinnerakan, Wa- 
wawanis acknowledge to have sold to Lowies du Booys 
and his partners the land described as follows : Beginning 
from the high hills at a place named Moggonck, from thence 
south-east toward the river to a point named Jufifrous 
Hoock, lying in the Long Reach, named by the Indians 
Magaatramis, then north up along the river to the island 
called by the Indians Raphoes, then west toward the high 
hills to a place called Waratahaes and Tawaentaqui, along 
the high hills south-west to Moggonck, being described by 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 13 

the four corners with everything included within these boun- 
daries, hills, dales, waters, etc., and a right of way to the 
Ronduyt kill as directly as it can be found, and also that the 
Indians shall have the same right to hunt and to fish as the 
Christians, for which land the Indians have agreed to accept 
the articles here specified : 

40 kettles, 10 large, 30 small; 40 axes; 40 adzes; 40 shirts; 
400 fathoms of white net-work ; 300 fathoms of black net- 
work; 60 pairs of stockings, half small sizes; 100 bars of 
lead; i keg of powder; 100 knives; 4 kegs of wine; 40 oars; 
40 pieces of ''duffel" (heavy woolen cloth); 60 blankets; 
100 needles; 100 awls; i measure of tobacco; 2 horses — 
I stallion, i mare: 

Parties on both sides acknowledge to be fully satisfied 
herewith and have affixed their own signatures ad lit supra. 

Matsaya x his mark ; Waehtonck x his mark ; Seneraken 
X his mark ; ]\Iagakahoos x his mark ; Wawateanis x his 
mark; Lewies Du Booys; Christian de Yoo x his mark; 
Abraham Haesbroecq; Andrie Lefeber; Jan Broecq; Piere 
Doyo ; Anthony Crespel ; Abraham Du Booys ; Plugo 
Freer; Isaack D. Boojs ; Symon Lefeber. 

Witnesses: Jan Eltinge; Jacomeyntje Sleght ; Jan Mat- 
tyse. Agrees with the original. W. La : Montague, Secry. 

I do allow of the within Bargaine and shall Grant patents 
for y Same when payments made accordingly before mee 
or Magistrates of Esopus. 

Andross. 

We the undersigned persons, former owners of the land 
sold to Lowies du Booys and his partners acknowledge to 
have been fully satisfied by them according to agreement 



14 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

we therefore transfer the designated land with a free right 
of way for them and their heirs, and reHnquishing ferever 
our right and title, will protect them against further claims, 
in token whereof we have affixed our signatures in the pres- 
ence of the Justice, Sheriff, Magistrates and Bystanders, 
on the 15 September, 1677, at Hurley, Esopus Sackmakers, 
Witnesses: Sewakuny x his mark; Hamerwack x his 
mark; Alanvest x her mark; Alahente; Papoehkies x his 
mark; Pochquqet x his mark; Haroman x his mark; Pago- 
tamin x his mark; Plaromini x his mark; Wingatiek x his 
mark ; Wissinahkan x his mark ; ]\Iattawessick x his mark ; 
Matsayay x his mark ; Asserwvaka x his mark ; Umtronok 
X his mark ; Wawanies x sister in his absence called AVara- 
wenhtow ; Magakhoos x her mark; Wawejask x his mark; 
Nawas x his mark ; Tomaehkapray x his mark ; Sagaro- 
wanto X his mark ; Sawanawams x his mark ; Alachkamoeke 
X his mark. 

Witnesses : Jan Eltinge ; Roelof Henderyckx ; John Ward ; 
Gars x Harris ; Albert Jansen. 

Testis : Thomas Chambers ; Hail Sherrife ; AA'essel Ten 
Broeck ; Dirck Schepmoes ; Hendrik Jochensen, Joost de Yadus ; 
Garit X Cornelise ; Lambert x Pluybertse. 

Alattay has publicly proclaimed and acknowledged in the 
presence of all the Indian bystanders that the land had been 
fully paid for in which all concurred. 

Testis : W : Alontague, Seer. 

The grant by Gov. Edmund Andross, confirming this pur- 
chase froiu the Indians, is in English as follows: 

Edmund Andros, Esqr. 

Seigneur of Sansmarez, Lieut, t Governor Generall under 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 15 

his Royall Highness : James Duke of Yorke & Albany &c. 
of all his Territoryes in America. Whereas there is a cer- 
tain piece of Land att Esopus, the which by my approba- 
cou and Consent, hath been purchased of the Indian Pro- 
prietors, by Lewis DuBois and Partners ; The said Land 
lyeing" on the South side of the Redoute Creek or Kill, be- 
ginning from the High Hills called Aloggonck, from thence 
stretching South East neare the Great River, to a certain 
P^oint or Hooke, called the Jeut'frous Hoocke, lyeing in the 
long Reach named by the Indyans Alagaatramis, then North 
up alengst the River to an Lsland in a Crooked Elbow in 
the Beginning of the Long Reach called by the Indyans 
Raphoos, then West, on to the High Hills, to a place called 
Waratahaes and Tawaratague, and so alongst the said High 
Hills South West to Moggonck aforesaid ; All which hath 
by the Magistrates of Esopus been certifyed unto mee, to 
have been publiquely bought and paid for in their presence; 
As by the returne from theme doth and may appeare: 
Knoii' yee that by vertue of his ]\Ia, ties Letters Patents, 
and the Commission and authority unto mee given by his 
Royall Highness, I have given, Ratifyed, confirmed and 
granted, and bv these presents doe hereby give, ratify, con- 
firme & grant unto the said Lewis DuBois and Partners, 
Thatt is to say, Christian Doyo, Abraham Haesbroecq, 
Andries Lefevrc. Jean Broecq, Pierre Doyo, Laurens Biverie, 
Anthony Crespell, Abraham DuBois, Hugo Frere, Isaack 
DuBois, and Symeon LeFevre, their lieyres and Assignes, 
the afore recited piece of Land and premises ; Together 
wdth all the Lands, Soyles, W^oods, Hills, Dales, meadowes, 
pastures, Marshes, Lakes, waters. Rivers, fishing, Hawking, 
Hunting and fowling," and all other Profitts, Commoditys, 
and Emoluments whatsoever to the said piece of land and 



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premises belonging, with their & every of their appurte- 
nances, & of every part and parcel! thereof ; To have and 
to hold the said piece of Land and Premises, with all and 
Singular the appurtenances unto the said Lewis DuBois 
and partners their heyres and Assignes, to the proper use 
and behoofe of him the said Lewis DuBois and partners 
their heyres and Assignes for ever. And that the planta- 
cons which shall bee settled upon the said piece of land bee 
a Township, and that the Inhabitants to have liberty to 
make a High Way between them and the Redout Creeke or 
Kill for their Convenience. Hee, the said Lewis DuBois 
and partners their heyres and Assigns, Returning due Sur- 
veys & makeing improvem't thereon according to Law ; 
And Yielding and paying therefore yearely and every yeare 
unto his Royall Highnesse use as an acknowledgment or 
Ouitt Rent att the Redout in Esopus five bushells of good 
Winter Wheat unto such Officer or Officers as shall be 
empowered to receive the same : 

Given under my hand and Sealed with y Scale of the 
Province in New Yorke this 29th day of September in the 
29th yeare of his Ma'ties Reigne, Anno Domini 1677. 

Andross. 

Examined by mee, 
Matthias : Nicolls, Seer. 

The final action taken by Governor Andros in regard to 
granting the patent appears in the Documentary History 
of New York as follows : 

Upon request of Louis DuBois and partners at Esopus, 
that they may have Liberty to goe and settle upon the land 
by them purchased on the South side of the Redout Creek, 
at their first convenience, these are to certify that they have 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 19 

Liberty so to do. Provided they build a Redoute there first 
for a place of Retreat and Safeguard upon Occasion : 
Action in New York, November, 1677. E. Andros. 

All Probably Lived at Hurley— the New Village (Three 
Miles from Kingston) 

From the Kingston records it appears that Andre LeFevre 
one of the New Paltz Patentees owned a house and lot at 
Hurley which he sold, June 29, 1680, to Hyman Allertson 
Roosa. This house he had bought of the executors of Cor- 
nelius Wynkoop. It also appears from the same records that 
about 1678 Simon LeFevre the Patentee transferred for his 
father-in-law Christian Deyo a lot and house at Hurley to 
Cornelius Wolverson. 

Thus is afforded additional evidence that the New Paltz 
Patentees were residents of Hurley before coming to New 
Paltz. We know of no evidence that a single one of the num- 
ber lived in Kingston. It has been shown that Anthony Cris- 
pell lived at Hurley and never moved to New Paltz, the treaty 
with the Indians was made at Hurley, Louis DuBois was a 
magistrate at Hurley, Abraham Hasbrouck the Patentee mar- 
ried the daughter of Christian Deyo at Hurley. Abraham 
Deyo, son of Pierre the Patentee was born at the same place. 
Quite possibly we may yet find houses once owned by New 
Paltz Patentees still standing in the ancient village of Hurley. 
It would no doubt be laborious but perhaps not impossible to 
trace the ownership down to the present day. 



20 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 



CHAPTER II 

All Frenchmen who came to Kingston did not go to New 
Paltz. On the church records at the former place are 
found the names of Perrine, Depuy, Gasherie, Delemater 
and others, not to be found on the church book at New 
Paltz. Anthony Crispell, although ha^•ing a share in the 
New Paltz patent, ne\ er moved there, but remained at 
Hurley. The eleven who came to New Paltz were, to a 
considerable extent, related to each other. Abram and 
Isaac DuBois, the latter but eighteen years of age, were the 
sons of Louis; the two Deyos were father and son. The 
two Hasbroucks were brothers, and so were the two Le- 
Fevers. Four of the patentees, Abram JDuBois, the two 
Hasbrouck brothers and Simon LeFever, married the four 
daughters of Christian Deyo, who was usually called Grand- 
pere or Grandfather. Andries LeFever did not marry. 

From Kingston the little party came to New Paltz in 
three carts, and the spot of their encampment, about a 
mile south of the village, on the west side of the Walkill, 
is still known as " Tri-Cor," in English three carts. Tra- 
dition relates that when they alighted one of the party read 
for them the 37th Psalm. 

In 1686, Louis DuBois, who had been the leader of the 
settlement, returned from New Paltz to Kingston, wdiere 
he purchased a house, and lived ten years, until his death 
in 1696. His son, Isaac, had died six years before at the 
early age of thirty-one. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 21 

More Lx\nd Wanted 

At the outset the Patentees had quite as much land as 
they wanted, but it was only a few years before they were 
ready to acquire more land, as shown by the following paper 
in the Patentees' trunk in the Dutch language, dated 168?, 
applying for permission to purchase lands of the Indians, 
which translated literally reads as follows : 

To the Hon. Justice of the Court now in session at Kingston, 

We citizens of New Paltz inform your Honor that we 
must keep a great fence between us and the Indians, and 
that the Indians are disposed to sell us their land to their 
New Indian fort. W^e therefore humbly petition your 
Honor to give us a further hearing upon the approval of 
His Excellency the Governor, and we will then give satis- 
faction to the Indians. W^e remain your servants, In the 
name of the citizens of New Paltz. 

Abraham Ilasbrouck, 
Jean Hasbrouck, 
Louis Baijvier. 

Permission is granted to the citizens of New Paltz to pur- 
chase of the Indians, on approval of His Excellency the 
Governor, the unpurchased lands, to wit : Sewakanamie and 
Sewankonck, to the New Indian Fort. 

By order of the Special Session Court held in Kingston, 
February 13, i68s. 

Rv.nd d La Monragerh. 

This purchase of land was never made. 



22 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

Deed of Gift to Jean Cottix, the Schoolmaster 

To the general reader there is no paper in the Freer col- 
lection .of greater interest than the copy of the deed of gift 
to Jean Cottin, the schoolmaster, of a house and lot in the 
little settlement in 1689. just eleven years after the first 
settlers arrived on the ground. The copy was made in 
1707. The paper is in good French, the writing legible, 
but the lines and the words in the lines crowded so close 
together that it is difficult to read it on that accovmt. A 
rough translation is as follows : 

We the undersigned gentlemen, resident proprietors of 
the twelve parts of the village of New Paltz. a dependency 
of Kingston, county of Ulster, province of Xew York, certify 
that of our good will and to give pleasure to Jean Cottin, 
schoolmaster at said Paltz, we to him have given gratu- 
itously a little cottage to afiford him a home, situate at said 
Paltz, at the end of the street on the left hand near the 
large clearing (creupelbose) extending one " lizier " to the 
place reserved for building the church and continuing in a 
straight line to the edge of the clearing, thence one ''lizier ' 
to the extremity of the clearing to the north, thence running 
along the street and continuing to the west (couchant soliel) 
as far as the extremity of the clearing, and we guarantee the 
said Cottin that he shall be placed in possession without 
any trouble and we allow said Cottin to cut wood convenient 
to his purpose for building and he is given the pasturage 
for two cows and their calves and a mare and colt. We the 
proprietors at the same time agree among ourselves, for the 
interest of our own homes to request said Cottin that he will 
not sell the above mentioned property to any one not of 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 23 

good life and manners, and we are not to keep said Cottin 
as schoolmaster longer than we think fit and proper. 

Done at New Paltz, August i, 1689. 

Thus signed : Abraham hasbroucq, pierre doio, Jean has- 
broucq has made his mark HB, hugue frere has made his 
mark X, Abraham dubois, Isaac dubois, Louis dubois, An- 
thoine Crespel, Louis Beviere, Lisbette doyau has made 
her mark E. D. 

We Anthoine Crespel and Estienne Gacherie certify that 
this copy is true, just and conformable. In evidence we 
have signed. 

Anthoine Crespel. 
Estienne Gasherie. 

Kingston, October 9, 1707. 

In presence of me, 

D. Wynkoop, 

Justice of Peace. 

This deed of gift throws a strong light on the character 
of the Huguenot settlers at New Paltz. It shows that they 
highly prized education, that they already had a school- 
master, only eleven years after the date of the first settle- 
ment, and that they treated him with great kindness ; it 
shows, moreover, that they had a lot reserved for a church, 
that they objected to a sale of property to any person " not 
of good life and manners," and their business ideas were 
sufficiently practical that they did not care to bind them- 
selves to employ Jean Cottin as schoolmaster longer than 
they saw fit and proper. 



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The French Schoolmasters at Xew Paltz 

In the early history of New Paltz two men stand out as 
pastors and two as schoolmasters in the little community. 
The two French pastors, Rev. Pierre Daillie and Rev. David 
Bonrepos have had their names and memories; preserved in 
the church records, but it is only within the past few years 
that documents have been brought to light showing who it 
was that taught the school in those early days. In the same 
building in which the Huguenot pastors preached the gospel 
and baptised the children on their occasional visits to New 
Paltz. in the years preceding 1700, two other Huguenots of 
learning and al)ilit}^ gathered their little flock to instruct 
them in secular learning on week days and probably in re- 
ligious matters on the Sabbath, in the absence of the pastor. 

It is greatly to the credit of the New Paltz people that 
they organized a school as well as a church at so early a 
date. In their kind and liberal treatment of their instruc- 
tors they set an example to people of the present day. 

Neither of these French schoolmasters left descendants. 
One bequeathed his little property to the church at New 
Paltz ; the other much of his considerable estate to the church 
at Kingston. 

From 1696 to 1700 the children in the little community 
were taught by Jean Tebenin, as is shown by the certificate, 
in French, among the papers that have come down in the 
family of Isaac DuBois the Patentee, which is as follows: 

Nous Ministers & Anciens de L'Eglise franqoise aux palls 
de la province del la Nole York dans L'Amerique, certifions 
que le Sr. Jean Tebenin ayant demeure avec nous pendant 
I'espace de quatre ans pour maistre d'escole & pour LTnstruc- 
tion de nos enfans, a toujours fait le devoir d' un bon & 



26 H I ST OR Y OF N E W P ALT Z 

veritable christien, frequente nos saintes assembles, & participe 
a sacrement de la cene du Siegneur — c'est poiirquoi Nous le 
recommendons. [There is here a small portion of the docu- 
ment illegible, but the signatures are plain.] 
Aux palls ce May 1700. 

D. Bonrepos, pasteur. 
Jean hasbrouck anciens. 
* * Bayvier. 
On the back of the paper is written : 
Atestation pour Jean Tebenin faite Au pals Lan 1700. 
That is: 

Attestation for Jean Tebenin, made at the Paltz in the 
year 1700. 

Translation. 
We, minister and elders, of the French church at the Paltz 
of the province of New York in America, certify that Mr. 
Jean Tebenin having lived with us during the space of four 
years for schoolmaster and for the instruction of our chil- 
dren, has always done the duty of a good and true Chris- 
tian, frequented our holy assemblies and partaken of the 
sacrament of the Lord's supper — therefore we recommend 
him. 
•At Paltz, the — May, 1700. D. Bonrepos, Pastor. 

Jean hasbrouck, 
Bayvier, Elders. 

Jean Tebenin may have again taught the school at a 
later date. We have no evidence on this point. He cer- 
tainly lived at New Paltz at a much later date. In his will, 
dated in 1730, and preserved in the Patentees' trunk, he 
gives his property to the church at New Paltz, with the 
special request that if the French language should cease to 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 27 

be used his copy of the Bible be sold and the proceeds 
given to the poor. 

As the Huguenots at that time had no religious schools 
or seminaries, either in France or America, the poor old 
schoolmaster's apprehension was sure to be realized. When 
the old French ministers were dead there was none edu- 
cated in the French tongue to stand in their stead. 

We have no further information concerning Jean Tebenin 
except that he was godfather at one or two baptisms of 
children at New Paltz. 

The other French schoolmaster at New Paltz was Jean 
Cottin. He was a prominent man in the community, and 
lived many years at New Paltz. Afterwards he moved to 
Kingston, married the widow of Louis DuBois the Patentee 
and for many years carried on the mercantile business. 

Jean Cottin's name appears on the church records at New 
Paltz in 1690 as godfather at the baptism of Hendricus, son 
of Pierre Deyo. He was the schoolmaster as early as 1689. 
For about ten years after this date he resided at New Paltz. 

In 1701, Jean Cottin sold a house and lot in this village 
to Hugo Freer, the deed, in French, being still among the 
Freer papers. This was certainly the house and lot which 
the New Paltz people had given him, the deed of gift being 
turned over to the purchaser and still preserved among his 
papers. 

We have no record showing the date of the marriage of 
Jean Cottin and Catharine ,widow of Louis DuBois the 
Patentee. The first record we have bearing on this point is 
in 1703, when at the baptism of a negro slave girl in the 
church at Kingston she promises to serve her mistress, 
Catharine, and her master, Jean Cottin, faithfully as long 
as they live and she shall then be free. 



28 HI ST OR Y OF NEW P ALT Z 

The widow of Louis DuBois the Patentee was a rich 
woman for those days. In his will Louis had performed 
the very unusual act of bestowing on her the full half of the 
property, in case she should marry again. Louis had moved 
from New Paltz to Kingston in 1686, and died there ten 
years later. Airs. DuBois' father, Matthew Blanshan, was 
a very rich man. Probably much of the property in the 
family had come from him. 

Be that as it may, Jean Cottin sold his house and lot at 
New Paltz, moved to Kingston, married the widow of Louis 
DuBois and engaged in the mercantile business, which he 
carried on for about twenty years. Among the Freer papers 
are a number with his signature. One is written in Eng- 
lish, with a delightful French brogue. In a letter still pre- 
served among these old papers Air. Cottin duns the recip- 
ient in a very polite manner, saying : " You pay others ; me 
you neglect." 

When Jean Cottin died, about 1723, he left his property, 
including his account books, which were in the French lan- 
guage, to the church at Kingston. These account books 
are still in the chest containing the papers of the Kingston 
church. 

Houses Built by the Patentees 

The first settlers all undoubtedly lived on what is now 
called Huguenot street in this village. About thirty years 
after the first settlement, the log houses of the pioneers 
began to be superseded by the stone houses which have 
come down to the present day. 

Commencing on the south end of the street, on the west, 
Jean Flasbrouck lived on the site, now the Alemorial House. 
This house bears the date of 1712, and there is not the 



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shadow of a doubt that it came straight down from Jean to 
his son, Jacob, then to his son, Jacob, Jr., then to his son, 
Colonel Josiah, then to his son, Levi, from whom it passed 
to his son, Josiah, after whose death it was sold with his 
other real estate and became the property of Jesse Eltinge. 

The house across the street now owned and occupied 
by Abni. D. Brodhead and previously by his grandfather. 
Sheriff Abm. A. Deyo, Jr., has come straight down from 
one Abm. Deyo to another from the time of the first Abm., 
grandson of Christian, the patentee. 

In this house Senator Jacob Hardenburgh was born, his 
father, Richard Hardenburgh, renting the farm at this time, 
while its owner. Judge Abm. A. Deyo, resided at Alodena. 

The house now owned and occupied by Mrs. Mary Du- 
Bois Berry's heirs has come as straight down in the family 
as either the Hasbrouck or Deyo houses mentioned. This 
house still bears, in large iron figures, the date of its erection, 
1705, and on the eastern wall, fronting on the street, may 
be seen the port holes once closed with brick — which, in 
the ancient times, had been provided as precautions, un- 
needed, however, against the attacks of the savages. 

Across the street, with its gable-end to the road, stands 
the original Bevier house, which, however, passed into the 
possession of the Eltings considerably over 100 years ago. 
This was the Elting store for a considerable time before the 
Revolutionary Avar, and between this establishment and the 
Hasbrouck store, in the house first described, the sharpest 
kind of rivalry existed. In the chimney of this house, 
until recently, the date, 1735. was to be seen. But the house 
was evidently built at three dift'erent times, and the portion 
with the chimney and date quitp certainly was built last. 

Passing on still further to the north, the next house, now 



30 H I STO R Y O F N E W P ALT Z 

owned by Isaiah Hasl^ronck, has come straight down from 
Abm. Hasbroiick, the patentee. We have traced its own- 
ership to the widow of Daniel, son of Abm., the patentee. 

The house of Simon LeFever, the patentee, stood on the 
north end of the present church yard. It passed from the 
possession of Simon to his son, Andries, then to his son, 
Simon, then to his son, Andries, usually called Flagus, 
who died about 1811, and left no son. This house w^as torn 
down when the present brick church was built, and the 
stone went into the foundation of the church edifice. 

We have now come to the last stone house on this street. 
This was the Freer house, but the Freers moved out of the 
village 160 years ago, and about 100 years ago this house 
was occupied for a long time by the Lows. 

We have now stated where each of the patentees lived 
except Abram and Isaac DuBois, who, being young, doubt- 
less lived with their father, while Andre LeFevre, having 
no wife, did not need a house. Anthony Crispell, as we 
have stated, never lived at New Paltz, but his daughter, 
who married Elias Fan, located, about 1712, some four miles 
north of this village, on the homestead where their descendants 
still reside. 

Simon LeFevre died young and his widow married Aloses 
Cantain, who occupied the homestead at New Paltz until 
the LeFevre boys were grown, and then removed to Ponck- 
hockie. The last survivor of the patentees was Abm. Du- 
Bois, and his grave in the old church-yard in our village 
is the only one of those of pioneers that is marked by a 
stone. It is a large flat stone, picked up in the field, and 
marked " 1731, Oct. 7, A. D. Bois, S V R viver of 12 
Patentees." 

Pierre De5'0, son of Pierre, the patentee, met a sad and 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 31 

tragic fate ; going alone to search a direct route eastward 
to the Hudson river, he never returned. Long afterward 
the buckle of a truss that he had worn was found at the foot 
of a tree. He may have died from sudden illness, or from 
the arrow of an Indian. 

Dressmaking in the Old Days 

Among the papers in the Freer collection is one in good 
French, showing that at so early a date as 1699 the New 
Paltz people were sufficiently advanced in the refinements 
of life to have regularly taught dressmakers. A translation 
is as follows : 

This day, the twenty-seventh of October, 1699, Sara 
Frere, daughter of the late Hugues Frere, an inhabitant of 
the Paltz, has by the advice of Hugues Frere, her brother, 
as her guardian, promised to bind herself to serve in the 
capacity of dress maker's apprentice, during the space of 
three years, to commence the first of December next, to Mr. 
David de Bonrepos or to Blanche du Bois, his daughter- 
in-law, dress maker, and to obey them in all things that are 
reasonable and proper; and that the said David de Bon- 
repos and Blanche du Bois promise also and bind them- 
selves to feed her, board her, and educate her in the fear 
of the Lord, and to furnish her with whatever shall be 
necessary, having regard to her habits and manner of bring- 
ing up, during the space of three years, and above all, to 
teach her the trade of dress making, and at the end of the 
said three years, to give to her the same number of clothes, 
both dresses and underclothes, as she will bring with her 
on entering the house of the said David de Bonrepos or 
Blanche du Bois, and to teach her to read and write, in so 



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far as it shall be possible for them (to do so) ; in token of 
which they have signed and sealed these presents in the 
presence of witnesses. 

Sara frere (Seal) 
hugues H frere (Seal) 

mark 
de Bonrepos (Seal) 
Abraham hasbrouc 
louys bayvier. 

The First Sales of Land 

One of the first sales of land of which we have any record 
was by Anthony Crispell to Louis Bevier of a lot in Xew 
Paltz, in 1699. 

Crispell, it must be remembered, never moved to New 
Paltz, but continued to reside in Hurley. The following is 
the record in French in the county clerk's office at Kingston: 

Fut present en sa personne Anthoine Crespel Laboureur 
demeurant a Horly Countes de Ulster Cognois et Confesse 
avoir vendue Cedes et Ouettes Transportes et par Ces 
presentes vendet de Laisse et Transport a Louis Beviere 
Laboreur dem. au nouveau palle une certaine terre dans un 
Crouspelbose Joignant Le village du dit palle faisant une 
part de douze part suiuant quil a estes partages par Les 
proprietaire du dit palle La dite part Joignant d'une Le- 
ziere a la Pasture Abraham du Bois et dautre Leziere 
a Louis Beviere dun bout du Costes du mydy sure La 
Wasmater Land Et loutre bout du Costes du Nort 
Joignant Les heritier de Simon Leffebre. Et moy Le dit 
Crespel promes faire Jouir et garantir at dujours et a per- 
petuites Sans trouble et aupechaneus Le dit Beviers luy et 
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34 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

ses heritier et La dite Vente faite moyennaunt La somme de 
Cens quarante squipe de bles que moy Le dit Crespel ay 
Receu Content et tunt quitte Le dit Beviers et tous Autres 
en ffoy de quoy. 

Jaye signes fait a quinstoune ce dixi ane Jour de Avril 
six Cent nonante neuff. Antoin Crespel. 

Jean Cottin. 

Jaqiie Dii boois. 

Tes moins. 

The following is a translation : 

Personally appeared Anthony Crespel a laborer living at 
Hurly County of Ulster who declares and confesses to have 
sold, ceded, released, conveyed, and by these presents, sells^ 
releases and conveys to Louis Bevier, laborer living at New 
Palle, a certain piece of land in a thicket adjoining the said 
^•illage of Palle making one of the twelve parts according 
to the partition by the proprietors of said Palle. This said 
part is bounded by the pasture of Abraham DuBois and by 
Louis BeVier on one side at the south it bounds on the 
Washmaker's land and on the other side at the north on 
the heirs of Simon Leftebre. And I, the said Crespel, 
promise to have the said Bevier enjoy and hold thereof 
without trouble and hindrance; and said sale has been 
made upon payment of the sum of 140 schepels of wheat 
which I the said Crespel have received to my satisfaction 
and absolve thereof the said Bevier and all others. 

In testimony whereof I have signed this. 

Done at Quinstoun this 10 day of April, 1699. 

Antoine Crespel. 

Jean Cottin. 

Jaque DuBoois. 
Witnesses. 



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36 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

Another sale of land at a still earlier date was from An- 
thony Crispel, the Patentee, to Hugo Freer, son of the 
Patentee, of a pasture at New Paltz. The original deed in 
French is among the papers of the Freer Collection. 

A translation is as follows : 

I, the undersigned, Anthoine Crispel, laborer, dwelling at 
Harley (Hurley), acknowledge that I have sold, conveyed, 
transferred and delivered to Hugue Frere Junior, dwelling 
at the Paltz, a pasture, with all my pretentions thereto, as 
it lies and extends, situated in the tract of the Paltz, adjoin- 
ing the pastures of the late Simon le Febvre, and in con- 
sideration of fifty bushels of wheat * * (Ms. effaced) 
as follows : Twenty-five bushels of wheat and twenty-five 
bushels of flax, at the current price, to be paid in four con- 
secutive years, as follows : twelve and a half bushels each 
year; and I promise to assure and guarantee the said 
Hugue Frere, Junior, him and his, forever and in perpetuity 
(in his possession). Done at the Paltz, the eleventh of 
September, one thousand six hundred and ninety three. 

anthoine crespel. 
( mai-k H de Hugue Frere ) 

louys bayver, Jean Cottin, 

witness. witness. 



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H I ST R Y OF N E W P ALT Z 37 



CHAPTER III 

The French Records of the New Paltz Church 

The French records of the church are in a small book 
containing seventeen pages, about 6x8 inches, which has 
always been in the care of the pastor of the church. The 
paper is of coarse quality and somewhat yellow with age, 
but the writing is perfectly legible. The following trans- 
lation of these records was made by the late Wm. E. Du- 
Bois, of Philadelphia, in 1846: 

January 22, 1683. }Jr. Pierre Daillie, minister of the 
Word of God, arrived at Paltz, and preached twice the Sun- 
day following, and j^roposed to the heads of the families to 
choose by a majority of the votes of the fathers of the fam- 
ilies an Elder and a Deacon, which they did, and chose 
Louis DuBois for Elder and Hugh Frere for Deacon to aid 
the minister in the management of the members of the 
church, meeting at Paltz, who were then confirmed to the 
said charge of Elder and Deacon. The present minute has 
been made to put in order the things which appertain to 
said church. 

October 14, 1683. Bai)tised two children of Pierre Doyau 

and [one] named Peter, the other Mary. Abraham 

Rutan, Godfather, and Mary Petilon, Godmother, to the 
first, of the other Abraham DuBois, Godfather, and Mar- 
garet Doioie (Doyau), Godmother. 

October 21, 1683. Baptised a child of Simon LeFevre 
and Elizabeth Doioie, named Isaac. Isaac DuBois God- 
father, and Marie Flasbrouck, Godmother. 



38 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

April 28, 1684. Baptised a child of Isaac DiiBois and 
Marie Hasbrouck, named Daniel. Godfather, Lonis Du- 
Bois^ and Catharine Blancon, Godmother. 

September 23 ,1684. Baptised a child of Abraham Ruton 
[Rutemps] and Marie Petilon, named Daniel. Godfather, 
Louys DuBois, Catherine Blancon [Blanjean], Godmother. 

October 23, 1684. Baptised a child of Abram Hasbrouck 
and Marie Doioie, named Joseph. Godfather, Jacob Du- 
Bois, Marie Doioie, Godmother. 

April 4, 1685. Baptised a child of John Hasbrouck and 
Anne Doioie, named Elizabeth. Godfather, Pierre Doioie, 
and Elizabeth Doioie, Godmother. 

April 6, 1685. Baptised a child of Louis Bevier and 
Mary Leblanc, named Louis. Abm. Hasbrouck, Godfather, 
and Mary Doioie, Godmother. 

April 17, 1685. Baptised a child of Abraham DuBois 
and Margaret Doioie, named Abraham. Louis DuBois, 
Godfather, and Catharine Blancon, Godmother. 

October 28, 1685. Baptised a child of Simon LeFevre 
and Elizabeth Doioie, named John. Pierre Doioie, God- 
father, and Mary Doioie, Godmother. 

March 20, 1685-6. Baptised a child of Abm. Ruton 
[Rutemps], named Paul. Hugh Frere, Godfather, Hagar 
Meckel, Godmother. 

The year one thousand, 1686, the 17th of October, was 
baptised a child of Abm. Hasbrouck and Mary Doyo, a son. 
His name is Solomon. The Godfather, Louis Bayvier, the 
Godmother, La-Toynelle. 

April 15, 1688. John Hasbrouck and Anne Doyo have 
•baptised a child named Jacob. Godfather, Louis Bayvier, 
Godmother, IMary Leblanc. 

April 19, 1688. Abram Ruton and INIary Petilon had 



HISTORY OF NEW FALTZ 39 

baptised a child named David. Godfather, Peter Doyo, 
• Godmother Jane Vilar. 

April 16, 1689. Peter Doyo and x\gatha had a daughter 
baptised named Madaline. Godfather, John Ilasbrouck, 
Godmother, ]\Iargaret Doyo. 

April 16, 1689. Louis Bevier and Mary Leblanc had a 
daughter baptised named Esther. Godfather, John Has- 
brouck, Godmother, Esther Latoinelle. 

April 16. 1689. Isaac DuBois and INIary Hasbrouck had 
a son baptised named Benjamin. Abram DuBois, God- 
father, and Anne Doyo, Godmother. 

October 13, 1689. Louis Bevier had a son baptised named 
Solomon. Godfather, Isaac DuBois, Godmother, Anne Doyo. 

October 13. 1689. Abraham DuBois and Margaret Doyo 
had a daughter baptised named Rachel. Godfather, Abm. 
Hasbrouck, Godmother, Mary Doyo. 

October 13, 1689. Elizabeth Doyo had a daughter bap- 
tised named Mary. Godfather, Hugh Frere, Godmother, 
Anne Hasbrouck. 

October 16, 1689. Abraham DuBois and Margaret Doyo 
had a daughter baptised named Leah. Godfather, Solo- 
mon DuBois, Godmother, Mary Leblanc. 

May 14, 1690. Isaac DuBois and Mary Hasbrouck, his 
wife had a son baptised, who was named Philip. John Has- 
brouck, Godfather, and Esther Hasbrouck, Godmother. 

May 14, 1690. Abram Rutemps and Mary Petilon had a 
daughter baptised named Esther. Abm. Hasbrouck, God- 
father, and Esther Hasbrouck, Godmother. 

June 7, 1690. Hugh Frere, son of Hugh Frere, his father, 
and ]\Iary Haye, his mother, was married b}' Mr. Daillie 
to Mary Leroy. 

June 9, 1690. The gentlemen of the consistory of Paltz 



40 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

have placed in my hands two sealed bags, saying that in 
one there is a hundred and forty francs in zewannes [wam- 
pum] and in good silver, in the other they say there is four 
hundred francs, zewannes, in good silver. 

Abraham Hasbrouck, Witness. 

mark of (x) Hugh Frere, Elder. 

Louis Bevier, Witness. 

June 28, 1690. Isaac DuBois died at his home in Paltz. 

August 3, 1690. A daughter of Abram Rutemp died, 
aged about 6 months. 

August 9, 1690. Isaac Frere, son of Hugh Frere, died, 
aged about 18 years. 

October 12, 1690. Mr. Dallie baptised a male child of 
Pierre Doyeau, John Cottin, Godfather, Esther Has- 
broucq, Godmother. His name is Henry. 

October 14, 1691. Abraham Hasbrouck and Mary Do- 
yeau, his wife, had a boy baptised, called Jonas. Abram 
Hasbrouck (son of John Hasbrouck), Godfather, Anne Has- 
brouck, Godmother. 

October 17, 1691. Hugh Frere, Jr., and Mary Leroy, 
his wife, had a boy baptised named Hugh. Abram Frere, 
Godfather, Mary Frere, Godmother. 

October 24, 1691. Abram Rutemp and Mary Petilon, his 
wife, had a boy baptised called Peter. Godfather, Peter 
Guimar, Godmother, Esther Hasbrouck. 

April 18, 1692. Mr. Dallie married Peter Guimar, a 
native of J\Ioir, in Saintonge, son of Peter Guimar, and Anne 
Damour (his father and mother), and Esther Hasbrouck, 
native of the Palatinate, in Germany, daughter of John 
Hasbrouck and Anne Doyeau (her father and mother). 

May 21, 1693. Abram DuBois and Mary Deyo. his wife. 



HISTORY F N E W P ALT Z 41 

had a daughter baptised named Catharine. Louis DuBois, 
Jr., Godfather, Trinque (Tryntje), wife of Solomon DuBois, 
Godmother. 

May 21, 1693. Hugh Frere and Mary Ann Leroy, his 
wife, had a son baptised named Isaac. Dennis Reille, God- 
father, and Hagnette, Godmother. 

May 21, 1693. Moses Ouantin and Elizabeth Deyo, his 

wife, had a son baptised named . Peter Guimar, 

Godfather, Rachel Hasbrouck, Godmother. 

April 28, 1694. Abram Frere married to Haignies 
Titesorte. 

May 5, 1694. Anne Doyo died in the Lord, aged 50 years. 

December 8, 1695. The wife of Hugh Frere died in the 
Lord. 

May 31, 1696. Mr. Bonrepos baptised a daughter of 
Hugh Frere and Mary Leroy (her father and mother), 
having come into the world the 5th of May, 1696. Her 
name is Mary. Abram Hasbrouck, Jr., Godfather, Rachel 
Hasbrouck, Godmother. 

May 31, 1696. Mr. Bonrepos baptised a daughter of 
Abram Frere and Haiquiez Titesorte (her father and 
mother), [she] came into the world the 15th day of May, 
1696, her name is Nelleties. Louis DuBois, Godfather, and 
Elizabeth Titesort, Godmother. 

May 31, 1696. Mr. Bonrepos baptised a son of Abram 
Hasbrouck and Mary Doyo (his father and mother), his 
name is Benjamin. Abraham Doyo, Godfather, Mary Frere, 
Godmother. 

October 23, 1698. Richard Viltfil [Winfield] and Madelin 
Chut have caused to be baptised a child, her name is (?). 
Louye Bayvier, Godfather, Marian [Bayvier?], Godmother. 

October 23, 1698. Abraham Frere [and] Achsah, his 



42 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

. wife had a child baptised, his name is Solomon. Moses 
, Quantin, Godfather, Rachel Hasbrouck, Godmother. 

July 2, 1699. Jacob Clarwater and Alary, his wife, had a 
child baptised, his name is Abraham. Godfathers, Abram 
Hasbrouck, Solomon DuBois; Godmother, Mary Doyo. 

July 3, 1699. John Bevier, Abm. Bevier, Isaac Has- 
brouck, Christian Doyo. Jacob Frere, Rachel Hasbrouck, 
Sarah DuBois were received at the table of the Lord in the 
congregation of the Paltz by Mr. Bonrepos, minister of the 
Word of God. 

October 22, 1699. Louis DuBois [Jr.], was received at 
the table of the Lord in the congregation of Paltz by Mr. 
Bonrepos, minister of the \\'ord of God. 

October 15, 1699. ]\Ir. Bonrepos baptised a daughter of 
Hugh Frere and Mary Anne Leroy, her name is Esther. 
Godfather, John Tebenin, Godmother, Achsah (?) Titesorte. 

May 19, 1700. Richard Viltfil [Winfield] and Madaline 
Chut, his wife, had baptised a son, his name is Daniel. 
Hugh Frere is Godfather and Marianne Leroy, Godmother, 
by Mons. Bonrepos, minister of the AVord of God. 

Isaac DuBois, son of Louys DuBois and Catharine Blan- 
con [Blanjean on Kingston record], was married by the 
minister, after three announcements on three Sundays pre- 
vious, to Marie Hasbrouck, daughter to John Hasbrouck 
and Anne Doyoie. 

June 19, 1700. Andrew LeFevre and Samuel Bevier were 
received at the table of the Lord in the congregation of the 
Paltz, by Mr. Bonrepos, minister of the W^ord of God. 

June 19, 1701. Louis DuBois (Jr.) married to Rachel 
Hasbrouck. 

February 20, 1702. Christian Doyo and Mary Leconte 
were married in this town of Paltz. 



HIS T O R y Of N E IV PAL T Z 43 

Daniel DuBois has paid 5 francs and 10 too much, 

John LeFevre owes 3 francs. Henry Doyo has paid 22 

francs and 15 too much. Louis DuBois has paid 88 

francs and 5 too much. Hugh Frere 3 francs, 5 

too much. Joseph has paid 3 francs, 5 too much. 

Abram Doyo has paid 5 francs, 15 too much. 

Recapitulation by translator of names of French Families, 
or Surnames of the record in their order : 

DuBois, Rutamps (or Ruton), Frere, Daillie '(Rev.), Vilt- 
fil. Chut (?), Bevier, Ouantin, Hasbroucq, Clarwater, Doyau, 
Leroy, Bonrepos (Rev.), Meckel, Petilon, LeFevre, Blancon 
(Blanjean), Leblance, Lationelle, Vilar, Guimar, Haye, Cot- 
tin. Reille, Titesorte, Leconte, Tebenin. 

The record extends from 1683 to 1702. There is a single 
entry in Dutch, dated 1718. 

There appears at least eight dififerent handwritngs in the 
record. Also the autographs of Abram Hasbrouck and 
Louis Bevier. The latest entry in the handwriting of Louis 
DuBois is dated ]\Iarch, 1686. The last notice of Rev. Mr. 
Daillie is April 1692. The first of Rev. Mr. Bonrepos, 
May, 1696. 



44 HISTORY OF X E W P A LT Z 



CHAPTER IV 

The Blending of French and Dutch at New Paltz 

The qviestion is occasionally raised as to when the first 
marriages took place between the French settlers at New 
Paltz and the Dutch. 

There has been a wide-spread but very erroneous im- 
pression that matrimonial alliances between the Huguenots, 
who came to New Paltz, and the Dutch took place at a very 
early date and even before crossing the Atlantic. 

A careful examination of the records shows that none of 
the Patentees and not many of their children intermarried 
with the Dutch. A considerable proportion of the children 
and grandchildren of the Patentees married people of French 
descent, not residing at New Paltz. Among these appear 
the names, Gumaer, LeConte, Blanshan, Vernooy, Mon- 
tanye, Le Roy, Cantine and Ferree. 

Solomon DuBois, of Poughwoughtononk, son of Louis 
the Patentee, was the first New Paltz man to make the ex- 
periment of selecting a wife outside the Huguenot fold. 
In 1691 Solomon and his wife Tryntje Gerritsen, whose 
name bespeaks her Dutch origin, had a son, Lsaac, presented 
for baptism. 

The first young man of Dutch origin to marry a New 
Paltz woman and locate within the bounds of the Patent 
was Jacob Clearwater, whose residence was at Bontecoe. 
In 1699 he and his wife, Mary Doyo, had a son, Abraham, 
presented for baptism. But Jacob Clearwater did not leave 
descendants permanently residing at New Paltz. 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 45 

There were a few and only a few other marriages between 
the Dutch and those of the children of the Patentees who 
located at New^ Paltz, as follows : Abraham Deyo married 
Elsie Clearwater in 1702; Roelif Eltinge married Sarah 
DuBois in 1703 ; Jacob Freer married Altje Van Weyen in 
1705; Joseph Hasbrouck married Ellsje Schoonmaker in 
1706; Hendricus Deyo married Margaret Van Biimmell in 
1715; Solomon Hasbrouck married Sarah Van Wagenen 
in 1721. Other children of the Patentees, who settled out- 
side of New Paltz, intermarried with the Dutch to a greater 
extent. 

In the third generation there were quite a number of in- 
termarriages wdth the Dutch, in certain families, but fewer, 
we think, than are generally supposed. In the LeFevre 
family, out of twenty-one grandchildren of Simon LeFevre, 
the Patentee, who grew to maturity and married, not one 
selected a partner of the Holland race. One married Col. 
Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr., who was of German origin and 
one married Jacob Hoffman, wdio was of Swedish ancestry. 
All the rest united with people bearing French names. 

Elias Ean, who was probably a Frenchman, was the first 
man, not the son of a Patentee, to settle at New Paltz and 
remain there permanently. He married Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of Anthony Crispell, the Patentee, and located about 
four miles north of the village on a farm, that has come down 
in the family until the present day. Elias Fan's name ap- 
pears on the tax list of 171 2, and when the first stone church 
was erected in 1718, just forty years after the settlement, 
Elias Un (in Dutch Ean) was the only person, beside the 
Patentees and their children, who assisted in the work. 

The first man who was certainly of Dutch origin to locate 
here permanently was Roelift" Eltinge, wdio married Sarah 



46 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

daughter of Abraham DuBois the Patentee in 1703. It was 
not, however, until about a score of years later that he 
moved from Kingston, where he held the office of justice 
of the peace, and located at New Paltz. His family was 
the first that was certainly of Dutch origin to take root at 
New Paltz and flourish here. 

The Low family, which was of Dutch descent, had a num- 
ber of representatives at New Paltz for a long period, both 
before and after the Revolutionary war, l)ut finally all died 
out or moved away. 

Next to the Eltings, the Van Wagenens were the most 
prominent among the Dutch to settle and remain perma- 
nently at New Paltz. But the Van AVagenens did not come 
until a nuich later date than the Eltings, the name of Petrus 
Van Wagenen, the progenitor of the family at New Paltz, 
not appearing on the church book here until 1766. 

Although the French and Dutch at New Paltz no doubt 
harmonized, yet the line of demarcation is plainly seen in 
the strife between the Coetus and Conferentia parties, which 
for a time split the Dutch church in America into two 
hostile factions. The Conferentie party, which claimed that 
each dominie must be ordained by the home church in Hol- 
land, seceded from the New Paltz church and in 1766 erected 
a church building near Mr. W. PI. D. Blake's present resi- 
dence, about two miles from our village. This church was 
called by the old people " the owl church," probably because 
the woods near by was a favorite haunt for owls. In the 
list of persons who built the Conferentie church appear the 
names of four Eltings, three Lows, Petrus Van AA'agenen 
and Abraham Ean. The names of a small portion of the 
DuBois family, but no other names of French origin, appear 
in the list of those who built the Conferentie church. 



HISTORY OF N EW P ALT Z 47 . 

When the second stone church was built in our village 
in 1772, the Dutch element, which had seceded and built, 
the Conferentie church, rendered no aid. x-\bout ten years 
afterwards peace came, and in 1783 the Conferentie church 
organization was, as stated in the church book, " in the fear 
of God, in love and mutual friendship united with the old 
congregation of the New Paltz." 

Thenceforward there was peace and harmony in the 
church, and the New Paltz people who bore names of Hol- 
land origin have been certainly quite as faithful in support 
of the church as those bearing Huguenot names. 

In the blending of races, wdiich took place at New Paltz 
as well as elsewhere in New York, there were other ele- 
ments beside the French and the Dutch. The Brodheads 
were English ; the Auchmoodys Scotch ; the Hardenberghs, 
German; the Ronks and Terpenings from Flanders; the 
Bruyns, Norwegian. The ancestors of' the Wurts and 
Goetcheous families were Swiss. By the mixture of these 
various nationalities the people of New Paltz had become a 
composite race at the beginning of the last century. 

In this mixture of races there was little infusion of Eng- 
lish blood until the Quaker settlement at Butterville,- about 
1810. The New Englanders swarmed into what is now 
Orange county, a portion coming by way of Long Island; 
but on the lower W'allkill they found the ground occupied 
and did not enter. 

The Dutch language was not abandoned at New Paltz 
because of an influx of English-speaking people. Neither, 
may we say, had the French tongue been previously aban- 
doned because the Dutch element had come into the town 
in large numbers. No doubt the influence of church and 
school and of surroundino- communities brought about a 



48 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

change in the language. The father of the writer has told 
him that he did not learn to speak English till he went to 
school. This was not an exceptional case. No doubt there 
were many in this community who knew no tongue but the 
Dutch until they went to that famous Irish schoolmaster, 
Gilbert Cuthbert Rice, who from about 1815 to about 1825 
taught the young ideas how to shoot in different communi- 
ties in the vicinity of New Paltz. Quite probably the grand- 
parents of some of the children who thus learned to talk 
English had themselves known no tongue but the French 
until they went to school, and there from a Dutch-speaking 
schoolmaster and Dutch-speaking children learned to use 
that language. 

A stor}^ that has come down to us from the old people re- 
lates that when the three brothers, sons of Isaac LeFevre, 
were living in the three stone houses on the banks of the 
Wallkill at Bontecoe, a child sent from one of the houses 
to another to borrow some article asked for it in Dutch and 
was indignantly told to go back home and learn to ask for 
it in French. This was about 1760, and the story shows 
that even where the children were of pure French blood, as 
was the case at that time with the Bontecoe LeFevres, they 
had somehow learned to speak in Dutch, but received a 
stern rebuke for using that tongue. 



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CHAPTER V 

Collections of Old Papers 

From time to time, since the' matter of the local history 
of New Paltz has attracted attention, various collections of 
old papers and documents have been brought to light. 
Valuable collections of ancient documents are owned in the 
families of the late Messrs. Edmund Eltinge and Samuel 
B. Stilwell. 

The largest and most valuable assortment of old papers 
was that in the possession of Mrs. Theodore Deyo. This 
contained not only papers relating to the Deyo family, but 
many others. It is stated that when the British burned 
Kingston, in the time of the Revolution, it was supposed 
that they would march up the Wallkill and burn New Paltz, 
likewise. It must be remembered that in colonial days the 
practice of having valuable papers recorded in the county 
clerk's office was not as general as it now is. In order to 
have their papers in a safe place, the New Paltz people 
brought them to the residence of Captain Abram Deyo, 
whose house is now owned and occupied by his great-great- 
grandson, Abm. Deyo Brodhead. Here they were placed in 
a large chest and buried in the cellar. After the fright was 
over, and the British had returned to New York, some of 
the papers were not reclaimed by their owners. The chest 
containing the papers was taken from the residence of Capt. 
Abm. Deyo to that of his brother, Philip Deyo, on the Paltz 
Plains, and remained there during his life time and that of 
his son, Andries, and also while Theodore Deyo, who was 
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50 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

the son of Andries, kept the old homestead. When he 
moved it was taken to the new residence of the family, 
where it remained. 

One of the most valuable collections of ancient documents 
is that which has come down in the family of Isaac DuBois, 
the Patentee. Among the papers are the following: 

A quit claim from ]\Iary, widow of Isaac DuBois, the 
Patentee, to her son, Daniel, for her interest in the real 
estate of her husband. This is dated 1718. 

A release from Andre, Isaac and Jean, sons of Simon 
LeFevre the Patentee, to their sister Alary, wife of Daniel 
DuBois, for their share in certain lots of land lying in and 
near the village. This is dated 1713. 

A will in French of Daniel DuBois, dated 1729. The 
handwriting is plain, and each letter distinct from beginning 
to end of the document. The first page is nearly taken up 
with a complete and extended declaration of faith in the 
Christian religion, which is in striking contrast with the 
plain businesslike form of the wills of the present day. 

A paper which is in Dutch is dated 1741 and contains the 
signatures of Daniel DuBois, Isaac LeFevre, Simon Le- 
Fevre and Alatthew LeFevre. 

Another valuable paper is dated 1742 and is a bond given 
by Jean LeFevre to Garret Kateltas, when the former pur- 
chased of the latter the land in Kettleborough on which 
Jean's sons, Abraham and Andries, settled. 

A large collection of ancient documents has come down 
in the Freer family, many of them dating back to the time 
of Hugo Freer, senior, son of Hugo the Patentee. 

Some of the most ancient of these papers have been 
framed in glass and placed in the Memorial House ; others 
have been placed in a small trunk, in which a portion of 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 51 

them had been previously kept. This little trunk is about 
six inches long and four inches wide. It bears the initials 
H. F. and has a blacksmith-made handle. There are among 
these ancient papers about thirty in the French language 
and a few in Dutch and English. A considerable portion 
are fully 200 years old. They include letters, wills, receipts, 
deeds and warrants. 

One of the most valuable papers is a copy of a deed of 
gift in 1689 from the New Paltz people to their schoolmaster, 
Jean Cottin, of a house and lot. Among the other papers in 
the little trunk are the following: 

A deed from Jean Cottin to Hugo Freer of a house and 
lot in this village, probably the property above mentioned, 
dated 1701. 

Three receipts in the handwriting and containing the sig- 
nature of Louis DuBois the Patentee, each dated in 1695, 
the year before his death. 

Two receipts in the handwriting and containing the sig- 
nature of Abraham DuBois the Patentee. 

Two receipts in the handwriting and containing the sig- 
nature of Closes Cantain, the ancestor of the Cantine 
family. 

A paper containing the signature of Peter du booys, 
who was a nephew of Louis DuBois the Patentee, and 
ancestor of many of the Dutchess county DuBoises. 

A warrant, in English, in the handwriting and with 
the signature of Roelif Eltinge, ancestor of the New 
Paltz Eltings, who was at the time of writing, 1710, 
still residing in Kingston and was already a justice of 
the peace. 

The will of Hugo Freer the Patentee. 

The will, in Dutch, of his son, Hugo, senior. 



52 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

A deed dated 1693 from Anthony Crispell the Patentee 
to Hugo Freer for a lot of land in this village, probably the 
first sale of real estate at New Paltz, the pay to be made 
partly in wheat and partly in flax seed. 

Papers with the signatures of Rev. Pierre Daillie and 
Rev. David Bonrepos, the two French pastors at New Paltz. 

Letters of friendship and business addressed to Hugo 
Freer from New York and Quebec. 

Bills from merchants in New York, showing the high 
prices for goods in ordinary use and the very low price paid 
for country produce in those old days. 

An order for grain to be delivered at the mill of Johannes 
DuBois at Greenkill, in the present town of Rosendale, 
dated in 1781, and showing that there was a mill there at 
that date. 

Deeds to Hugo Freer, senior, son of Hugo the Patentee, 
from his two sisters, who married and located at Schenec- 
tady, and from his brother Jean, who located at Kingston, 
for their share of their father's estate. 

A deed, in English, from Abraham Freer to his brother, 
Hugo, senior, for his two sittings in the first stone church. 

Papers with the signatures of Louis Bevier the Patentee 
and Abraham Hasbrouck the Patentee. 

A tax list of 1712, showing that at that time the Patentees 
and their children constituted almost the entire taxpaying 
population of the precinct. Four of the Patentees were 
still alive. 

The oldest paper is dated 1677 — the year of the Patent. 
It does not seem to be a paper of much importance. 

Many of these documents are specially useful in deter- 
mining the original orthography of the names of the early 
settlers at New Paltz. This can not be determined from 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 53 

the church records, because the minister performing the 
ceremony evidently recorded each name as he thought it 
ought to be spelled, without asking the parent of fhe child 
baptised how he was accustomed to spell it. 

Among the more modern papers in this collection are a 
mass of documents, including a will of Jonas Freer, a letter 
from Aaron Burr, a letter from Col. Abraham Hasbrouck,. 
of Kingston, and other papers of interest to members of the 
Freer family. 

Most of the papers have not been fully translated, but 
have been examined to a sufficient extent to give a clear 
idea of their contents. 

The Patentees' Trunk 

For about 100 years, commencing with 1728, the adminis- 
tration of affairs, in this town, regarding land titles, etc., was 
in the hands of a board of twelve men, elected annually, who 
represented the original twelve patentees. The trunk, con- 
taining records that remain, was for a great number of years 
at the Huguenot Bank, in this village. About 1850, at a pub- 
lic meeting, a committee was appointed to examine the old 
trunk and report what documents it contained. Some of the 
papers are in French and others in Dutch, but the majority are 
in English. These papers have since been placed in the safe 
in the town clerk's office. The most important papers in the 
Patentees' trunk were as follows : 

1st. A copy of the purchase of the patent, signed by the 
Indians on their part, and by Louis DuBois and the other 
patentees. 

2d. The confirmation of the title to the patentees by Ed- 



54 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

mond Andross, Colonial Governor of New York, given Sep- 
tember 29, 1677. 

3rd. 'A document dated February 13, 1682, with reference 
to negotiation concerning the purchase of land to the south- 
ward as far as the " New Indian Fort.'' This was situated 
at Shawangunk. 

4th. An agreement entered into April 21, 1728, by which 
the institution of the " Twelve Men " was established to fix 
the title to lands, previously divided, and to distribute the re- 
mainder by lot. 

5th. Two contracts, one dated 1744 and the other 1774. en- 
tered into by the owners of the patent, binding themselves to 
pay all assessments by the " Twelve Alen " for legal expenses 
in defending the claims of title of any of the owners. 

6th. An Act of the Legislature confirming unto the owners, 
the partitions of land made by the " Twelve j\Ien." This is 
dated in 1785 and is signed by Gen. George Clinton as 
Governor. 



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CHAPTER VI 

The Spelling of \^\rious Family Names 

The question is sometimes asked as to what is the original 
orthography of various family names of people in New 
Paltz and elsewhere in Ulster county. The question can 
not be answered from the church records, but in some cases 
can be decided from the original signatures of the Patentees. 
The earliest records in the Dutch church at Kingston and 
the Huguenot church at New Paltz show different ways 
of spelling the same name. 

Turning to the translation of the French records of the 
New Paltz church in the very first entry, October 14, 1683, 
we find the baptism of two children of Pierre " Doyau." 
Their godmother was their father's sister, Margaret " Doi- 
oie," wife of Abraham DuBois. Their baptism was not per- 
formed by a back woodsman, who did not know how to spell, 
but by Rev. Pierre Daillie, a learned man, who before he 
left France was a professor in the university of Saumur. 
Yet here in the same entry he spells the name of the brother 
Doyau and of the sister Doioie. In 1686, three years after 
this first record, we find the name of Anna, another sister 
of the same family and wife of John Hasbrouck, spelled 
Doyo. Here are three different methods of spelling the 
family name now written almost uniformly Deyo. 

If there had been any established form of spelling the 
name the ministers would undoubtedly have spelled it 
that way. 

In the treaty with the Indians, made in 1677, Pierre, the 



56 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Patentee, wrote the name Doyo, his father, Christian, did 
not write his name, but makes his mark and the name is 
written deYoo. 

Another yet more striking instance of different ways of 
spelling the same family name is that of the two Hasbrouck 
brothers. In the treaty made with the Indians for the pur- 
chase of the patent, Abraham Hasbrouck writes his name 
Hasbrocq, and his brother, Jean, writes the name Brocq,. 
without the prefix Has. In the same paper we find that 
the name of the leader of the band of Huguenots is spelled 
Lowies DuBooys, and that of his son, Abraham, is spelled 
in the same way ; the name of the LeFevre brothers is 
spelled Lefebre, and Freer is spelled as at the present day. 
In the agreement among the owners of the patent in 172S 
we find the three sons of Simon LeFevre, the Patentee, each 
spelling the name LeFevre; two of the Hasbroucks wrote 
the name Hasbrocq, while another had the present spelling ; 
the DuBoises and Beviers spelled the name as at present; 
Freer is written Freer, while the three signatures of Deyos 
are all spelled differently — one writing Doio, another Doiau 
and another Doyo. 

Rev. Randall R. Hoes in the preface to the translation of 
the records of the Dutch church at Kingston speaks thus 
of the orthography of the various family names : 

" The orthography of the proper names in these Registers 
is quite in keeping with a practice of the early times in 
which they were written. — It never seems to have occurred 
to these university-bred Dutch Domines of the Kingston 
church to inquire how various persons presenting them- 
selves for marriage, or their children for baptism, spelled 
their own names, but these names having been pronounced 



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HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 57 

in their hearing, they recorded them phonetically, according 
to the prompting of their ears, or arbitrarily, according to 
the dictates of their fancy. This practice, however, in- 
volved no unusual inconsistency, for the orthography of 
the Dutch language, even in Holland, as respects both 
common and proper names, was not wholly settled until 
late in the eighteenth century. Some of our most familiar 
family names of to-day are recorded on these pages in half a 
dozen or more different ways, and in many instances varia- 
tions in spelling occur even in the same baptismal or marriage 
entry. It is therefore impossible in any case whatever to state, 
at least by the aid of these Registers, the exact original or- 
thography, even if any existed, of particular family names 
among our Dutch settlers. — This remark applies, moreover, 
to all of the early civil and ecclesiastical records of the Dutch, 
whether in this country or in Holland, and to a large extent 
also to those written in English, as it was not before the com- 
mencement of the present century that any marked degree of 
uniformity was observed in the orthography of a very large 
number of proper names. 

" The variations in spelling in the Kingston Church Registers 
are even more involved and confusing than usual, owing to 
the fact that Domines JNIancius, INIeyer, and Doll, and also 
Domine Cock, of East Camp, an advisory friend of the King- 
ston church, who during the " Coetus " and " Conferentie " 
difficulties, repeatedly officiated there at baptismal and marriage 
ceremonies, were not Dutchmen, but Germans, and naturally 
displayed German tendencies in their orthography." 



58 H I ST OR Y F N ElV P ALT Z 



CHAPTER VII 

Moving Out and Moving In 

Isaac LeFevre, son of Simon LeFevre, the Patentee, Hen- 
drick Deyo, son of Pierre, the Patentee, and Jacob Freer, son 
of Hugo Freer, the Patentee, located about 1720 in what is still 
known as Bontecoe, about four miles north of this village, the 
last named nearly on the north bounds of the patent, and their 
descendants have continued to the present day to occupy, in 
great part, the land settled on at this time by their ancestors. 
The name Bontecoe was, perhaps, bestowed in remembrance 
of the Dutch vessel Bontecoe, called in contemporaneous Eng- 
lish history " Spotted Cow," which made several voyages from 
Holland to America, bringing over a number of Huguenot 
emigrants, though we have no certain information as yet that 
any of the people who located at New Paltz crossed the ocean 
on the Bontecoe. 

There is equally good reason for supposing that the proper 
orthography is Bon-ter-cou, meaning "neck of good land" and 
applied to the fertile necks of land on the banks of the Wallkill. 

About the year 1720, Roelif Eltinge, son of Jan Eltinge, a 
native of Drenthe, in Holland, came from Kingston to New 
Paltz. He married the daughter of Abm. DuBois, the patentee, 
and from that day to this the Eltinges have been men of influ- 
ence and greatly respected in New Paltz. 

Although the Paltz patent included about 39,000 acres of 
land, yet the sons and grandsons of the original settlers were, 
from time to time, obtaining fresh grants of land to the south 
of the original grant, while others emigrated to Dutchess, 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 59 

Orange and Greene counties, likewise to other parts of the 
State, and to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Wherever they 
settled the Huguenot stock usually took root. 

But the emigration was only the swarming out. The old 
colony of New Paltz continued to thrive, although its growth 
was slow. 

In 1720 the church of logs in which they had worshiped God 
gave way to a stone structure. 

Previous to this time, after the departure of Rev. Pierre 
Daille for Boston, Rev. David Bonrepos preached at New 
Paltz, not as a stated pastor but as a supply. 

The Dutch Language Superseding the French 

During this time the French language was giving way and 
the Dutch taking its place. It is as difficult to determine how 
long the French language was used at New Paltz as it is to 
say how long the Holland tongue was spoken. A'ery old people 
still talk in Dutch occasionally. When the writer was a child 
it was the custom for the old people to talk in Dutch when they 
did not want the children to understand what they were say- 
ing. Father informed us that he never learned to speak Eng- 
lish until he went to school. The first and second generations 
of the New Paltz people probably talked French altogether. 

The French language was evidently never much used in im- 
portant legal documents at New Paltz, though it was doubtless 
the common speech of the people for at least half a century 
after the first settlement. The country being under English 
rule, and Kingston being a Dutch settlement, it was natural 
that official documents in the state or county archives, although 
relating to a French-speaking community, should be written in 
the English or Dutch tongue. In receipts and papers of that 



6o HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

nature given by one person to another in the little community 
the French language was used and many of these papers are 
still in existence. In the old graveyard the oldest tombstones 
have English inscriptions. On the church book the first entry 
in Dutch was in 1718. One of the few papers in French that 
have been preserved in the "Patentees' trunk" is a little slip, 
dated 1729, commencing thus: "Daniel Hasbrouck a paisc a 
jacobus briin pour Ic vilagc uii dciiiy pistole," etc. In family 
collections many papers in French have come to light. 

Perhaps the most noteworthy papers in the French language 
in the Patentees' trunk are the two wills of Jean Tebenin, 
one of the two French schoolmasters of the little settlement. 
One of these wills is dated February 20, i/iQ, and the other 
November 14, 1730. The testator, who had no wife or chil- 
dren, left his property to the church, and mentions particularly 
his French Bible, which, if the French language should be 
superseded by the Dutch, must be sold and the proceeds given 
to the poor in the church. 

Territory Formerly Part of This Town, But Xot Within 
THE Paltz Patent 

It must be noted that the town of New Paltz, at its 
greatest extent and before it had been dismembered, in- 
cluded much territory not within the original bounds of 
the Patent, which extended only about a mile south of this 
village. This additional territory, included in the town, 
comprised a number of smaller patents, which had become, 
either by purchase or by grant from the colonial governors, 
the property of descendants of the Paltz patentees. 

In 1685, only eight years after the Huguenots settled at 
New Paltz, a tract of 5,000 acres, at Guildford, was granted 



H 1 ST O R y O F N R W PAL T Z 6i 

to James Graham and John Delavall. On this tract lived 
a number of years afterwards, Ellsje, the widow of Joseph, 
son of Abraham Hasbrouck, one of the Paltz patentees. 
She outhved her husband about forty-one years, raised a 
large family and here some of her descendants still till the 
ancestral acres. The original grant is in possession of 
Joseph Hasbrouck, Jr. 

The next grant, in point of time, was doubtless that from 
Gov. Dongan, to the original Louis DuBois, lying prin- 
cipally on the west side of the Wallkill and extending from 
the Paltz patent to the Guilford patent. Louis, in his will, 
makes mention of the fact that this tract had been granted 
to him by patent dated June, 1688. 

Edmund Eltinge had in his possession a release, dated in 
1729, from the then proprietors of the Paltz patent, for 
the sum of six pence, to Solomon and Louis, Jr., of any- 
claim they might possibly have against this tract, granted 
their father. On this tract, on the west side of the Wallkill, 
Solomon and Louis, Jr., had located, the former taking the 
northern part of the tract and Louis the southern part. 

The next grant of land, in point of time, was probably 
that to Captain John Evans by Governor Fletcher, in 1694, 
which comprised an immense territory extending from New 
Paltz patent southward into Orange county. This grant 
was annulled by the Legislature five years afterwards, and 
we find reference to this fact in one or two subsequent 
grants. 

The next grant, adjoining the Paltz patent on the south, 
was of 1,200 acres, June 30, 1715. to Hugo Frere, Sen., the 
son of Hugo the Paltz patentee, and to his sons, Hugo, Jr., 
Thomas and Isaac. On this tract his descendants are still 
cultivating the soil granted to their ancestors in 1715. 



62 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

In 1 72 1, January 21, was granted the Garland patent of 
2,000 acres, taking in the Kettleborough and Ireland Corner 
neighborhoods. On this tract Garret Ketaltas was a free- 
holder, in 1728, and on this tract Andries and Abram Le- 
Fevre and Daniel Deyo resided about thirty years later 
and here a number of their descendants still live. 

In 1748 there was granted to Noah Eltinge and Nathaniel 
LeFevre 3,000 acres, lying on the Paltz Pl'ains and extend- 
ing eastward and also including some land on the west side 
of the Wallkill. On a portion of this grant some of their 
descendants are still living. 

Lastly, in point of time, was the grant, in 1753, in the 
name of George II, King of England, to Abraham Has- 
brouck, of Kingston, Louis Bevier, of Marbletown, and 
Jacob Hasbrouck, Jr., of New Paltz, of several parcels of 
.land, petitioned for, which as stated in the grant, did not 
exceed 2,000 acres, and was part of the tract formerly 
granted to Capt. John Evans and afterwards vacated and 
lay on both sides of the Paltz River, some parts lying to 
the southward of the Paltz patent and some parcels south- 
ward of the grant to Noach Eltinge and Nathaniel LeFevre. 
The parchment, containing this patent and the great seal 
of the colony, attached, was in possession of Air. Samuel B. 
Stilwell, who resided on part of the tract and was a de- 
scendant of the Abm. Hasbrouck, of Kingston, to whom 
one-third of this patent was granted. 



The First Public Highway 

The first highway, probably, in this town, was laid in 1738, 
when a highway was laid out, as stated in the record, for the 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 63 

purpose of enabling the people to get to church at New Paltz 
and Kingston. .The route stretched from one to another of 
the old stone houses along the .Wallkill, north from our village 
to the northern bounds of the patent, crossing the Wallkill by 
a scow, just this side of the Bontecoe school-house. The marks 
are yet to be seen where this old road had been worked down 
below the level of the surrounding soil. About forty years 
later this road was abandoned and a new one was constructed 
about one-eighth of a mile farther east, above the reach of 
high water. As a consequence of this removal of the high- 
way, nearly all the old settlers had to construct lanes from 
their houses. About a mile north of the village the new high- 
way drew so near to the old that an angle was made, and the 
old highway was used for the rest of the route to the village. 

Disputes in Regard to the Boundaries of the Patent 

The first grant, from Governor Andross, did not define the 
boundaries of the patent very clearly. In 1722 an attempt 
was made to fix exactly the corner of the patent at Paltz Point 
(or as it is now called Mohonk) as is shown by the following 
document : 

"These are to certify that the inhabitants of the town of New 
Paltz, being desirous that the first station of their patent, named 
Maggonck, might be kept in remembrance, did desire us, Joseph 
Horsbrook, John Hardenburgh, Roeleft Eltinge, Esq., Justices 
of the county of Ulster, to accompany them and there bring 
Ancrop, the Indian, then brought us to the High ^Mountain 
which is named Maggrnapogh at or near the foot of which 
hill is a small run of water and a swamp which he called Mag- 
gonck and the said Indian, Ancrop affirms it to be the right 



64 HISTORY OF N E JV P ALT Z 

Indian names of the said places as witness our hands this 
nineteenth day of December, 1722. 

"JOSEPPI HASBROUCK, 
"HARDENBERGH, 
"ROELOFF ELTINGE. 

"Ulster County, ) 
"April i6th, 1723. \^^'~ 

"Recorded for said county, Records in lib. CC. fol. 205. 

"J. GIL. LIVINGSTON, 

"Clerk." 

In regard to the boundary line between the Paltz patent and 
the patent of Louis DuBois, on the south, there was also 
trouble, and in 1729 the line was surveyed by Caldwallader 
Colden, Jr. A letter from Josiah DuBois written in 1850 says 
in regard to a certain stone on the west bank of the Wallkill : 
"I have a deposition on parchment of Abm. DuBois, the 
patentee, who makes oath that he saw an Indian named Bon- 
tecoe stand, at the place where this stone is with one foot on 
one side of the brook and the other on the other, and heard 
him say the lands on his right belong to the DuBoises and those 
on his left to the Frenchmen." The boundary line between 
New Paltz and Marbletown, and also between New Paltz and 
the Hardenbergh patent on the north were also matters of dis- 
pute. It was claimed that the Hardenbergh patent included 
Dashville Falls, and it was alleged on the part of the New Paltz 
people that the surveyor had been bribed by the present of a 
cow to run the line so as to deprive New Paltz of the valuable 
water privilege. The bounds of the patent as finally deter- 
mined, left the Falls in the Hardenbergh patent. 

The boundary line between New Paltz and Marbletown was 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 65 

not settled until after the revolutionary war. The top of the 
mountain was the line, but it was impossible to determine ex- 
actly where the top of the mountain was. We have in our 
possession an ancient document containing the proceedings of 
a meeting at which Dr. George Wurts, the first Wurts in this 
place, was Chairman, and Isaac LeFever, clerk, at which the 
representatives of the different Paltz families bound them- 
selves to stand together in contesting the claims of Marble- 
town. In the suit which followed the Paltz people employed 
Aaron Burr as their attorney and won the case. 



66 HISTORY O F N E IV F ALT Z 



CHAPTER VIII 

A Pure Democracy 

The government of New Paltz in the earHest period was 
evidently a pure Democracy, the heads of famiHes gathering: 
in a body to frame regulations for the general welfare. This- 
fact is plainly set forth in the following : 

New Paltz Orders 
recorded 

We inhabitants of ye Niew Pals in generall are mett together 
ye 23th day of Feb. 1711-12 to conclued concerning all our 
fences of the Land as also of the pastures, to the plurality of 
Votes according to the order of the Warrant to the Constable 
directed ; 

First of all we shall begin to ye kill or kreek next of Solomon 
Dubois to ye A est of sd Solomon and then the fence shall run 
to ye bounds of Abraham Dubois, from thence along a run of 
watter and then to the pasture of Louis Bevier, and the sd fence 
is to be made of three Rails and of three and fifty inches high, 
and then ye sd Louis Bevier is obliged to make and repare a 
good and sufficient fence a Long his pasture to ye East until 
he Comes to Abraham Dubois, and then Jacob Hasbroucq shall 
make or have a good Sufficient fence of the same high as here 
above mentioned until he comes to the pasture of Daniel Dubois 
neer of the tourelle or neest and then the gate Shall be Set 
according as it is ordered or concluded, then the N. Pals town 
Shall together make the fence from Jacob Hasbroucq, to the 



HISTORY O F N E IV P ALT Z 67 

sd. gate and so we shall begin the vasmakerslant fences to the 
kill or kreek at the Landing place, to the erf of John Has- 
broucq and every one of ns must make his part or share at six 
Raeles as now is and them that have theirs erf opposite the P. 
Vasmakersland they shall make and maintaine a good and suf- 
ficient fence to the house of Hugue Frere, as also at both sides 
of the street and between the Erfs a good and close fence to 
be made, it is also said that ye fences of the Creupelbos shall 
begin to the house of Hugue frere and so a Long the above sd 
Creupelbos so fare as hath been measured, and them that have 
a part or lots in sd Creupelbos they shall make and hold a 
good and sufficient six Railes fence of fifty three inches high 
there he now is at presient. And to the end of sd fence shall 
begin the bosh fence of three Railes of the same high as here 
above mentioned and so long to the kill or kreek neer of 
Abraham Frere so as it is now deeld and devided Now to the 
other sides of the kill or kreek to the West we shall begin to 
the long macos or long bondecoe and shall be made and kept 
as now is at present and of the same high to the time that wee 
think fit to join him together. 

As also the fences of ye petit macos or little bondecoe shall 
be made and kept as now is at present and of the same high 
as above sd. for ye time of two year and then shall be sett a 
long de mountaing in ye best convenient place that we think 
sutable, and then will be joined to the high bridge fences & 
from sd bridge to the kill or kreke near Solomon Dubois to 
the West ; Every one shall make and kepe his fences good and 
sufficient at three Reals and of ye same high as aforesd. 

More concerning the old pastures every one is obliged and 
bound to doe as his Nebourgh that is to say the just half of ye- 
fences of five Raels or other wise & that good and sufficient. 

And as for ve kettel doint-- Damaoe and so taken thev shall 



68 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

be put in pound by him that shall there unto be chosen or im- 
poured by the inhabitants of sd place. 

And each and every horse or Cow beast so taken in damage 
shall pay a piece nine pence for a fine, the one half for him 
thereunto chosen, and the other half for the toune. And as for 
the hogs they shall have no Liberties for to Runne free ; but as 
for the Sheeps they may runne free until that time that they 
goe in Dammage in ye Corne or in the pastures, provided ye 
fences be good and sufficient as for the first time Warning 
shall be given Charitably to ye owner to kepe them out Dam- 
mage, but if the}' are once more taken in Dammage they shall 
pay for a fine 3 pences a peace. And as for the horses which 
Rune upon the Land in the fale they shall be taken away the 
30th of September otherwise they shall pay the fine here- 
above sd. Concerning all the fences here before mentioned, 
Each and Every one is obliged and bound to make and kepe 
his owne fence at the time Limitted or ordered by h'im there- 
unto chosen to take notice of sd. fences, but in case any one 
neglict or will not doe or make his fence he shall pay for a 
fyne six shellings, and the Viewers of fences shall make or 
have made the sd fence or fences at his owne charge as ye 
Law Dirrect in such case. 

Here is farther Concluded for them that leaves any gates 
open, it be with a malicious intend, or neglict they shall pay 
for a fine three shellings. — And the money so Received of the 
finnes shall be imployed to pay the cost and charges of the 
touwne, and such person or persons thereunto chosen to Re- 
ceive the sd fines shall be accoumptable or give an accounts 
yearly to ye touwne. 

Recorded p. 

W. Nottingham Clerk. 



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Land Worked in Common 

There is good evidence that in the early settlement some land 
was worked in common. In the bends of the Wallkill four 
tracts of fertile land were known as Grote Bontecoe, Kline 
Bontecoe, Bontecoe in Haning and Bontecoe. Grote Bonte- 
coe was certainly worked by the settlers in common, and there 
is good reason to believe that other lands were also so 
worked. 

The Government of the Dusine 

In 1728 there were twenty-four proprietors at New Paltz, 
and at that time was instituted the government of the Twelve 
Men or Dusine. They were chosen annually, and had power 
to act and set in good order and unity certain affairs. 
These twelve men exercised the power of dividing lands by 
lot, in the Paltz patent, and giving title by parole, without deed. 

They made rules in regard to fence building and imposed 
fines for violation of these rules, in fact they exercised, to some 
extent, judicial as well as legislative powers, until in 1785, 
when the question of the legality of their action being raised 
by special Act of the Legislature the grants and partitions of 
the Dusine were confirmed. It does not appear that any appeal 
was ever taken to the Colonial Government from the acts of 
the Dusine. There were divisions of land into lots among the 
proprietors at several different times, the land being set off in 
regular tiers, numbering from one to twelve. 

There were, besides the Dusine, regularly chosen town 
officers whose duties were distinct from those of the twelve 
men. The latter were chosen annually at town meeting and 



70 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

were descendants either in the male or female line from the 
patentee whom they represented. 

The Dusine were elected by viva voce vote annually just be- 
fore the poll opened. In the latter period of their existence 
about the only power exercised was to settle disputes concern- 
ing land titles. 

This government of the Dusine has no parallel in the colonial 
history of America. It was transplanted from the banks of 
the Rhine to the banks of the Wallkill. We are told that the 
only other European colony in which it had existed was a 
Huguenot settlement founded at about the same time in South 
Africa. 

The document establishing the government of the Dusine or 
Twelve Men is one of the papers that have come down in the 
Patentees' trunk. It is in English, as follows : 

To all Christian People to whom These presents shall come 
or in any ways may concern Greeting. Whereas Edmond An- 
dross Esq'r Seigneur of Sansmarez, late Governor General 
under his Royal Elighness James Duke of York and Albany &c., 
of all his Territorys In America By his Letters Pattent bearing 
Date the 29th Day of September in the Year of our Lord 1677 
Did Give, Ratifye, Confirme and Grant unto Lewis DuPjois 
and partners, that is to say. Christian Doyo, Abraham Haus- 
broecq, Andries Lefevre, Jean Broecq, Pierre Doyo, Laurens 
Bivier, Anthony Crespell, Abraham DuBois, Hugo Frere, Isaac 
DuBois and Simon Lefever their heirs and Assignes All That 
certain piece of Land lyeing at the South side of Rondout 
Creek or Kill begining from the High Hills Called Moggonck 
from them Stretching South East near the great River, to a 
certaine point or hook called the Juffrous Hoocke, lyeing in 
the long Beach named by the Indians Magaatranics, then North 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 71 

up along the River, to an island in a Crooked Elbow, In the 
beginning of the long Beach Called by the Indians Raphoos 
then west on the High Hills to a place called Waratahoes and 
Tawarataque and soo along the said High Hills South West 
to Moggoncck aforesaid To hold unto the said Lewis DuBois 
and partners their heirs and Assignes, to the proper use and 
behoof of him the said Lewis DuBois and partners their heirs 
and Assignes forever. 

And Whereas the aforesaid Patentes in their life time and 
since their Decease their Severall heirs or Assignes have Sev- 
erally according to their Just Rights and Interests therein held 
Enjoyed and Improved some part of the aforesaid Land and 
premises Commonly known b_\' the name of New Paltz, ac- 
cordingly to the Severall Divisions and partitions that have 
been made between them by Parale without Deed, and the 
other parts thereof yet Remaining In Common and Undivided 
Nozv Knozv Ye That we whose names are under written and 
who have Signed and Sealed These presents being owners and 
Interested In the aforesaid Pattent, for the Good Order Regu- 
lation benefitts and profitts of the freeholders and Inhabitants 
in the said Pattent as likewise for the Maintaining, Preserving, 
Defending and Keeping Whole and Entire the full Right Title 
benefitts propertys and advantages belonging or in any wise 
appertaining unto the aforesaid freeholders and Inhabitants by 
Vertue and Authority of the above mentioned Pattent and of 
the Several Conveyances and Last Wills and Testaments of 
the aforesaid Pattentees and of their heirs and Assignes and 
for makeing good and firme the aforesaid Divisions and par- 
titions made by the aforesaid Patentees in their lifetime and 
since their Decease by their Severall heirs and Assignes and 
for makeing a further and more perfect Division and Partition 
of the undivided Lands and premises now lyeing in Common 



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and Undivided and unimproved within the bounds of the afore- 
said Pattent have Thought fitt and Convenient and we Doe by 
these presents Covenant and Grant to and with each other, 
that there shall and may be Yearly and every Year forever 
hereafter Chosen and Elected for the purposes above mentioned 
by the pleurality of Votes of the freeholders and Inhabitants 
within the aforesaid Pattent Twelve good able and sufficient 
men freeholders and Inhabitants who have an interest within 
the said pattent Representing the aforesaid Twelve pattentees. 
That is to say out of every of us who are owners and occu- 
piers, or hath a Right In each of the aforesaid Pattents Shares 
Respectively One, which Election shall and may be held Yearly 
and every Year at the New Paltz aforesaid on the first Tuesday 
in April and in Case any of the freeholders being so Chosen 
and Elected as aforesaid Refuse Denye and will not Serve that 
Then he shall provide one who is likewise an owner and hath 
a Right in the same Pattentees Share in its Stead and place, 
who not being produced or Doth not appear within a fortnight 
after the Election to be held as aforesaid, Then the other 
Elected men shall Nominate and take one who is an owner 
and hath a Right within the said pattentees share to Act in 
his Stead And wc Doe by These presents every of us severally 
in behalf of ourselves our heirs Executors /\dministrators and 
every of them and not Joyntly Give Grant and Bequeath unto 
the aforesaid Twelve m^en or the Ala j or part of them to be 
elected and Nominated in manner as aforesaid full power and 
Authority to Act and Sett in Good order and unity all Common 
Affairs, Businesses or things comeing before them belonging to 
or concerning the Right Title Interest or property of the 
Township of the New Paltz aforesaid and Commonalty within 
the said Pattent According to Law or Equity and to the best 
of their knowledsre and understandinc^ And That if it should 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 73 

soe happen that the aforesaid Twelve men to be elected as 
aforesaid Should Disburse any money for Charges or other 
Expenses for Defending and preserving the Right Title Inter- 
est and property of the Township of the New Paltz afores'd, 
and the Commonalty within the said Pattent, That then we and 
every of us Respectively according to our Respective Rights 
and Interests in the aforesaid Pattent shall bear and pay an 
equall proportion of the afores'd Charges and expenses soe 
beene at by the aforesaid Twelve men or any of them, and that 
they, the said Twelve men Shall and may Give Deeds of Par- 
tition or other proper Conveyances in Law for the Confirmation 
and Assertaining Each man's Just Share and Dividend of the 
aforesaid Divided land and premises according to the aforesaid 
Severall Devisions and partitions thereof made by the aforesaid 
Twelve pattentees in their lifetime and by the Severall heirs 
and Assigness since their Decease And ive Doe by these pres- 
ents further give and Grant unto the aforesaid Twelve men to 
be Elected and Nominated as aforesaid or the Major part of 
them full power and authority to make a further and more 
perfect Division and partition of the aforesaid undivided Land 
and premisses or soe much thereof as they shall from time to 
time see cause fer or think convenient which Devision is to be 
made in manner and forme following That is to say That the 
said Undivided Lande and premises or such part thereof as 
they shall from time to time see cause fer or think convenient 
shall be laid out in Twelve Equal Shares and Devisions soe 
that the one is not of more A^allue than the other and 7'hen the 
aforesaid Twelve Shares or Devisions shall be numbered and 
then the aforesaid Twelve men shall Draw Lotts for the same 
and such Share or Division as falls to the Lotts of the afore- 
said Twelve men Respectively Shall be and remaine to the 
proper use benefitt and behoof of us who are properly Inter- 



74 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

ested in the Respective pattentees Share they are soe elected 
and chosen for according to our Just Shares and Interests 
therein for which the aforesaid Twelve men are to Give Deeds 
■of conveyance for the same, And that the same shall stand and 
Remaine as a full and perfect partition and Severance for the 
-same, And that after such partition and Alottment made in 
manner as aforesaid We whose names are under subscribed 
and who have signed and sealed these presents Respectively 
and our heirs and Assignes shall stand to and agree to the said 
partition and Alottment soe to be made in manner as aforesaid 
according to the true Intent and meaning of these presents And 
shall permit and suffer the same to stand Remaine and Abide in 
its full Strength and force forever as if we ourselves had been 
present and consented thereto and Gave Deeds of partition 
for the same And That the said Twelve men or such thereof 
as there shall be others Chosen in their stead at the End of 
the Year shall be accountable to the New Elected And Soe 
Yearly and every Year forever hereafter And soe having 
faithfully Served they shall be Duely and lawfully Dis- 
missed and Discharged for their proceeding in behalf of 
the Township and Commonalty as aforesaid. — And Now 
fer the Trvie performance of all and singular the x^rticles 
Covenants and Agreements as aforesaid soe far as the same 
are to be performed by us Severally and Respectively, Each 
and every of us whose name are hereunder Subscribed, Doe 
and Doth Severally bind himself his heirs, Executors and Ad- 
ministrators In the sum of fifty pounds currant money of the 
province of New York, to be paid unto each and every the 
other of us his heirs Executors and Administrators, upon the 
non performance of any of the Articles Covenants or Agree- 
ments aforesaid which on our severall and Respective parts 
are to be Done and performed According to the True Intent 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



/o 



,and Meaning of These presents In Witness whereof we have 
hereunto of one Assent and Consent Sett our hands and affixed 
our Seales This Twenty-first Day of April In the first Year 
of his Majestys Reigne Anno Dom One Thousand Seven 
hundred and Twenty-Eight. 



Abraham du bois 


(seal) 


Samuel Bevier 


(seal) 


his 




Daniel DuBois 


(seal) 


Hugo X frere 


(seal) 


Jacob hasbrouck 


(seal) 


mark 




hanrey doyo 


(seal) 


Andre le fevre 


(seal) 


daniel has broucq 


(seal) 


isaac le Fevre 


(seal) 


Yan een 


(seal) 


yean le fevre 


(seal) 


his 




Solomons has broucq 


(seal) 


Hugo-hu-Frere Junr. 


(seal) 


Abraham Bevier 


(seal) 


her 




Louis bevier 


(seal) 


Elizabet Een 


(seal) 


his 




Sara een 


(seal) 


John X Teerpenningh 


(seal) 


mark 




mark 




MariaMagdalena-M-Een ( seal ) 


Abraham doiau 


(seal) 


mark 




Crestian doio 


(seal) 


matys slecht juneyer 


(seal) 


Jacob Frere 


(seal) 


Anthony Yelverton 


(seal) 



Sealed and Delivered by the within Subscribers Abraham 
DuBois, Hugo Frere, Andri LeFever, Samuel Bevier, Daniel 
DuBois, Jacob Hasbrouck, Isaac LeFevre, Jean LeFevre, Solo- 
mon Hasbroucq. Henrey Doyo, Daniel Hasbroucq, Jan Ee;i. 
Hugo Frere Junr., Abraham Bevier, Louis Bevier, John Teer- 
penningh, Elizabet Een, Sara Een, Maria Magdelena Een. 



76 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Mattys Slecht Junr. and Abraham Doiou, Jacob Frere, In the 
presence of us, 

AHasbrouck. 

J. Bruyn, Junr. 

Sealed and Delivered by the within subscriber Cristiaen 
doyo in the presence of us: My 15: 174 — . 

Isaak Doyo. 
Johannis Lefever. 

Sealed and Delivered by the Within Subscribed Anthony 
Yearenton in the presence of us April 8 Annoy: Dom: 1752. 

abraham van der marken. 
Jacobus Has brouck. 

Ulster 



County 

Be it remembered that on the Eight Day of Alay in the 
year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and Seventy 
one, Personally, Came before me Dirck Wynkoop Junr. Esqr. 
one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said 
County Coll. Abraham Hasbrouck whome being Duly sworn 
on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God Deposeth and saith 
that he wass present and saw, Abraham Dubois, Hugo Frere, 
Andri LeFever, Jacob Frere, Samuel Bevier, Daniel Dubois, 
Jacob Hasbrouck, Isaac Le Fever, Jan Le Fevere, Salomons 
Hasbroucq, Hanrey Deyo, Daniel Hasbroucq, Jan Een, Hugo 
Frere Jun. Abraham Bevier, Louis Bevier, John Teerpenningh, 
Elizabet Een, Sara Een, Maria Magdalena Een, }Jattys Slecht 
Jun. and Abraham Deiou, Syn, Seal and Deliver the within 
Deed, as their Voluntary act and Deed for the use, therein men- 
tioned, and that at, Same Time, Jacobus Bruyn Junr, and 
himself Subscribed their names thereto, as. Witnesses, and 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 77 

also, Abraham Deyo, acknowledged, at same time, before me 
that he had Executed the same deed as his Voluntary act and 
deed for the use therein mentioned, and that at the same time 
of Executing this deed, he was underage, but that now acknowl- 
edges, that the same is his Voluntary act and deed and at 
same time also appeared, Isaac Doyo, whom being duly sworn 
on the holy Evangelist of Almight god deposeth and saith, that 
he was present and saw Christian Doye Syn Seal and deliver 
the within deed, as his Voluntary act and deed for the use 
therein mentioned, and that, at same time Johannis Lefever 
and himself Subscribed their names thereto as Witnesses and 
also, that on the Tenth day of said month Jacobus Hasbrouck, 
being duly sworn, as aforesaid saith that he wass present and 
saw Anthony Yelverton, syn seal and De Liver the within 
deed as his Volutary act and deed for the use therein men- 
tioned, and Also, that at same time Abraham Van dermercken 
and himself had Subscribed their names thereto as Witnesses, 
and I have perused the same and find no Material Erezures, 
nor Interlinations therein. Wherefore I do Alow the same to 

be recorded D : Wynkoop Jun. 

The Duzine exercised not only the power of dividing land 
within the Patent, but held full control of the undivided land. 
In 1729 they gave to Solomon DuBois and his brother, Lewis, 
who lived outside the Paltz Patent and had no share in it, 
the privilege of cutting grass on the commons in the same 
manner as if they were among the proprietors, and likewise 
" full power and authority at all times forever hereafter to 
cut down, load, have, take and carry away all manner of 
Timber, trees and stones standing . . . lying and being 
within any part of the Commons and without the fences and 
inclosures of any of the Inhabitants of the New Paltz afore- 
said." 



78 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



CHAPTER IX 

The Indians and Hunting Stories 

The Indians make but a small figure in the early history- 
of New Paltz. There is no account of their having ever 
troubled the inhabitants a particle. This was because the Paltz 
people had honestly paid for the land and treated the Indians 
kindly. The last remains of the red^men in this locality are 
said to have lived in a little village on the south bank of the- 
Plattekill, where it empties into the Wallkill. Many arrow 
heads, both of the kind used in hunting and in war, have been 
picked up in that locality. The Normal School grounds were- 
an Indian burying ground. An Indian skeleton, with large 
beads, obtained no doubt from some Dutch trader, was dug up 
near Mr. Low's brick yard when the railroad was in process 
of construction. 

In the sale of the patent the red men reserved a tract called 
Ah Qua, southeast of Perrine's Bridge, on account of supposed 
mineral wealth. 

Old stories relate that at butchering time they would visit 
the farmers' yards to select bits of the entrails of the slaugh- 
tered animals. 

The fe\v remaining at that time went off with Sir John 
Johnson, the Tory leader in the Revolutionary war. Now and 
then one would come around with baskets to sell. Once a 
member of such a company was drowned in the Wallkill, at 
Libertyville. Then they came no more, saying that the 
drowned man " spooked " them. One of tlie last of the Indians 
was called Tottoi. He would make maple sugar and trade it: 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 79 

off for bread. When he died he was wrapped in a coffin of 
bark and buried by Daniel and Levi Van Wagenen. Probably 
the last visit of the Indians to this place was about 1820, when 
two of them came to the reservation at Ah Qua. It is related 
that at one time Indians came near Dashville and cut some 
timber for baskets. Some of the people started to drive them 
away, but Ezekiel Eltinge said "Let them alone; they have 
the right." His remark was no doubt on account of the reser- 
vation at Ah Qua. 

The Indians kept up the custom of holding kint-a-koys at 
Ah Qua after the whites had settled around. They would sing 
and feast as well as dance, and borrow vessels in which to 
prepare the food for these occasions. No matter how clean 
these vessels were when borrowed the Indians would wash' 
them. The exact spot on which these kint-a-koys were held 
was about a half mile southeast of the Bontecoe school -house, 
where the house and garden of the late Abm. Freer were lo- 
cated. The Indian title to- the reservation at Ah Qua was 
probably never extinguished, but finally the tract was sold for 
taxes and in that way became the property of the whites. 

There was a family of Indians that would come and live in 
a hut in the woods of Cornelius DuBois (now the ,W. H. D. 
Blake place), and with his permission cut down any timber 
they desired, which they would manufacture into scoops and 
baskets. Stephen G. DuBois tells us that when he was a small 
child he visited this Indian family many times. There was a 
little Indian, called Jake, the grandson of the old Indian, who 
was the head of the family, and who used to shoot squirrels 
from the trees with his bow and arrows. Stephen tells us that 
one day, when he was on a visit to the hut, little Jake showed 
a skill with the bow and arrow nearly equal to that of his 
grandfather, by shooting a spider on the opposite side of the 



8o HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

shanty. After a while the old Indian, who was the head of the 
family, was accidentally drowned in crossing the Wallkill, 
which he frequently did to visit a white man, named "Mocky" 
Wackman, who lived on the other side of the Wallkill, with 
whom he was very friendly. After his death the family offered 
a portion of his clothing to "Mocky," who, thinking it a pity 
to take any of the poor Indian's clothes, declined the gift, 
when the garment was instantly tossed into the fire. 

The following story Aunt Judy Jackson relates as having 
happened in her childhood days, about 1812, when she was a 
slave in the family of Jeremiah Merritt on the county house 
plains : 

Her master in the fall had taken her behind him on horse- 
back and started for the mountain to bring up the cattle which 
had been running at large in the woods. It was growing late 
in the fall and it was time to bring up the stock for the winter. 

Suddenly as they were riding along they came upon an In- 
dian wigwam. Merritt jumped off the horse which he left in 
her charge and entered the hut. He remained there a long, 
long time. At last she grew tired and moving up to the wig- 
wam pushed open the door. There were about a dozen In- 
dians sitting on the floor engaged in making baskets. One 
man, who seemed to be the chie'f, had a ring hanging from his 
nose. Merritt was talking with the Indians and did not go to 
the mountains to get the cattle that day. Aunt Judy is posi- 
tive that those Indians were spies who had come probably from 
Canada to get what information they could in the interest of 
the English Government. She says, moreover, that Merritt 
was a tory and this accounted for the long talk he was having 
with the Indians in the wigwam. The visit of the Indians 
attracted great attention and the people from all the country 
around went to see them. 



HIST O R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 8i 

Mrs. Edward AIcEntee's recollections of her earl}^ child- 
hood days, as related to us, contain more accounts of the In- 
dians than the recollections of any of the other old people with 
whom w-e have talked. They probably remained longer in 
the locality about Rosendale Plains than elsewhere in this 
vicinity. On the east side of the road was an Indian burying 
ground. One of the neighbors attempted to ploAV it up, but 
the red men made him stop. The Indians had bark wigwams 
scattered through the woods. The spot where one of these 
had stood would be marked long after it had disappeared by a 
patch of tansy, that being a favorite herb with the red men. 
She says she saw the Indians many times when a child. They 
were kind people if treated well. In their wigwams they 
would lie on the floor with their feet to the fire. Sometimes 
they would pass the house, the pappooses strapped to their 
father's backs. The little ones would laugh and call to her. 
When she was a young woman she lived at Benjamin Van 
Wagenen's in this village. The Indians would come and shoot 
with bow and arrow at copper coins at a distance of about fifty 
yards. If they hit the penny they would keep it. (This was 
a travelling company.) \\'hen she was a small child an In- 
dian woman would call at the house and delight to play with 
her, sometimes lifting her up by one arm, but this her mother 
forbade for fear of injury. At one time there was a wigwam 
right by her grandfather's door. When the first Freer lo- 
cated at Bontecoe an Indian set up his wigwam in the clearing. 
Sometimes he would lie drunk on the door-step. He was not 
disturbed and after a time went away. 

A story related by Aunt Judy Jackson is as follows : 
When she was a slave in the family of Andries P. LeFevre 
at Kettleborough. about 1820, six Indians came dressed in 
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82 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

women's clothing. They hirked about the neighborhood for 
some time. At Mrs. Andries J. LeFevre's they tapped on the 
window. At Matthew LeFevre's they entered the house and 
talked but little, but asked for buttermilk. The buttermilk 
was brought from the cellar and then it was discovered that 
they had on male attire under their female apparel. After a 
while Daniel Deyo, of Ireland Corners (grandfather of Dr. 
Abm. Deyo), had the Indians arrested and found that they 

were armed. They said that they wanted to find John . 

Now John resided in the neighborhood and had confessed 

to perpetrating an inhuman act of cruelty upon an Indian 
family. He had entered an Indian wigwam (just where Aunt 
Judy did not know), and finding a squaw and her pappoose 
had asked the squaw to go and get him a drink of water. 
While she was gone he picked up the pappoose and threw it 
into a pot of boiling water on the fire. He then hid and es- 
caped the fury of the Indians, who, however, hunted him for 
years. The Kettleborough people told the Indians that they 

did not know who John was. He was living, however, 

in the neighborhood, and his house at Jenkintown is still 
standing. 

Stolen by the Indians 

Stephen G. DuBois and his sister, Mrs. Hand, tell us the fol- 
lowing story as having been related to them by the old folks, 
but which must be simply another version of the capture of 
the wife and children of the original Louis DuBois, at King- 
ston. The event, as related to them, when they were children, 
took place at Libertyville and is as follows: 

A woman named Katrina DuBois (they do not know her 
husband's name) was carried away captive by the Indians, 
with an infant in her arms and a child at her side. The hus- 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 83 

band followed in pursuit. He saw a savage in the act of 
drawing his bow. In his haste and nervousness he could not 
get the arrow to fit the string. Before he could shoot, DuBois 
sprang upon him and ran his sword through him with such 
force that it struck into a tree behind him. This happened 
near Louis Hasbrouck's present residence, in Libertyville, by 
the brook now called the Stenykill. DuBois' wife, not recog- 
nizing the pursuers, started to run with the Indians. DuBois 
then shouted to his wife, "Trene, stop, or Til shoot you." 
Then she recognized his voice and returned. 

Both Mr. DuBois and his sister, Mrs. Hand, repeat this 
story, positively and emphatically, as being told to them by 
the old people. 

Elihu Schoonmaker likewise remembers hearing this story 
in his young days and says that a black oak tree, at the lo- 
cality described above, was pointed out to him as marking the 
spot where DuBois slew the Indian with his sword. 

Some Hunting Stories 

One of the most interesting chapters of the history of New 
Paltz might be given to the hunting stories of the olden times. 
One of most undoubted truthfulness is that of Ephraim Decker, 
of Shawangunk, who pursued a deer from rock to rock at 
Paltz Point, until it had descended to its last place of refuge 
on table rock, called by old people Ephraim's Point. Having 
no gun, he seized the animal by the horns, and a contest of 
strength ensued. A companion, who was with Decker, cried 
out that the infuriated creature would fling him over the cliff, 
but the intrepid man replied that if he did he would pull him 
back. Finally, with the aid of his pocket knife, the prize was 
secured. 



84 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Another hunting story is that of Peter LeFevre, grand- 
father of the writer, and Louis Hardenburgh, grandfather of 
the late Senator Jacob Hardenburgh, formerly of Kingston. 
Louis was a sturdy blacksmith, his shop being located on the 
public highway about four miles north of this village. Peter 
LeFevre lived in the old stone house still standing near by. 
These two followed a bear to her den in the Gerhow region, 
and Hardenburgh entering the den, slew the brute — an ex- 
ploit requiring as much courage, perhaps, as the famous ad- 
ventures of General Putnam and the wolf. But another ver- 
sion of this story is that one of the hunters shot into the den 
and killed the bear before Hardenburgh entered it. 

Major Isaac LeFevre, of Swartekill, a famous surveyor in 
his day, was once employed to make surveys in the neighbor- 
hood of Paltz Point (Sky Top), about 1820, and on drawing 
toward the rockiest portion of the mountain his employer (Mr. 
Mullenix) told him to stop, that the rest of the mountain 
might be left for the foxes. Major Isaac asked him if he 
would give it to him for his day's work. The reply being in 
the affirmative, he received twenty acres for his day's work. 
This he afterwards transferred to Mr. Pell, of Esopus, and it 
is well settled that this identical tract was the highest part of 
the mountains, which was never owned by John F. Stokes 
and was not secured by Mr. A. K. Smiley until some years 
after his purchase of Mohonk. 

One day when Major Isaac LeFevre was going out on a 
surveying expedition he shot an elk. He dressed the animal 
and hung it up in a small tree. On his return in the evening 
he found a deer had been smelling in the carcass of the elk 
and become fastened by his horns. He dispatched the deer 
and thought he had done quite as good a day's work at hunt- 
ing as at survevinsf. 



H I ST O R Y F iV E IV P ALT Z 85 

Wild turkeys were found in the woods in this vicinity in 
the old times. Levi Schryver informs us that the locality in 
Esopus, which still bears the name of Calicoon (turkey) hook, 
v/as noted in old times for the wild turkeys found there. 

Aunt Judy Jackson's stories concerning the wild animals 
that roamed the forest in her young days are very thrilling. 
There were more wild beasts in the Libertyville neighborhood, 
when she was there, than in the Kettleborough neighborhood, 
where she afterwards lived. Once, in her childhood, when she 
was a slave in Jeremiah IVIerritt's family, she was bringing 
home the cows when she saw a panther crouched on a limb of 
a tree overhead. He paid no attention to her but sprang for 
the cows. He missed his prey and the cattle scattered widely, 
bellowing as they ran. Shortly afterwards the panther at- 
tacked a cow belonging to Cornelius DuBois. He was tear- 
ing her hind quarters when seen. The cow was not dead, but 
died of her injuries. The panther escaped to the woods. 

When Aunt Judy was a slave at Andries P. LeFevre's a 
panther was shot in the woods of his father, Philip. The ball 
hit the ferocious beast in the head. He made one tremendous 
spring for the man who shot him. The man dodged and the 
panther fell dead on the ground. Aunt Judy says that she 
has "seen a sight of wild animals in her day, but the panther 
is the savagest of all." 

W^olves and bears were quite numerous, especially on the 
west side of the Wallkill. Cornelius DuBois, the youngest of 
the name, brother of Jbsiah DuBois of Poughwaughtenonk, 
had a narrow escape from being killed by wolves. He was 
skating on the W^allkill, alone, when two wolves came out of a 
pine woods, on the east side of the Wallkill, near Libertyville, 
and chased him. By skating he kept ahead of them, but grow- 
ing tired he bethought himself of the dogs at a neighboring- 



86 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

house, near the stream. He whistled to the dogs. They came 
and fought with the wolves. The dogs were killed, but Mr. 
DuBois escaped with his life. 

It must be remembered that these stories which Aunt Judy 
tells are not what she has heard from older people, but what 
occurred in the neighborhood while she lived there. 

Cornelius DuBois (father of the one just spoken of) owned 
land on the east side of the Wallkill and had a barrack there 
where he kept sheep. Farmers stored much of their hay in 
barracks in those days. Aunt Judy had herself seen wolves 
in pursuit of these sheep. 

Bears would also come around. At one time Aunt Judy 
noticed that some animal had been injuring the corn in the 
field. She thought the damage had been done by a cow, but 
it proved to be the work of a bear. 

One man started alone in pursuit of the animal and fol- 
lowed him to the mountain. Others followed and found the 
man dead, having, it is thought, run himself to death. 

Wild Pigeons and Larger Game 

In those days, about 1820, game was still quite abundant. 
Nearly every year great flocks of wild pigeons would come and 
almost every family was provided with nets for catching them 
and likewise with stool pigeons. Catching pigeons was a 
favorite sport. Stephen G. DuBois, relates that one day as he 
was riding, on horseback, in company wath about a dozen 
others, to attend town meeting at the Paltz, the pigeons passed 
over their heads in immense numbers. 

Peter W. DuBois' father, Wilhelmus, was quite a hunter, 
and he and John Fuller, grandfather of Wm. Fuller, killed 
many bears and wolves, before the digsriner of the Delaware & 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 87 

Hudson Canal, but after the construction of the big ditch 
these wild animals did not venture to cross it. 

One of the last wolves trapped by Fuller was on the Mul- 
lenix place on the mountains. In this case Fuller had intended 
to bring the captive alive to Libertyville, but the farmer seeing 
the destroyer of his sheep in the trap exclaimed "You are 
the one that has been killing my sheep," and slew him on 
the spot. 

Another story about one of the last wolves caught in this 
vicinity in concerning one caught on the Mathusalem Eltinge 
farm, which extended from Springtown up to Bontecoe Point. 
In this case, too, the wolf was brought, alive, in the trap. 

Mr. Edward DuBois, of ]\Iarlborough, favors us with an 
account of the capture of the very last wolf in this portion of 
the country which was trapped by Fuller in the winter of 
1826 or '27. Mr. DuBois says : 

"It was a field day for Libertyville. I was quite young at 
the time, yet I recollect his bringing the beast alive with the 
trap on its leg into my father's kitchen, where Mr. Blake now 
lives * * The bronzed hunter and the captive wolf, the 
old cellar kitchen, and an old oaken table, upon which two 
terror stricken urchins — a younger brother and myself, sought 
refuge, are among the clearly defined impressions of my 
childhood." 

Desperate Fight with a Bear 

Mr, J. Nelson Terwilligar gives us an account of a famous 
bear hunt that happened about 1820, when he was a lad of 
sixteen. Henry Williams, a famous hunter, and another hunter 
named Watkins had followed a bear all the way from Tucker's 
Corner, through New Paltz, crossing the Wallkill at what is 



88 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

now Luther Hasbrouck's place, and running- him into a hole in 
the rocks near Bontecoe Point. The hunters went home and 
returned the next morning. They found the bear, who was a 
very larg'e fellow, and Watkins shot and wounded him. The 
bear instantly turned and g-ave chase. Watkins climbed a 
tree but the bear was too quick for him ; seized and pulled 
him down and got on top of him. Then Williams took a hand 
in the fray and proceeded to hammer the bear with his gun 
and took him by the ears to pull him off his comrade. Finally 
the bear was killed and Mr. Terwilligar tells us he had a piece 
of the meat which was very fat. Watkins long bore the marks 
of the fight, the bear's teeth having left wounds in his head 
as laree as a man's fingers. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



89 



CHAPTER X 



Property Holders at New Paltz in Early Days 



TAXPAYERS IN I712 

The first tax list which we have found is among the Freer 
papers and is as follows showing the amount of property in 
1712: 

The freeholders, inhabitants, residents & sojourners of the 
New Paltz in the county of Ulster, their real and personal 
estate rated & assessed on the i6th day of January I7if by 
the assessors chosen for the same on their oaths to pay at the 
rate of three pence half farthing per pound, to pay said county 
quota, layd by an act of General Assembly, entitled an act for 
the levying of ten thousand ounces of plate or fourteen thou- 
sand five hundred forty-five Lyon dollars : 

Abraham Doyo £ 45 Abraham freer 25 

Christian Doyo 50 Jacob freer 25 

Pieter Doyo 45 Elias Uin 35 

Henry Doyo 45 Solomon Dubois 100 

Abraham Hasbrouck. . . . 200 Louis Dubois 75 

Louys Bevier 300 Joseph Hasbrouck 25 

Jean Hasbrouck 150 Tunis Jacobse 10 

Mary Dubois 150 Hendrick Van Weye.... 15 

Abraham Dubois 270 Jacob Clearwater 5 

Andrew Lefever & Com- Gerrit Lambertse 5 

pany 240 Jan Terpening 5 

Hugo ff rer 75 Total £1895 

Total tax £24, 13 shillings. 
A True Copy. 

Wm. Notingham, 
Clerk. 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 91 

The above list shows that in 1712 four of the original Paten- 
tees were still alive, namely Abraham and Jean Hasbrouck, 
Louis Bevier and Abraham DuBois, also Mary widow of Isaac 
DuBois. The other tax payers are sons of Patentees, namely : 
the four sons of Pierre Deyo, the three sons' of Simon LeFever, 
three of the four sons of Hugo Freer, two sons of Louis Du- 
Bois, Joseph, son of Abraham Hasbrouck. The only other 
persons on the tax list are Elias Uin the ancestor of the Ean 
family, who married Elizabeth, daughter of i\nthony Crispell 
the Patentee, Jacob Clearwater, who was a brother-in-law of 
Abm. Deyo and resided at Bontecoe, Jan Terpening who also 
resided at Bontecoe, and was from Flanders ; also Tunis 
Jacobse (Clearwater), Hendrick Van Weye and Garritt Lam- 
bertse. 

The Building of the First Stone Church 

The next list of this nature that we have at New Paltz is the 
names of those who built the first stone church in 1720 which 
is found in the P'rench records of the church as follows : Sam- 
uel Bevier, Louis Bevier, Jr., Abraham Doyo, Christian Doyo, 
Henry Doyo, Abraham DuBois, Solomon DuBois, Louis Du- 
Bois, Jr., Daniel DuBois, Philip DuBois, Andre LeFevre, Isaac 
LeFevre, Jean LeFevre, Mary Hasbrouck (widow of Abra- 
ham the Patentee), Jacob Hasbrouck, Joseph Hasbrouck, 
Hugh Freer, Abraham Freer, Jacob Freer, Elias Un. 

The last named, who is the ancestor of the Ean family, is 
the only person not of the Patentee families who assisted in 
building the church. Abraham DuBois was the only one of 
the Patentees living in 1720. Abm. DuBois long survived his 
associates and lived until 1731. 



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HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 



Freeholders in 1728 

The next list in point of time is found in the Documentary- 
History of New York, page 971, and contains the names of all 
the freeholders in the precinct in 1728, as follows: Samuel 
Bevier, Christian Deyou, Hendrick Devon, Peter Devon, Solo- 
mon Hasbrouck, Jacob Hasbrouck, Daniel Hasbrouck, Hugo- 
Freer, Plugo Freer, Jr., Isaac Freer, Jacob P'reer, Lewis Du- 
Bois, Jr., Solomon DuBois, Abraham DuRois, Daniel DuBois, 
John LeFevre, Andries LeFevre, Isaac LeFevre, John Terpen- 
ing, Dirck Terpening, Augustus A'andemark, Nicholas Roosa, 
Peter Low, Garrit Keetaltas, Roeloff Eltinge, Esq. 



New Paltz Tax Payers in 1728 

The following list of New Paltz taxpayers in 1728 is in the 
countv clerk's office at Kine-ston : 



Elsie Djou [widow of 

Abraham] £ 2^ 

Christian Djou 30 

Hendricus Djou 30 

Peter Djou 19 

Jacob Deyo [Jacobus?]. i 

Moses Deyo i 

Solomon Hasbrouck ... 42 

Daniel Hasbrouck 62 

Jacob Hasbrouck 92 

Andries LeFevre 40 

Jan LeFevre 52 

Isaac LeFevre 31 

LIugo Freer 69 

Jacob Freer 6 

Hugo Freer, Jr 12 

Jonas Frere i 

AVidow of Elias Fan. . 20 



Peter Low 5 

Solomon DuBois 69 

Louis DuBois 67 

Abraham DuBois 193 

Daniel DuBois 99 

Abraham Clearwater . . i 

Jan Terpenning 10 

Samuel Bevier 95 

Louis Bevier 26 

August Vandemark .... 2 

Anthony \\'estbrook ... 4 

Roelif Elting, Esq 10 

Nicholas Roosa 13 

Matty s Slecht 10 

Col. Jacob Rutson (non- 
resident) 5 

Garret Keeteltas 5 



H 1 ST O R Y OF N E IV P ALT Z 93 

List of Slaveholders ix 1755 

The next list of property holders of any kind that we find 
is a list of slaveholders in 1755 in the Documentary History 
of New York. Samuel Bevier, Philip Bevier, Jacobus Bevier, 
Abm. Bevier, Christian Doyo, Abm. Doyo, Peter Doyo, Jr., 
Sarah Hasbrouck (widow of Solomon), Benjamin Hasbrouck 
(Wallkill), Daniel Hasbrouck, Jacob Plasbrouck, Lewis Du- 
Bois, Solomon DuBois, Benj. DuBois, Plendricus DuBois. 
Simon DuBois, Hugo Freer, Isaac Freer, Mary LeFevre 
(widow of Isaac), Petronella LeFevre (widow of Simon), 
Nathaniel LeFevre. Abm. LeFevre, x\ndrics LeFevre, Abm. 
Hardenburgh, Geesje Fan (widow of Jan), Anetje Vande- 
mark, Noah Eltinge, Capt. Josiah Eltinge. 

Abm. Hardenburgh and Solomon DuBois each owned 7 
slaves, Simon DuBois 6 and others a less number. The list 
shows that in 1755 all the sons of the Patentees were dead 
except Solomon and Louis DuBois, Jr., Samuel Bevier, Daniel 
and Jacob Hasbrouck. 

Value of the Precixct of New Paltz in 1765 

We copy from a collection warrant dated at Kingston, Au- 
gust 27, 1765, the list given below of the estimated value of 
the real and personal estates of the precinct of New Paltz. 
The warrant was signed by ''Dirck Wynkoop, Jr., John Du- 
mond, Charles Dewit, Elias Depuy, Abraham Hardenburgh, 
Johannis H. Jan sen and John Wandle — Supervisors elected 
and chosen for the several towns, manor and precincts of 
Ulster county." It was issued to raise money, pursuant to an 
Act to raise £52.000 for paying 1,715 men to be employed in 
an expedition against the French fort at Crown Point and 
against the Indians : and to raise i 100,000 for paying the ex- 



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HISTORY OF N E IV P A LT Z 



penses of 2,600 for the invasion of Canada ; and also to raise 
i 100,000 and i6o,ooo for hke purposes under other Acts. One 
hundred and thirteen pounds, three shilhngs eight pence and 
one-fifth of a farthing was the amount to be collected from the 
precinct of New Paltz. This precinct then included the pres- 
ent town of New Paltz, the whole of Lloyd and parts of the 
towns of Rosendale, Esopus and Gardiner. 

The warrant directed that after the tax was collected it 
should be lodged in the hands of Col. Abraham Hasbrouck, 
county treasurer, retaining the fees. 

In 1765 there were only six Townships in the entire county, 
viz. : Kingston, Marbletown, Hurley, Rochester, Shawangunk 
and New Paltz. 

Dirck Wynkoop, Jr., represented Kingston; Abraham Har- 
denburgh, New Paltz ; Johannes H. Jansen, Shawangunk \. 
Elias Depuy, Rochester. The remaining three Supervisors,, 
viz.: John Dumond, Ch. Dewitt and John Wandle must have 
represented the towns of Hurley and ]\Iarbletown and a pre- 
cinct or manor not yet organized into a Township. 

An estimate or list of all the estates real and personal of all 
the freeholders and inhabitants of the precinct of New Paltz 
in 1765: 



NAMES. VALUE. 




NAMES. VALUE. 




Peter Dujou £31 


S I 


Johannis Dujou . . . 


.£9 


s 


John Terwilliger ... 14 


2 


Petrus Low 


■ 7 





Abraham Harden- 




Abraham Bevier . . 


• 50 


2 


burgh 65 


16 


Gerret Frere 


• 7 


5 


Abraham Hasbrouck 




Jacobus Bevier . . . 


. 10 





(for his farm) ... 71 


3 


Benjamin DuBois . 


• 29 


10 


Hendricus Dubois . . 55 


10 


Johannis Dujou, Jr. 


• 4 


10 


Philip Dubois 8 





Solomon Low .... 


• 3 


10 


Cornelius Dubois ... 65 


12 


Jonas Frere 


• 25 






HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 



95 



NAMES. VALUE. 

Ghristopher Dujou...fi5 si2 

Christiaen Dujou, Jr. i 5 

Moses Dujou 7 o 

Jacobus Hasbrouck. .13 2 

Johannis Frere 15 8 

Benjamin Frere .... 8 4 

Hugo Frere i 5 

Jacob Frere 12 o 

Hugo Frere, Jr 16 16 

Benjamin Dujou ... 16 o 

David .^kker 12 

The estate of ^lary- 

nus Van Aken. ... 2 10 

Daniel Lefever 17 o 

Petrus Lefever 21 12 

Johannis Lefever ... 24 12 

Abraham Een 18 17 

Nathaniel Dubois ... 23 o 

Jacob Hasbrouck, Jr. 65 o 

Abraham Dujou ... 50 o 

Matthew Lefever ... i 18 

Simon DuBois 42 o 

]\I a r r i t i e Dubois 

(widow) 4 o 

Josiah Eltinge 66 15 

Roloff J. Eltinge. . . i 3 

Abraham Eltinge ... 3 12 

Petronella Lefever . . 5 o 

Andries Lefever, Jr. 14 o 

Winetie Hasbrouck ..48 5 

Johannis M. Low... 6 12 



NAMES. VALUE. 

Abraham Vandemark.i 951 

Benjamin L Frere. . . 10 10 

Petrus Hasbrouck . . 12 16 

John Hasbrouck .... 12 10 

Lewis Bevier 19 2 

Nathaniel Lefever . . 23 o 

Catholinetie Lefever, 3 o 

Noah Eltinge 49 5 

Dominie Monriches 

Geotschius i 8 

Lewis Dubois 17 15 

Abraham LeFever . . 21 10 

Andries Lefever .... 27 12 

Samuel Schoonmaker i o 

Petrus Schoonmaker. i o 
Catholinitie Bevier 

(widow) I 10 

George Stover i 16 

Frederick Hyms ... 4 o 

Joseph Grififen 3 

Joseph Terwilliger ..6 10 

Jonathan Terwilliger. 16 2 

Isaac Frere 14 10 

Joseph Frere 3 10 

Petrus Van Wagenen 8 10 
Abraham Xzn Wage- 
nen I 13 

Abraham Donaldson. 17 14 

^Michael De Vou. ... 3 o 

Robert Plurs 5 

David Auchmoody .. 5 



96 HISTORY 


OF 


N EJV PALTZ 






"names. value 




NAMES. VALUE 




Thomas Woolsey . . 


•^ 5 


s 5 


Oliver Gray i 




SIO 


Israel Koole 


2 


I 


Phelick Ransom .... 


2 


17 


Alexander Mackey,. 


I 


2 


Nathaniel Wyard . . . 


I 





James Turtle 


I 


17 


Abraham Hass 




15 


John Woolsey .... 




5 


Lewis Pontinear .... 


I 





Peter Koleman .... 




6 


Robert Sergeant .... 


I 


12 


James Wheeler .... 


. 2 


7 
14 


Joseph Coddington.. . 
Daniel Dujou 


4 
2 





James Hurta 




7 


Murry Lester 




i6 


Abm. Dujou, for the 






Valuntine Parkus . 


2 


i6 


estate where his son 






Ebenezer Gilbert . . 


5 


o 


Daniel lives on. . . . 


5 





Ebenezer Parkus . . 


I 


4 


Jacob DuBois 


15 





Livelet Hubble .... 


• 3 


8 


James Hue 


I 





Christiaen Dujou . . 


I 


12 


Martinus Bakeman. . 




6 


Richard JMonion . . . 






Moses Nap 


I 





Michael Palmiter . . 




13 


Hendrick Wasemiller 




4 


Anthony Yarnton . . . 


I 


18 


Petrus Vandemerk. . . 




10 


Abraham Brister . . . 


3 


6 


Daniel Frere 


I 


12 


Johannis Presslar ,. 


I 


15 


Christiaen Achtmoemy 


I 





Jadediah Dean .... 


I 


8 


William Frere 


I 


6 


Simon Crandle .... 
William Ellsworth.. 


I 



12 








Total value £1,^ 


.S4 


S18 



This assessment roll is valuable, not only as showing who 
were taxpayers and the amount of each assessment in 1765, 
but it is still more useful because with the aid of some cor- 
roborating evidence, we are able to determine where nearly 
all of the larger taxpayers lived 

It is evident that the assessor in making out the roll com- 
menced at the south bonds of the precinct as it then was at 
what is now Tuthill and continued on the west side of the 
Wallkill until reachins; the north bounds of the Patent at Mud 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 97 

Hook ; then crossing the Wallkill returned to the village on 
the east side of the stream and then passed on south to the 
Plains and Kettelboro ; thence east to Jenkintown and the 
Freer patent, and finally picked up the small taxpayers along 
the Hudson River and elsewhere. 

As far as the Huguenot names on the roll are concerned it 
must be remembered that in this list we are dealing with the 
grandsons of the Patentees. 

Commencing with the first name on the list, Peter Deyo is 
the son of Hendricus and lived at Tuthill where he had de- 
scndants living until modern times. Peter and his son had a 
patent for land in Shawangunk. 

Abraham Hardenburgh, who was Supervisor and one of the 
heaviest taxpayers lived in a stone house, recently tumbled into 
ruins, just below Tuthill. Here the family had a large tract 
of land. Abraham Hardenburgh's grandsons Abraham and 
Jacob were the last of the name to occupy the land of their 
ancestors, Abraham living in the fine, old brick house near the 
Guilford church and Jacob on the old homestead, where Crines 
Jenkins who married Jacob's daughter Rachel afterward lived. 

Abraham Hasbrouck who comes next and is assessed for 
the heaviest amount is Col. Abraham Hasbrouck of Kingston. 
This farm at Guilford is still owned in the family. Col. 
Abraham Hasbrouck was probably the most prominent man in 
the county in his day. 

Hendricus and Cornelius DuBois are brothers, sons of Solo- 
mon. Philip is Hendricus' son. Hendricus lived on the Capt. 
Jacob M. DuBois place of our day, Cornelius a short distance 
south of where Capt. W. H. D. Blake now lives, Philip kept 
a public house at Liberty ville. Cornelius and Hendricus were 
men of large means and influential in the community as their 
descendants are at the present day. 
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98 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

Abraham and Jacobus Bevier are brothers, sons of Samuel 
and grandsons of Louis the Patentee. Abraham lived just 
south of Butterville. His wife was Margaret, daughter of 
RoeHf Eltinge, the first of the name at New Paltz. Their 
son Abraliam moved to Chenango county. 

Benjamin DuBois was the first of the name near Springtown 
and his descendants still reside there and until recently a little 
further north. Benjamin is the son of Daniel and grandson 
of Isaac the Patentee. 

Jonas Freer is the son of Hugo, senior, and grandson of the 
Patentee. Jonas lived at Kline Bontecoe on what is now the 
R. V. N. Beaver place. His descendants reside in various 
places in this vicinity. Garret Freer is the nephew of Jonas 
and son of Hugo, jun. of Bontecoe. 

Christopher Deyo lived at Springtown. He is the brother 
of Peter and Johanes, whose names have appeared on the list 
and of Benjamin, whose name comes later. Christopher is. 
the ancestor of Rev. Paul T. Deyo. 

Moses Deyo is the son of Christian and grandson of Pierre 
the Patentee. He and his son Christian, Jr. reside where their 
descendants have since lived and near where James E. and 
Matthew Deyo now reside. 

Jacobus Hasbrouck is the son of Solomon. ?Te probably 
owned the Simon L. DuBois farm. At any rate his son Ben- 
jamin owned it and gave a life estate in it to his son. 

We have now come to the Freer settlement at Mud Hook 
and Bontecoe. Hugo jun. is the son of Hugo, sen., Jacob is 
his cousin. Hugo, John and Benjamin are Hugo, jun.'s sons. 

The assessor having crossed the Wallkill. at what is now 
Perrine's Bridge, is coming southward on the east side of the 
stream. 

Benjamin Deyo, who is the ancestor of the Bontocoe Deyos,. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 99 

occupies the house of his father Hendricus, which is known as 
the Abm. W. Deyo farm in our day. 

The three LeFevres, Daniel, Petrus and Johannes, are sons 
of Isaac, the first of the name at Bontecoe. 

Abraham Ean is the son of Jan and grandson of EHas. 
His farm, which is still owned in the family joined the LeFevre 
estate on the south as it does, to-day. 

Here the assessor makes a break and inserts the name of 
Nathaniel DuBois, who built the first mill at Libertyville and 
is the son of Jonathan and grandson of Louis, jun. 

Right here should come the names of Petrus and John Has- 
brouck, sons of Solomon, which do not appear on the roll until 
a little later. Petrus owned and occupied what is now the 
Walsh house at Middletown and John the old stone house of 
his father, a short distance south, which tumbled into ruins 
about 1870. 

We are now back to the village. 

Jacob Hasbrouck, Jr. built at a later date the house where 
his greatgrandson Abm. M. Hasbrouck now lives, but in 1765 
he was living and quite certainly keeping a store in what is 
now the Memorial House. 

Abraham Devo (2) lived in the homestead in this village, 
which passed from one Abraham to another and is now owned 
by Abm. Deyo Brodhead. 

Simon DuBois is the son of Daniel and grandson of Isaac 
the Patentee. He occupied the house now owned by his de- 
scendants, Mary DuBois Berry's daughters, which has always 
been in the family and is the oldest house in the village. 
Maritje (widow) who is assessed for a small amount is Simon's 
mother. 

Josiah Eltinge owned and occupied the house still called 
the "Eltinge Homestead," and Roelif J. and Abraham are his 



loo HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

sons. Here Roelif J. kept a store in Revolutionary times. 
Abraham afterward lived in the house about a mile north of 
the village, which has ever since been in the family and where 
his great grandson S. L. F. Elting now lives. 

Andries LeFevre. Jr., who is the last of that line of LeFevres, 
lived with his mother Petronella in the old homestead, since 
torn down, in the north part of the present church yard. 

Winetie Hasbrouck is the widow of Daniel, son of Abraham 
the Patentee. She lived with her six sons directly across the 
street from the present church building and the house is still 
owned in the family. 

Johannes M. Low lived in the house which had come to him 
from his father-in-law Hugo Freer, Sn. and this is still stand- 
ing, being the most northern of the old stone houses on the 
street. 

The next two names on the list, Abraham Vandemark and 
Benj. I. Freer, we can not place. 

The next name, Lewis Bevier, puzzles us, as there was no 
person of the name at New Paltz. Possibly. the Bevier home- 
stead in this village had not yet been bought by Josiah Eltinge 
and belonged to Louis Bevier of Marbletown or Louis of 
Wawarsing. ■ 

Nathaniel LeFevre lived on the Plains in the house of his 
father Jean. His mother Carolintje and his son Matthew, who 
afterward occupied the place, are assessed for small amounts. 

Noah Elting is the brother of Josiah. He lived on the 
estate where his father Roelif had lived in his old age and where 
Edmund Eltinge lived in our day. 

Dominic ^loriches Goetchius was the minister of the 
churches at New Paltz and Shawangunk from 1760 to 1771, 
living at Shawangunk, where he died in 1771. 

Lewis DuBois is the Capt. Lewis J. DuBois of Revolutionary 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z loi 

times. His house, a frame building, is still standing', south of 
the Libertyville ford on the east side of the Wallkill and 
lately owned by his descendant, Henry L. DuBois. 

Abram and Andries LeFevre are brothers and the pioneers 
at Kettleboro. 

The assessor now turns east. The two Terwilligers, Joseph 
and Jonathan, lived we think on the Plattekill, east of Jenkin- 
town. 

Isaac and Joseph Freer owned the next farm on the north. 
This is the Freer patent and some part still owned in the 
family. 

Petrus Van Wagenen is the ancestor of all the Van \\'age- 
nens in New Paltz. He lived in a stone house, lately standing 
but not occupied, about a mile north of Put Corners. 

xAbraham Donaldson probably lived at Elmore's Corners, as 
the Donaldson family located there at an early date. 

David and Christian Auchmoody are sons of Jeems Auch- 
moody, the first of the name at New Paltz. 

Most of the other names are for small amounts. Some of 
them we recognize as the ancestors of people in Highland and 
vicmity : Devoe, Mackey, Palmatier, Pressler, Wis'emiller. 

Phelick Ran.som lived at Highland and was afterward a 
captain in the Revolutionary ami}-. 

Jacob DuBois lived near Tuthill and had in 1757 pur- 
chased a tract lying on both sides of the Wallkill includ- 
ing the island at Tuthill. His son Lsaac kept his home- 
stead and his son Jacob lived where Gardiner village now 
is. His old home was a short distance south of Kingston. 
He was probably the son of Isaac DuBois who was of Kings- 
ton and his wife Neiltje Rose, as they had a son Jacob, bap- 
tised m 1733. Isaac was the son of Jacob of Hurley, who 
was one of the seven sons of Louis the I'atentee. 



102 HISTORY OF N E ]V P ALT Z 

Joseph Codclington was the village sclioolmaster in those 
days. 

Daniel Deyo lived a short distance north of what is now 
Ireland Corners and is the ancestor of that branch of the Devo 
family. Daniel's father Abm. who resided in this village, still 
owned the farm in 1765. 



HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 103 



CHAPTER XI 

The Contract of 1744 

In this contract tlie owners of the patent, 24 in all, bind 
themselves each to the other for fifteen years to pay all assess- 
ments made by the twelve men for expenses in defending" the 
clami of title of any owner. The document is in English and 
is here transcribed verbatim ct literatim. 

Articles of agreement Indented had made concluded and 
agreed upon This Twenty Third Day of may In the Seven- 
teenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George The 
Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France and 
Ireland King Defender of the faith &c. annoq, Domini 1744 
Betzveen The Persons Whose names are hereunder Written 
and Seals affixed and Who Executed The Same In Due form 
of Law. Whereas Edmund Andross Esq. Seigneur of Sana- 
maraz Lieut, and Governour Generall under his Royal High- 
ness James Duke of York and Albany etc. of all his Terri- 
tories In America. By his Letters Patent bearing Date The 
Twenty Ninth Day of September In the Year of our Lord 
1677 Did Give Ratifye Confirm and Grant, Conformable To an 
Indian purchase From The Indian Propriators unto Lewis 
Du]jois and Partners (That is to say) Christian Duyow Abra- 
liam Hasbroucq Andries Lefever, Jean Hasbroucq, Pierre Duyo, 
Laurens Beveir, Anthony Crespell, Abraham Dubois, Hugfo 



104 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Frere, Isaac Dubois & Simon Lefever Their heirs and assigns 
AH That Certain piece of Land Lyeing on The Sondi Side of 
the Rondout Creek or Kill Beginning From the High Hills 
Called Moggonck and Now known by The name of The 
High Point on The mountains commonly called the Paltz 
point From Thence Stretching South East Near The Great 
River To a Certain Point or hook Called The Juffrous Hoocke 
Lyeing In The Long Reach named by the Indians ^lagatramis 
Being a Little Distance To the Northward from the Place 
where the Late Dwelling House of Denis Raelje Deceased 
stood where it is Fixed by Virtue of a warrant Py Cadwallader 
Colden Esq. To him Directed as Surveyor General For the 
Province of New York, Then North up along The River to an 
Island In a Crooked Elbow, In The beginning of The Land 
♦ Reach Called Little Esopus Island and by the Indians Raphoes 
Then West on the High Hills To a place Called Waratahaes 
and Tawarataque and known by The name of Northwest 
bounds being at the North End of The mountain and Severall 
marks There made, and soe along The Said High Hills South 
west To Moggonck or The High Point aforesaid To Hold unto 
The Said Lewis Dubois and Partners Their heirs and assigns 
Forever, And Whereas We The Subscribers who Have here- 
unto Set our hands and affixed our Seals being owners and In- 
terested In The aforesaid Pattent or Tract of Land and In order 
To Keep and Prepare The Said Tract of Land unto us and our 
heirs and assigns Forever, From being Incroached upon by 
any Person or Persons Whatsoever we Shall Each of us and 
Every one of us, or our heirs Exs. admin, and assigns advance 
And Disburs So much money To make a Common Stock To 
Defend The before Recited Tract of Land, and Every one 
Shall but advance or Disburse So much money according to 
The Share proportion or Interest he or She hath in Said Tract 



HISTORY OF NEJV PALTZ 105 

of Land and so according- To a Greater and Lesser Quantity 
So In proportion And IVhcrcas When Such money or moneys 
Shall be or must be Disbursed or advanced as often as It Shall 
Happen, To and for the Defence of before Recited Patent If 
it Should happen To be Disputed by any one of us or our heirs 
and Assigns Whether It is Requisite and necessary for any 
Such Sum or Sums of money To be Disbursed. It Shall (and 
It Is hereby agreed To and between The said Parties) That it 
must be Determined Then by the Twelve men or The Major 
Part of Them WHio are annually Chosen by the Inhabitants of 
aforesaid Patent on the First Tuesday in April by Virtue of 
an Instrument In writing bearing Date The Twenty first Day 
of April annoq. Domini 1728 Reference being Thereunto had 
may more fully and at Large appear || And That the True 
Intent and meaning of the Present Articles be no ways Frus- 
trated, it is hereby Further Covenanted, Concluded, Granted 
and agreed upon by and between The Said Parties That 
Whereas union is the Strength of all Copartnerships for their 
own Generall and Respective advantage and Safety they Doe 
oblidge themselves their heirs and assigns, to defend Joyntly 
the Whole tract above mentioned and to Stand In mutuall de- 
fence of Each other Lot or Lots farm and Farms against all 
Incroachment and Pretences of Right to the Same for Ever 
From any Person or Persons Whatsoever For Fifteen whole 
and Consecutive years From the Date of these Presents And 
Nozv For the True Performance of all and Singular the pres- 
ent articles and every one of them. The Parties to these pres- 
ents Doe hereby bind Each one to each other and their heirs 
Execs, and adms. Respectively In the Penall Sum of Two Hun- 
dred Pounds Currant Lawfull money of the province of New 
York Payable by the nonper formers To the others j | In Jllfness 
whereof the parties to these present articles have Respectively 



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HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 



Set their hands and affixed their Seals the Day and year above 
written. 



his 
Matthys x \^an Keuren 

mark 
Hend. Sleight 
his 
(s.) Issac X Frere (s.) 

mark 
(s.) Jacob hasbrouck (s.) 
(s.) Isaac Le Fevre (s.) 
(s.) Aenrei dieo (s.) 

his 
(s.) Hugo X Frere Jun (s.) 

mark 
(s.) Jacob Frere (s.) 
(s.) Jonas Frere (s.) 
(s.) Louis bevier (s.) 



(s.) Antho Slecht (s.) 
(s.) Jan Slecht (s.) 
(s.) Antoney Crespell (s.) 
(s.) Johannes Crespell (s.) 
Roeloff Eltinge (s.) 
Yean le Fevre (s.) 
Abraham doian (s.) 
Daniel Dubois (s.) 
Samuel Bevier (s.) 
Josia Eltinge (s.) 
daniel hasbroeccj (s.) 
johannis maty jun (s.) 

his 
John T Terpenning (s.) 

mark 
Solomons hasbrouq (s.) 



Sealed and Delivered In presence of us 



Abraham Van Der Merkan 
A Flasbrouck 36 



memorandum anthony Sleght 
Jan Sleght, anthony Crespell, Johannis Crespel, Mathias Van 
Keuren and Hendricus Sleght have signed Sealed and Deliv- 
€rec this within Instrument In presence of us 

Jacob Hasbrouck Junr. 
A Hasbrouck. 



HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 107 

Civil Government 

In its civil government New Paltz at an carlv period in- 
cluded not only the entire southeastern portion of Ulster county 
as it is at present, but a considerable portion of Orange county 
likewise. From page 23 of Ruttenber's Ilistory of Orange 
county we quote : " Immediately north of Murderer's Creek 
there was no civil organization until the advent of the Pala- 
tines in 1709, when the precinct of the Highlands was erected 
and attached to New Paltz. The boundaries of the precinct 
are not stated but the order is understood to have applied 
more especially to the territory extending from IVew Paltz to 
^Murderer's Creek, in which district the Palatines of Quassaick 
were then the principal settlers. At the same time or soon 
after the constitution of the precinct of the Highlands, and 
evidently by order of the court the precincts of Maghagh- 
branch and Shawangimk were constituted, the latter attached 
to New Paltz. As in the case of the precinct of the High 
lands no boundaries are given, but from deeds, tax rolls and 
other papers of record it is clear that the present towns of 
^lontgomery, Crawford and Wallkill were embraced in the 
limits of the precinct. Cnder this limited organization the 
territory which these precincts covered reiuained until 1743, 
when by act of Dec. 17 three full precincts, having all the 
officers of towns and exercising all their duties were estab- 
lished by act of the Assembly." 

Neigh uoRHOODs Annexed to New Paltz 

The precinct of the Highlands was bounded on the west 
by the precincts of Wallkill. Shawangunk and the " neighbor- 
hoods annexed to New Paltz." These neighborhoods were 
the Louis DuBois patent, the Guilford patent, the Thomas 



io8 II I ST OR Y F N E IV P ALT Z 

Garland patent at Ktttlcborough and Ireland Corners and the 
Hugo Freer patent of 1200 acres on a portion of which Zach. 
Freer lived. The territory of these " neighborhoods annexed 
to New Paltz " is thus described : " Guilford and several other 
patents, from the south bounds of New Paltz to the north 
bounds of Shawangunk precinct and from the foot of the 
high mountains eastward to the east line of the patent granted 
to Thomas Garland and by the south and east by the land 
granted to Hugh Freer and others and to the eastward by 
an east line from the said Hugh Freer's bounds to the bounds 
of the town of New Paltz." 

Payments of Rent and Taxes 

During all the Colonial period the payment of rent con- 
tinued. The following in the Dutch language, among the 
papers in the Patentees' trunk, is a sample of the receipts given : 

Received of the inhabitants of the New Paltz one year's quit 
rent being thirty-five bushels of good winter wheat delivered 
to me in Kingston 1710 November 18. J- hardenbergh. 

It is stated that one year the Freers paid the entire quit 
rent due from the New Paltz people and in return were given 
a tract of 200 acres at Mud Hook. 

Besides the quit rent, which was paid in wheat, taxes for 
special purposes were levied as shown by the following samples 
of tax warrant and receipt : 

Tax Receipts 

New York 26 May 17 16. 

Then Received of Mr. Daniel Duboy & Hugh Frera Jun. 
Collectors of New Paltz Ulster Countv the Sume of Eleven 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 109 

Pounds Fifteen Shillings & 3d Tax & for ye Treasurers Salary 
Six Shill. Being on ye fifth & Sixth Payment wch. will be 
payable ye Last Day of this Instant May and ye Last Day 
of Xovem. Next Ensuing on ye £10000 Tax I say Rec by me. 

A. D. Peyster. 
Reeded in the book of Receipts, 
No. A Folio 21. 

Wm. Nottingham, Clk. 

The tax warrant is directed to the assessors of New Paltz 
dated 1746, and is signed by Jan Eltinge, Jean (or Johannes) 
Hardenberg, Jr., Johannes De Witt, Abraham Hardenberg, 
Jacobus Bruyn, Charles Clinton and Cadwalder Colden, Jr., 
supervisors of the several towns manors and precincts : 

"Pursuant of an act of General Assembly of the Province 
of New York, made in the present Nineteenth year of his 
majestic Reign, Entitled an act for raising a supply of the 
sum of thirteen thousand pounds by a tax on Estates Real and 
Personal for the more effectual fortifying this Colony, etc." 



no HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 



CHAPTER XII 

A Short Historical Memorandum 

The first attempt at writing anything of a historical nature 
concerning New Paltz that we have seen is contained in the 
following paper, written by grandfather Peter LeFever and 
dated 1830. 

One leaf of the original seems to be torn off and the memo- 
randum begins abruptly as follows : 

"It appears they settled in what is now called the old village 
and it is said they all laboured together and cleared their lands 
at first and afterwards divided the cleared lands by parole, 
without deed. 

On the 25th day of August, 1703, some of the original pro- 
prietors were then dead ; the survivors met together and con- 
veyed by their deed, bearing the above date, to each Patentee 
then living his proportion of the cleared land in their possession 
as the same had been divided by parole, and also his undivided 
twelfth part of the whole patent ; and also conveyed to the 
legal representatives of the original ])atentees who were then 
dead, the full share of their ancestors. 

Andries Lefever having died without lawful issue, Simon 
Lefever being dead, they conveyed to Andries Lefever, Isaac 
Lefever, John Lefever and Mary Lefever, the three sons and 
daughter of Simon Lefever, all the lots and parcels belonging 
to them from their father Simon Lefever and from their uncle 
Andries Lefever; and also one fifth part of their grandfather's 
land (Christeyan Deyou, usually called Grand per e) as the 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ iii 

same had been laid out and divided by parole and then in their 
possession ; together with two twelfth parts and one fifth of a 
twelfth part of the whole patent of all the lands not yet laid 
out and divided. 

Simon Lefever had been married to Elizabeth Deyou, daugh- 
ter of the said Christeyan Deyou, called Grandpcre in the 
French language, which means grand-father, who had devised 
to his son Peter and his four daughters each one fifth part of 
his land. His son Peter was also a patentee. 

The widow of Simon Lefever afterwards married Moses 
Cantine, who was also a French refugee, by whom she had one 
son, viz. Peter Cantine, Esq., to whom the Patentees gave no 
share of the land of his mother, who thought he ought to have 
shared in his mother's land. ( Peter Cantine was my mother's 
father. ) 

The Patentees afterwards entered into an article in writing 
to elect at their annual town meeting twelve men to represent 
the twelve Patentees — one from the descendants of each Paten- 
tee, who, to entitle them to that office must be a descendant of 
such Patentee he represented and a freeholder by heirship in 
such Patentee's share. 

These "Twelve Men," so called, had their by-laws, kept a 
book and record of their proceedings, made divisions of the 
whole patent (except some land on the north side of the patent 
and some other small lots) and entered their proceedings 
in a book. 

These "Twelve Men" were also empowered by another bond, 
or instrument in writing to defend the boundaries of the patent 
and to raise money for that purpose from the representatives 
of the Patentees, according to their several rights. 

Shortly after the Revolutionary war it was discovered that 
the divisions made by the "Twelve Men" were not lawful, and 



112 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

void. They then petitioned the Legislature of the State of 
New York to confirm such division (which was done by an act 
of the Legislature) and directed their book, wherein they had 
recorded their division, to be deposited in the office of the 
county of Ulster, where it now remains, and a certified copy 
of the act confirming said division is now in the possession of 
my son, Daniel. 

The " Twelve Men" continued to be elected until about the 
year 1820. Their coffer, and copy of the book wherein the 
records of the division is entered, and patent, and sundry rec- 
ords and other patents was left in the care of Ezekiel Eltinge." 

Matters Submitted to Voters 

Rev. Ame Vennema has compiled from papers in the Paten- 
tees' trunk the following list of matters submitted to voters 
during the period of ten years from 1756 to 1766, showing how 
close was the union of church and State at New Paltz in those 
colonial days : 

In 1756 3 "chimmily Vewers" were elected, and the "fine 
on ye chimmilis" fixed at 3d. 

In 1757 Whether the money received for the collectorship 
should be applied "on the Highway" or "to the use of the 
church." The latter was preferred, the amount was 44s., 6d. 

In 1758 Whether the money rec'd for the office of Collector 
should be applied "to the benefit of the church of the New 
Paltz," or "on the Highway." or "given to the clerk of the 
New Paltz church for the time being" or "half to the church 
and half to the clerk." 

The result was in favor of the first proposition. Amount 46s. 

In 1759 Whether the money received for the collectorship 
shall be given to the clerk of the church, to the poor, or used 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 113 

for the purchase of a "pall." The result is tlius recorded, "By 
Plurality of Voices it is carried^ That the money given for the 
Collectorship shall be Applyed for buying a Pall for the Pre- 
cinct of the New Paltz, And there is Bid for the Collectorship 
the sum of 57 shillings. And Tis Agreed that the Deacons of 
the New Paltz church shall be Managers for Procuring said 
Pall as aforesaid, who are to buy said Pall as soon as said 
money shall come in." 

In 1760 Whether the money of the Collectorship should be 
applied in Part "to a Pall and the Remainder for a Silver 
Beaker" (chalice) or, in part to a "Pall and the Remainder to 
a Bare to Cary the Corps of the Dad to the Grave." 

The result of the election was that it "be applyd to Bie a Pall 
and the over Plush to Bie a Silver Beaker to the use and Benefit 
of the New Paltz Preseinct ; and there is Bid for the Collector 
Ship the Sum of 68s. by Jonathan Terwilliger, and paid." 

1 761 It was decided by vote that the money of the Col- 
lectorship be used to purchase "a Silver Cup for the use of the 
Reformed Dutch Church at the New Paltz" — 

That Sheep may not have free Running but must be kept. 
The fine for pounding sheep to be not 4d but 3d. 

1762 Noe Eltinge was elected for a "Commissioner to 
Lay out Highway." 

Valentine Perkins for "pownder for ye River, and Josaphat 
Hasbrouck for pownder for ye Paltz." 

1763 The money for the Collectorship was "voted to be 
Applyed to pay the Assessors for their Trouble for the En- 
suing Year." 

In 1764 It was submitted to the voters "Whether there shall 
b)e Five overseers of the Roads, or two." 

Whether a Pound shall be made "adjoining the South East 
side of the Land of Abraham Bevier, at the Orchard." 



114 HISTORY OF X E IV P ALT Z 

The money of the Collectorship shall go to the Assessors. 

1765 Whether Pound Masters shall be elected or "every 
man be his own Pounder.*' 

It was decided by vote: "That the Poundage of Horses and 
Horned Cattle shall be 2s. a head." 

That the fences be "4 foot 6 inches High, post and Rales 
Fence, to have 4 Rales." 

1766 Of the 25s. rec'd. for the Collectorship it was voted 
that 3s. be paid to the Constables the residue to the Assessors. 



HISTORY OF NEJV PALTZ ii 



CHAPTER XIII 

The First Manufacturing Industry in Southern Ulster 

The brook which now runs so qviietly through the northern 
suburbs of our village is still called the Mill brook, but for 
many years no mill has marked its course to the A\'allkill. 
However this brook was in by gone days the propelling power 
of no less than three mills located at different points and built 
at different times in the history of New Paltz. About a mile 
north east of the village are the remains of an old saw mill 
on this brook. The stone dam and a portion of the timbers 
are still to be seen. The situation is in a romantic glen and 
the place is well worth a visit. This mill was used in sawing 
logs as late as 1855. 

Half a mile further down the brook, near the present resi- 
dence of Mr. \Vm. E. DuBois, are the remains of another dam. 
Here there was a grist mill erected at an early date which con- 
tinued in use until about 1820. Here Isaac DuBois, grand- 
father of the late John A\'. DuBois, carried on the milling 
business shortly after the Revolutionary war, and here the late 
Nathaniel DuBois of Shivertown carried on the business about 
1820. At about that date the mill ceased running and New 
Paltz people after that time took their grain to the mill at 
Libertyville or the mill just erected at Dashville. 

Still further down this brook, almost directly north of the 
residence of John W^ynkoop, on Mulberry street, may be found 
the grass grown remains of a much older mill dam. which 
has recently been rebuilt and a large pond formed and an ice 
house built. Here in the early davs of the settlement the 



ii6 HISTORY OF NE W P ALT Z 

Huguenot pioneers of New Paltz took their grain to be manu- 
factured into flour. On this spot Daniel Hasbrouck, son of 
Abraham Hasbrouck. the Patentee, had a mill as early as 1730. 
In a document of that date, bearing the signature of Hugo 
Freer, Sen., son of Hugo the Patentee, reference is made to 
the lane on the north bounds of the old village, "leading to the 
mill of Daniel Hasbrouck." This property remained in the 
possession of Daniel Hasbrouck's descendants until quite a 
recent date. Tradition says that this mill was for the grind- 
ing of grain, but there may have been a saw mill connected 
with it. The brook does not give abundant water power, but 
probably it furnished all that was needed for the infant settle- 
ment. This ancient mill may have been erected cjuite a num- 
ber of years previous to 1730, but we have no evidence on 
that point. First in the history of New Paltz, after the settle- 
ment of 1677, came the organization of the church in 1683 
and the erection of the church building. Next in importance 
was the education of the children, and in 1689 and perhaps at 
an earlier dale there was a schoolmaster at New Paltz. The 
next enterprise to claim attention would naturally be a mill, 
and we have documentary evidence, amply confirmed by the 
still remaining earthwork of the dam and by tradition among 
the descendants of Daniel Hasbrouck, that this was the spot 
to which in ancient times the New Paltz people brought their 
wheat to be manufactured into flour. 

It was no doubt the first manufacturing industry established 
in Southern Ulster. 

Soldiers in the Colonial Period 

The report of State Historian Hugh Hastings comprising 
volume I, of the Colonial series contains a complete list of all 
soldiers in the Colonial period, subsequent to 1700. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 117 

The first New Paltz name in point of date is that of Abra- 
ham Hasbrouck who received his commission as Heutenant of 
a company of foot for New Paltz and Kingston August 30, 
1685. In 1689 he was appointed as "captain of foot at Ye 
Palz, Ulster county.'" 

Under the date of 1700 in a foot company appear the names 
of the following officers : Abm. Hasbrouck, captain ; Moses 
Quantin. lieut. ; Lewis Bevier, ensign. 

In the list of volunteers to march to the invasion of Canada 
in 171 1 in Captain Wessel Tenbrook's company appear the 
names of Isaacq Hasbrouck and Jean Lefeber. 

In 171 5 in the list of the troop under the command of Capt. 
John Rutzen appear the following: Anthony Crispell. Lowis 
Dubois, Jun., corporal Louis DuBois, Solomon Hasbrouck, 
Daniel Hasbrouck, Daniel Dubooy, Philip DuBois, Jacob Has- 
brouck. 

At the same date in the same regiment in Capt. A'ernooy's 
company (Wawarsing and Rochester) appear the following 
names : Lieut. David Dubois, Samuel Bevier, Abraham Bevier, 
Jan Bevier. 

At the same date in the same regiment in Capt. Johannes 
Schepmoes' company for the town of Hurley appear the fol- 
lowing: Lieut. Jacob Dubois. Jan Crispell. 

At the same date in the same regiment in Capt. Nicholas 
Hoffman's company for Kingston we find the following: 
Roeloft' Elting. \\'illiam Elting, Peter Cantyn, Louis DuBois, 
Jun., Louis ]\Iatthyse DuBois, Jan Freer, Johannes Crispel. 

In a Dutchess county company under date of 171 5 appears 
the name of Peiter DuBoy. 

The next year, 17 16, in Capt. Hoffman's company a large 
number of New Paltz names appear as follows : Sergeant 
abream devou, Lieut. Andries Lowerre, insign Lewis Lowies 



ii8 HISrORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Jun. aberam de boys, aberam ferer, yakop ferer, hendrick 
deyoo, elyas yu, kriteyon de you, Ysack leferer, piter daow, 
Hyge Abaram fere, Ysack fere, Symon ferer, Benjamin du 
boois, benjamin hasberck, yoel debois, Yan lefever. 

The above can quite readily be recognized as the names of 
the sons of the Patentees by combining the Christian name with 
the family name in each case. But the spelling is unusually bad. 

In 1 717 in a list of militia officers for Ulster county the 
names of the officers for New Paltz and Shawangunk are as 
follows : Capt. Zach. Hoffman, Lieut. Andries Fever, ensign, 
Louis Bevier, Jun. The name of Jacob Dubois appears in a 
list of the Hurley company, in 1717. 

In a list of eight companies of an Orange county regiment 
of foot militia in 1738 Nathaniel Dubois" name appears as 
captain of the fifth company. 

In a list of officers and soldiers in LHster County militia in 
1738 under Capt. Johannes Ten Broeck appear the following 
New Paltz names : corporal Solomon Haesbrock, Jacob Haes- 
brock, Samuel Bovie, Jan Ffreere, Daniel Dubois, Daniel 
Haesbrock, Johannes DuBois. 

The following of New Paltz ancestry appear in 1738 as foot 
soldiers of the corporation of Kingston : corporal Nathan Du- 
bois, lacobus Dubois, Jr., Solomon Freer, Johannes Dubois, 
Hiskiah Dubois, Gerrett Freer, Jacobus De loo, Isaac Dubois. 

In the same date, 1738, Lewis Bevier's name appears in the 
Marbletown company of militia. 

At the same date in the Rochester company appear the names 
of Lieut. Philip DuBois and Josaphat Dubois, Louis Bovier, 
Jr., Cornelius Bovier, Samuel Bovier, Jr., and Jacob Bovier. 

At the same date (1738) in the list of militia of the foot 
company of New Paltz ( which then stretched down into 
Orange county) under Capt. Zacharias Hoft'man. are the fol- 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 119 

lowing: Sergt. John Freer, corporals, Christian Deyo, Hen- 
drick Deyo, Isaac Lefever ; privates, Isaac freer, Jan Une, 
Jonas freer, James Agmodi, Simon Lefever, Josiah Elting, 
Abra. Dujo, Cornelius Dubois, Jonathan Dubois, Hendr Du- 
bois, Moses Dujo, Isaac Haasbruck, Jacob Haasbrouck, Jun., 
Benja Haasbrouck, Jun., Abra. Bovier, Mathues Bovier, 
Jacobus Bovier, Isaac Bovier, Abra Lefever, Nathael Lefever, 
Benja Haasbrouck, Symon Dubois, Isaac Lefever, Junr., Peter 
Dejo, Huge Freer, Junr., Lewis Sa. Bovier. 

In 1758 in the roll of Stephen Nottingham's company ap- 
pear the following: Jacob S. Freer, Jacob Freer, Wilhelmus 
Crispel. 

Coats of Arms in Hl'guexot Families at New Paltz 

It is highly probable that all of the Huguenot settlers at 
New Paltz had coats of arms. The count de \^ermont, who 
is a recognized authority on this subject, says that previous 
to 1789 not only the nobility in France but most families of 
the "bourgeois" had regularly registered coats of arms, record- 
ing some distinguished action on the part of the bearer or his 
ancestors. 

Most descendants of the early settlers of New Paltz have 
taken little interest in the matter of coats of arms and we have 
not considered it in our province in writing a history of New 
Paltz from 1678 to 1820 to enter into the subject at any length, 
because during that period the matter of coats of arms is not 
alluded to in any records that we have seen or in any tradition 
that we have heard. 

Of late years some interest has been shown in the subject. 

Many years ago Gen. Geo. H. Sharpe found at Brussels a 
coat of arms of the Hasbrouck family, a copy of which he 



I20 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

brought with him to his home in Kingston. In the IMemorial 
House at New Paltz, among the other relics is a coat of arms 
of the Bevier family. In the LeFevre family there are, we 
are told, three coats of arms, one of which belonged to the 
LeFevres of Paris and the others to certain families of the 
name in other parts of France. The name Deyo is thought 
by one authority to be the same as de Joux, which name was 
borne by a princely family, whose castle and home w^as in 
Franche Comte. This is of course mere surmise. 

The coat of arms of the DuBois family, as certified by the 
count de Vermont, is thus described : 

Argent, a lion rampant -sable, armed and langued gules. 
Crest, between two tree stumps : Vert, the lion of the shield. 
Motto— Tiens ta /oy— (Hold to thy faith). 

On page 39 of the DuBois Reunion book, in the paper read 
at the Reunion, written by Dr. Henry A. DuBois of New 
Haven, Conn., apjjears a cut of what is denominated "Original 
DuBois Arms": Or, an eagle displayed sable, peaked and 
clawed gules. 

Another coat of arms which has a curious history is that 
which has come down in the family of Abram DuBois, who 
moved from New Paltz to New Jersey and was the son of 
Abraham the Patentee and grandson of Louis the Patentee. 
This coat of arms was found pasted in an old book, published 
in 1707, which had come down from father to son in this 
branch of the DuBois family. A greyhound is a prominent 
figure in the coat of arms. The motto is "Hoiiestas est optima 
polita." The name "Duboys" appears on the coat of arms. 

We note, lastly, the coat of arms on the old silver snufif box, 
which has come down in the family of Solomon DuBois, son 
of Louis DuBois the Patentee. This box is in itself a very 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 121 

valuable relic. It bears on one side the names of different 
owners in the DuBois family and dates, the most ancient being 
1707. On the other side is a coat of arms. Mr. Patterson 
DuBois in the DuBois Reunion book says "While the one side 
of the box may have meant 'nobility' to our ancestor the 
simple blazon of a name and date (1707) on the other side is 
our title to the truer nobility of the soul, which our Huguenot 
fathers have bequeathed us in the annals of an heroic devotion 
to their faith." Mr. \Mlliam E. DuBois of New Paltz is now 
the owner of the box and has placed it with the other relics in 
the Memorial House. 

There will probably always be difference of opinion among 
the descendants of Louis DuBois the Patentee as to which of 
the four coats of arts above noted is that of their ancestor. 
The predilections of the writer would naturally be in favor of 
that which has come down in the family of his grandmother 
and the other descendants of Louis' son Solomon. 

We would say further in regard to coats of arms that Mr. 
B. Fernow who has given much study to the matter states 
as follows : There is but one coat of arms in the Bevier family. 
Among the DuBoises there are thirty-five families entitled 
to wear coat armor — resident in Flanders, French Flanders, 
Holland, Belgium, Brabant, Artois and Picardy; among the 
LeFevres there are three coats of arms and twenty-five fami- 
lies entitled to wear coat armor, located in Flanders, Nor- 
mandy, Tourney, Isle de France, Elaine, Champagne, Bretagne, 
Picardy, Lorraine, Paris, Hainault ; in the Freer family are 
four coats of arms and in the Hasbrouck family five coats 
of arms. Mr. Fernow adds : Perhaps Deyo is the Flemish 
d'Oye (or Deyo) of Picardy or Artois or Cambray. 



122 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 



CHAPTER XIV 

Tories in the Revolutio-nt 

Among the papers of Gen. George Clinton, published by the 
State in book form, in 1899. appears an account of the pro- 
ceedings of a general court martial, held at Fort Montgomery, 
April 30. 1777, and continued several days for the trial of a 
number of tories who had been captured while on their way 
to join the British army. 

At this court martial Col. Levvis DuBois was president and 
15 captains and 2 lieutenants were members, among the num- 
ber Capts. Hasbrouck, Bevier and Hardenbergh. 

It appears from the proceedings of the court martial that a 
certain Lieut. Jacobus Rose by the offer of a bounty and the 
assurance that King George would soon win, got together a 
body of 36 men in the neighborhood of Shokan and Shandaken. 

They started to join the British army, traveling by night and 
taking with them their guns and provisions for 4 to 5 days. 
They crossed the Esopus and Rondout creeks and the Sha- 
wangunk mountains. They came into the precinct of New 
Paltz at what is now Mountain Rest and passed down the 
mountain to the ford at Cornelius DuBois' place, now Capt. 
W. H. D. Blake's. One Wouter Slouter was their guide to 
the ford. 

While crossing the Shawangunk mountain they had been 
told that scouting parties were out to apprehend them. This 
was true, for about a dozen or fifteen of the neighbors in New 
Paltz had got together, placing sentries at the different roads 
where they crossed the Wallkill — at Peter Deyo's (Tuthill) 



HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z ■ 123 

at Isaac Low's ( Libertyville) and at Cornelius DuBois', where 
Capt. W. H. D. Blake now resides. At the last named place 
Tunis Van Miet and Jacob Freer were stationed, sitting under 
an apple tree, guarding the road leading to the ford. 

Rose and his party came upon them suddenly in the night 
and took them prisoners, then crossed the Wallkill in two 
canoes, repeated trips being necessary for the purpose. On the 
east side of the Wallkill the tories were challenged by Lieut. 
Terwilligar, who was at once fired upon by one of Rose's fol- 
lowers and wounded in the arm. Terwilligar escaped and so 
did Tunis Van \' liet. who had been taken prisoner on the west 
side of the stream. Both proceeded to Xoah Elting's, and 
procured horses and a man in order that the news might be 
sent post haste to Xewburgh and our army warned of the ap- 
proach of the tory band. It is a proof of the strict discipline 
in our army that Tunis Van Vliet was afterwards arrested and 
sent to Fort Montgomery for not having more promptly raised 
the alarm and aroused the rest of the guard, only 150 yards 
away, this delay on his part, after his escape, giving the tories 
time to get their whole band across the Wallkill in safety. 

Rose and his party traveled on, reaching Alex. Campbell's 
that night and staying there the next da}'. The next evening 
they went to the barn of Arthur ^IcKinney and staid there the 
next day and night. Here, near Little Britain, they learned 
that it was impossible to get through our lines. Shortly after- 
wards they w^ere attacked by fifty of our militia, who had been 
sent out to meet them. Several of the tories were killed, a 
large proportion were taken prisoners and a few escaped for 
the time being. 

The court martial, after due consideration sentenced 16 of 
the tory band, inchuling those who had given them aid and 
comfort on the route, to be hanged. Seven of the 16 were 



124 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

recommended for mercy. Subsequently 14 others of the band 
received the same sentence, a few of the number being recom- 
mended for mercy. The charge against a portion of the num- 
ber was "levying war against the United States of America" 
and with those who had helped them along the route "giving 
aid and comfort to the enemies of the State of New York." 

This sentence was subject to the approval of the Conven- 
tion, which met at Kingston Alay 3d. Gen. Clinton, in a letter 
to the President of the Convention says, "The inhabitants are 
so much irritated by the conduct of the prisoners in marching 
armed in a body to join the enemy that I fear they will soon 
take the law in their own hands against them." He urges 
that a severe example should be made of those tories. With 
a few exceptions the Convention approved the action of the 
court martial and no doubt it was promptly carried into efit'ect 
so far as Rose and one at least of his companions were 
concerned. 

On May 5th Capt. John A. Hardenbergh, who was of Guil- 
ford, writes from New Paltz to Gen. Clinton that in pursu- 
ance of his orders he arrived at home on Saturday evening., 
got all the men together he could and scoured the mountain in 
search of those of Rose's party who had escaped. They 
found two men, hidden under a great rock, who confessed 
having belonged to his band. The next day he went to another 
mountain where he found the party of Capt. Broadhead who 
had also captured three of the band. All the prisoners were 
sent under guard to Fort Montgomery. 

Old Frame Houses 

Until the time of the Revolution there were few frame 
houses built in this part of the country and stone houses con- 
tinued to be erected until about the beginning of the last cen- 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 125 

tury. The oldest frame house in this vicinity we beheve is 
that now owned by Henry L. DuBois, near Libertyville. This 
house in Revokitionary times was owned and occupied by 
Capt. Louis J. DuBois, son of Jonathan and grandson of Louis 
Jr. From Capt. Louis J. it passed to his son Louis and from 
him to his son John L. of whom it was purchased by the pres- 
ent owner, Henry L. DuBois, who is also one of the very large 
number of descendants of Capt. Louis J. DuBois. The old 
house has been re-sided and repainted since it was built but tke 
great beams are as of old. 

Perhaps the oldest frame house in this village is the one on 
Huguenot street, directly south of the church yard. This was 
occupied about 1800 by Lucas Van Wagenen. Another old 
frame house is the one on the farm now owned by Richard 
S. Deyo, about a mile north of this village, which was owned 
by Peter W. A. P'reer. On this farm his father Elias and his 
grandfather Jonas lived, but the latter resided in the stone 
house on the east end of the farm. 

A Famous Old Oak 

The old oak tree at the residence of Mr. A. M. Lowe on the 
Paltz Plains is the largest and no doubt the oldest tree in this 
part of the county. Mr. Edmund Eltinge tells us that in the 
brow of the hill. Under these the sutlers' booths were pitched 
old days when regimental training was held on the Plains 
there were other old oaks a little farther to the west on the 
on training days. One of these old oaks was sawed down 
many years ago. Mr. Eltinge counted the rings in the tree 
and found there were 478, showing that the tree had attained 
that great age. The one still standing is probably full 500 
vears old. 



126 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 







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THE FAMOUS OLD OAK ON THE PLAINS 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 127 

How They Crossed the Wallkill 

An ancient document, recently come to light, is of interest 
as showing how our great-grandfathers crossed the Wallkill, 
before any bridge had been built at this village. The names 
which are subscribed to the document we recognize as the 
great-grandfathers of the New Paltz people of the present day. 
The document is as follows : 

We the Subscribers of these Presents, Do Promise to pay 
to Roelif J. Eltinge of the Precinct of the New Paltz in the 
County of Ulster and State of New York, the Respective 
Sums of money assigned and affixed to our respective names, 
For the use herein after mentioned, viz. to Build a Skow or 
flat to ferry across the Wall kill at the town of the New Paltz, 
where the oald Skow was kept Before, and to be made of good 
Yallow Pitchpine Wood, Except the Ribs, to be of good White- 
oak wood 4 by five to lay 9 inches apart, and the Length of 
Said Skow to be 2% feet, and the Breadth 11^ feet (out Side 
work) the Botom 3 inches thick, and the Sides 4 inches thick, 
and 15 inches Broad in the midel, and to rise 4 inches at 
each end from the main Botom and allso to Provide a good 
Rope to hall the Said Skow across by, and to fix everything 
belonging to Said Skow in good order and then to Set the 
Said Skow With the appurtenances up at publick vendue to 
the highest Bidder living in the town and the highest Bidder 
is to be the Ferry man for one year then Next ensuing, and to 
have the Care thereof and to keep it in order, and to take ferry- 
age money of all those that have no Right in Said Skow, and 
those that have not Paid for the Liberty of using it. Except 
those that are Comeing to, and going from Divine Service in 
the town of the New Paltz, and Every Subscriber is to have 
free Liberty to ferry any of his friends or Relation across 



128 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



W^ith Said Skow Provided he Does not take ferryage money 
for it, and the money arising by the Sail of the Said Skow or 
ferry and for the Sail of the Liberty of useing it, is to be 
applied annually to the Repair of Said Skow and Rope and if 
not Wanted for that purpose, to be returned to the Subscribers 
in Proportion to their Subscription, and the Said ferry man 
is to Provide a good Lock that Whensoever the kill Rises So 
high, that the said Skow cannot be used with the Rope he 
may Lock the Said Skow (in the night) and every Subscriber, 
and those that have Liberty to use it. Will be obliged to fetch 
the kee at his house and Return it there again, as soon as 
possible. In Witness Whereof each of us have hereunto Set 
our hand this 20th day of Jany 1791. 



£ s d 

TosiahHasbrouck& ) 

-200 

Jacob Hasbrouck,Jr ) 

Roelof Josias Eltinge 200 

Andrias Lefever, Jun i 10 o 

George Wertz 2 00 

Philip Doyo i 00 

Abraham Doyo . . . . i 00 

Simeon Low o 10 o 

Daniel Dubis Tunr& ) 

[■200 

Joseph Dubois . . . ) 

Jesais Hasbroucck . . o 80 

Received of Andries 

Lefever for 
Christophol Doyo . . . o 40 
Mathusalem Dubois. 040 
Joseph Hasbrouck . . o 40 
Samuel Bevier o 32 





£ 


s d 


Abraham Eltinge . . . 





4 


Cornelius Dubois Junr 





4 


Isaac Dubois 





4 


]\Iathew Bevier .... 





4 


Christiaen Doyou . . 





3 


David Hasbrouck . . . 





4 



1793 

Rec. of Ezekiel Eltinge 
for being a ferry 

man o 14 o 

Ezechol Eltinge . . . . o 60 
Richard mckinly . . . o 20 
Isaac Bodeyn (mend- 
ing chain) o 30 

Simon Rosa o 30 

Richard mckinly ... o 18 6 



HISTORY OF NEJJ' PALTZ 



129 



£ s d 

1795 
Ezechiel Eltinge chain 

and cash o 11 7 

Cash Joseph H a s- 

brouck I 00 

Cash from John Wil- 

ketd o 20 

1797 
Collected by Lucas 
Vanwagenen for 
ferry man o 14 o 

Total 19 10 3 

Dr. 
1791 
Paid to Daniel Dubois. o 11 8 
" Wm. Coutant.ii 10 o 
" myself for go- 
ing to and 
crossing to bild 
the Skow ... o 12 o 
" Simon Rose .0 16 



£ s d 

1794 

for a Rope. . 6 17 7 

" for mending 

chain o 06 

" Peter Lefever, 
Jack for tak- 
ing the Scow 
up o 30 

Total 19 19 3 

1800. 
Paid to Ez. Eltinge . . i 39 
■' his bond in full 
for the rent of 
the Scow for 
the year 1797 o 17 o 
Paid to Ezekiel El- 
tinge I 30 

" to Luke Van- 

A\'agencn . . . i 10 
Scow yet indebted., o 10 o 
Paid to Ezekiel El- 

tinsfe o 10 o 



The Springtown Merchant of 1800 

The following story dates back to about 1800, when Col. 
Josiah Hasbrouck kept a store in what is now the Memorial 
House and Ezekiel Elting and his brother-in-law Philip Elting 
kept a store in the stone house with a brick front, now the 
property of Jesse M. Elting, adjoining his residence. A negro 
living at Springtown, had a little store, his goods being kept 
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130 HISTORY OF N E IV PALIZ 

altogether in a large chest. He sold molasses by the pint and 
whatever other articles he had for sale in like proportion. In 
those days flax seed was one of the principal articles sold by 
farmers, and pnrchased by the village merchants. One day 
our Springtown merchant came to the village and having 
quite a high idea of his importance as a business man dropped 
in at Col. Hasbrouck's store, saying that as spring was ap- 
proaching he thought he would come to New Paltz so that 
he and Col. Ilasbrouck and the proprietors of the Elting 
store might "put their heads together" and dictate what price 
they would pay the farmers for their flax seed that spring. 
But Col. Hasbrouck did not take kindly to the idea of putting 
their heads together in this matter and the Springtown mer- 
chant left his store in a hurry. This story shows that although 
the slaves were not set free until long afterwards, a negro 
kept a store at Springtown, even if it was a small one; it 
shows, moreover, that the organization of a trust in those old 
days was attended with difficulties. 

Washington Irving and Martin Van Buren 

Hon. Andrew E. Elmore, of Fort Howard, Wis., relates 
the following anecdote concerning two of the Empire State's 
most prominent citizens of former days, showing that even 
in the early part of the last century the New Paltz records 
were known to be of interest: 

In 1821, when ]\Ir. Elmore was a lad about seven years 
of age and his father Job Elmore kept a store at what is 
now Highland, Washington Irving and Martin VanBuren, 
afterwards President of the United States, came one day in 
a carriage from Po'keepsie to examine the old records in New 
Paltz. The New Paltz turnpike was not yet constructed 
and the old road was not in first-class condition. One of the 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 131 

horses lost a shoe and the carriage was stopped at a l)lack- 
smith shop across the street from his father's store to have 
a new shoe put on. The whip had also lost its cracker, 
and Mr. VanBuren came over to the store and got a skein 
of silk and tried to make a new cracker while the blacksmith 
was shoeing the horse. He did not succeed in making the 
cracker, but got the silk in a snarl. A bystander who knew 
him addressed him by name, and told him he had the silk 
in a tangle similar to that in which he would sometimes 
get the minds of people in arguing a case in court. Mr. 
VanBuren was surprised at being recognized and addressed 
by name, but procured another skein of silk of which the 
bystander made him a cracker for his whip. 

Regimental Trainings 

The greatest days of the year at New Paltz in the first 
half of the last century were the training days. The regi- 
mental district included the old town of New Paltz— that is. 
New Paltz as it was, before being dismembered, including 
all of Lloyd, about half of the present towns of Esopus and 
Gardiner, and one-third of Rosendale. Plattekill was also 
included in the regimental district. Regimental training at 
New Paltz ceased about 1848. Perry Deyo, of Highland, 
was the last Colonel. His predecessor was Josiah P. Le- 
Fevre of this town, and Solomon Elting, father of A. V. 
N. Elting, was his predecessor. The training ground for a 
long time was on the Paltz Plains. The regiment consisted 
of eight companies of infantry, one of light infantry, and 
one of artillery. The men had to bear their own expenses 
and provide their own flint lock muskets. There was one 
company from Kettleborough, one from Springtown, one 
from Highland, one from Nescatook (now Liberty ville). 



132 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

The last named company was the best. The Highland 
people did not usually turn out ver\' well. 

The Brigadier General and staff would inspect the regi- 
ment and were usually entertained at the residence of Dirck 
Wynkoop, grand-father of Edmund Eltinge. Air. Wynkoop. 
was famous for his hospitality and likewise for his fine 
horses. Under the old oak tree still standing at Air. Low's, 
at the north end of the Plains, a temporary structure would 
be set \\\) where refreshments and whiskey were sold. 

After the Plains were fenced in, about 1840, training was 
held either at Abm. AI. Hasbrouck's, north of the village, or 
on the other side of the \\'allkill. ^^^^en Perry Deyo was 
Colonel, just before the training days were finally discon- 
tinued, he ordered the destruction of a quantity of whiskey, 
which had been brought on the ground by a huckster. Air. 
Deyo was sued by the huckster, but was sustained by the 
court, as he had no permission or legal right to sell. 

Amusements in the Olden Times 

The old folks probably had cjuite as much fun as their de- 
scendants of to-day. It is related that Isaac LeFever, the first 
settler of Bontecoe, went to Albany and ran a foot race, in 
which his friends shouted in French, "Courage, Isaac." He 
won the race. Alajor Isaac, his grandson, skated to Albany 
and back in a day ; the skates he wore are now in the Ale- 
morial House. It is related that cock fighting was not an un- 
known sport in the old times. The widow of Daniel, son of 
Abram Hasbrouck, the patentee, lived in the house still stand- 
ing directly opposite the brick church. She had a lot of boys, 
and "Wyntje's kitchen" is spoken of as a famous place for 
cock fighting. \\^e are told that the old folks thought nothing of 
riding as far as Shawangunk to a husking. Horse racing on 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 133 

tlie Paltz plains, wliicli were not fenced in until about 1820, 
was a very common sport, especially at town meeting. 

The young men doubtless derived much innocent amuse- 
ment from the races, but there is an old story of a race on the 
plains which shows that there were some wicked young men 
in the good old days. 

The story dates back to the time of good old Dominie Bo- 
gardus, who was pastor of the churches at New Paltz and New 
Hurley, in 1820. Charles DuBois, of Liberty ville, was a 
prominent man in the church, and his son, Louis, was fond of 
horse racing, concerning which the dominie remonstrated with 
Charles. The latter sold his horse to another DuBois, like- 
wise named Louis. Subsequently, by trading, the dominie 
himself became the owner of the very horse, wdiich he rode on 
his visits among the congregation, but of course never indulged 
in racing. Young Louis did not submit in a very Christian 
frame of mind, but bided his time. 

The race track for the young men, in those days, was over 
the Paltz plains, from Peter Elting's, now Edmund Eltinge's, 
to Andries Deyo's, now Jo^iah Sprague's jjlace. Young Louis 
made his plans. The dominie was on his way to the village 
by the Kettelborough road, after preaching in the afternoon at 
New Hurley. The young man stationed a few companions, 
who were doubtless ready for the sport, at Andries Deyo's to 
wait for the fun. Then coming behind the dominie, likewise 
on horseback, he shouted at the dominie's horse, who, remem- 
bering old times, broke from the control of his driver and away 
both tlashed. The dominie \von the race, much against his 
will no doubt, and much to his chagrin, we may guess, as the 
young men, stationed at the outcome, swamg their hats and 
shouted, "Hurrah for the dominie." The dominie could not 
check his horse till he reached the old oak tree, where Mr. 
Lowe now lives. 



134 HISTORY Of NEW PALTZ 



CHAPTER XV 

The New Paltz Church 

The name Huguenot was not applied in the old days to 
the church at New Paltz, either by the people themselves 
or by strangers. It was called the Walloon church; some- 
times the French church. The people were called Walloons. 
Louis DuBois, the leader in the settlement was called Louis 
the Walloon. 

The New Paltz church was peculiar in the respect that 
for a period of 70 years it owned no authority higher than 
its own membership, having no subjection to the classis 
of Amsterdam as had the Dutch churches. The church 
records, still in perfect preservation, are unique likewise in 
the fact that they are in three languages — in French for a 
period of about 50 years, then in Dutch for about 70 years 
and since 1800 in English. 

As New Paltz was settled by people who had left their 
home on account of religious persecution it was to be ex- 
pected that religion and the church should occupy a large 
place in their hearts when they made for themselves a new 
home in the wilderness. Several of the older settlers at 
New Paltz brought with them certificates of membership in 
the churches with which they had united, while sojourning 
in the Palatinate. Two at least of the Patentees and prob- 
ably others had Bibles in the French language. When they 
reached New Paltz on their journey from Kingston and 
alighted from their wagons one of their number read a 
psalm. Among the log buildings erected at the outset was 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 135 

one for a church and school house. In 1683, only five years 
after the settlement, a church was organized. In their i)tn-- 
chase of the land of the Indians and their honest payment 
for it they displayed Christian principle, which had its just 
reward in the peace and friendship always existing between 
them and the savages. In the institution of the government 
of the Dusine or Twelve ]\Ien for the division of lands and 
settling of disputes concerning land titles they showed a 
feeling of Christian brotherhood, which prevented all law- 
suits on that score. It was not the spirit of commercial 
gain, but the desire to worship God according to the dictates 
•of their own conscience that prompted the Huguenots to leave 
l-"rance. Religious motives led up to the settlement at New 
Paltz, religious principles controlled it and the exercise of 
religious duties and privileges formed an important part of 
the subsequent history of the place. 

This condition did not terminate with the first generation. 
In 1720, though there was no Church Building Fund in 
those days, a substantial stone churcli was built. There was 
no complaint about long sermons, we fancy, among people, 
some of whom walked several miles barefoot to church in 
summer and in winter tried to keep themselves warm in 
church by little foot stoves. During the long intervals when 
no minister visited New Paltz the journey of 16 miles was 
made to Kingston, where a large proportion of the children 
in the early days were baptized. 

In writing the history of the New Paltz church it is pe- 
culiarly fortunate that all the records are still in existence. 
The opinion that has been advanced that one book had 
been lost because but two entries of baptisms are found 
from 1700 to 1730 is doubtless incorrect, as will be shown 
hereafter. 



136 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

The books containing the church records are four in num- 
ber. The oldest is a small memorandum book of 17 pages, 
on coarse paper and somewhat yellow with age, but the writ- 
ing is distinct. This book is altogether in French (with the 
exception of two entries interpolated at a later date in 
Dutch), and gives the record of baptisms and other matters 
while the church was under the charge of the two French 
pastors, Rev. Pierre Dailie and Rev. David Bonrepos, ex- 
tending from 1683 to 1700. 

The first entry is as follows in the handwriting of Louis 
DuBois : 

"Le 22 de Janv. (Janvier), 1683, monsieur pierre daillie, 
minister de la parole de dieu, est arive (arrive) au nouveau 
palatinat. et presca (precha) deux fois le dimance (Diman- 
che) suivant, et proposa au ceef (chefs) des famille de coisir 
(choisir) a plus de vois (voix), par les peres de famille, un 
ancien et un diake (diacre), ce qu il firt (qu'ils firent), et coisir 
(choisirent) Louys du bois pour ancien et hughe frere pour 
diake, pour ayder le miuistre a conduire les membres de 
leglise (I'eglise) quil sasemble (qui s'assemble) au nouveau 
palatinat; lequel furt confirme (lesquels furent con firmes) 
ensuite dans ladict carge (charge) dancien et diake. Le 
present liuur (livre) a est faict (a ete fait) pour mestre 
(metre) les choses quil apatien (qui appartiennent) a la diet 
eglise." 

The translation is as follows : 

"The 22d of January, 1683, Mr. Pierre Daillie, minister 
of the Word of God, arrived at New Paltz, and preached 
twice on the following Sunday, and proposed to the heads 
of the families that they should choose by a majority of votes, 
by the fathers of families, one elder and one deacon, which 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 



137 



thev (lid. and chose Louis DuBois for elder and Hugh Freer 
for deacon, to assist the minister in guiding the members of 
the church that meets in New Paltz ; who were subsequently 
confirmed in the said charge of elder and deacon. This min- 
ute has been made to put in order the matters which pertain 
to the said church." 

The Two Fre.nxii Pastors 

The two French pastors, Dailie and Bonrepos, usually 
visited New I'altz in the spring or early summer and again 
in October. The pastorate of the former extended over a 
period of ten years. Flis main field of labor was in New 
York, but he seems to have preached in various Huguenot 
communities. In 1691 and 1692 we find "Rev. Pierre Daillie 
of New York" officiating at the baptism of children at the 
Dutch church in Kingston. His last recorded service at 
New Paltz is in 1692. Before leaving France he had been 
Professor of theologv in the Protestant seminary at vSamur. 
In 1696 he received a call from the French church in Boston, 
where he died in 1715, aged about 66 years. 




OLD PAPER WITH sK.N ATL KK OK KK\'. PIERRE PAII.l.E 

During the period of ten years from 1683 to 1693 the 
name of no child of New Paltz parentage is found recorded 
on the church book at Kingston. All were baptized at New 
Paltz. 



338 HI S r O K V OF X Eir P J L T z 

From 1696 until 1700 Rev. David Bonrepos visited New 
Paltz occasionallx', l)aptizing children and receiving members 
at the table of the Lord. His special field of labor was on 
Staten Island. ISook i ends with a marriage in 1702, wdiich, 
although not so stated, was probably performed by Bonrepos 
and was his last service here. A long blank in the church 
records follows, extending until 1729, broken by the record 
in Dutch of the baptism of two children, not of New Paltz 
parentage, in 1718. and by the account of the building of 
the first stone church, which was finished in 1720. It has 
been suj^posed that a book containing a record of baptisms 
and other church services from 1702 to 1729 must have been 
lost. But an examination of the Kingston church records 
shows that during this time a large number of children of 
Xew Paltz parents were baptised there. 

It is altogether hkely that during this period of about 30 
years no regular minister held services at New I'altz for 
the reason that the people here had no claims on the Dutch 
church and probably did not imderstand that language, 
while the few h^rench ministers, who had come to this coun- 
try were now dead or otherwise engaged and there were no 
French Protestant seminaries on either side of the Atlantic 
to train others in their stead. 1^)C this as it may the fire still 
burned brightly on the altar as is shown l)y the entry on 
the church 1)ook when the first stone church \\as l)uilt, as 
follows : 

"Beni sois Dieu. Ouij Le nous a mys a cceur de Luy batir 
ime maison pour y estre adores et servir, et que par sa grace 
nous Lavon finys en Lan Dix vii ; et Dieu veillie que son 
evangile y soit anouce dean ce ciecle et dedan Lautre y usque 
au jour D Leternite. Amen.'" 



HIS T O R y OF N E IV P ALT Z 139 

The translation is as follows : 

■'Blessed be God, who has put it into our hearts to build 
a house where He may be adored and served, and' that by 
his grace we have finished it in the year 17 [1717] ; and 
God grant that his gospel may be preached here from one 
age to another till the day of eternity. Amen." 

The First Stoxe Church 

Xext on the church book comes the names of those who 
assisted in building the first stone church as follows : Mary, 
widow of Abraham Hasbrouck, now dead ; Luoy Bevier (de- 
•ceased) and at present Samuel and Loui Bevier; Abraham 
DuBois, Huge Frere, Salomon Duboys, Louys Duboys, Abra- 
ham Doyo, Andres LeFevre, Joseph Hasbrouck, Jacob Has- 
hrouck, Alary Duboys, now dead, and at present Daniel and 
Philip Duboys, Jean LeFevre, Isaac LeFevre, Ely Un, Chres- 
tiane Doyo, Flanry Doyo, Abraham Frere, Jacob Frere. 

It will be noted that Abraham DuBois is the only one of 
the original Patentees, whose name appears in this list. All 
the rest were dead. 

In 1720 an entry is made in the church book assigning 
and deeding certain pews to all who had assisted in building 
the church. 

This church stood at the north end of the old graveyard. 
In 1895, ^1"' *^liggi"§' for the foundation for the addition to 
the residence of jNIrs. S. A. LeFevre, the foundation of this 
old church was found and it was followed up for some dis- 
tance. This building was the house of worship for the little 
community till 1773. Then a larger stone church was erected 
near the site of the present church edifice. The old church 
of 1 717 was then taken down and the stone of which it was 



I40 // / .V TORY F N E I V P ALT Z 




THE FIRST STONE CHURCH AT XEW PAI.TZ 



HISTORY OF XEJV PALTZ 141 

"built drawn to a new site on whax i£ now Xonii rrccii ii_, 
where thev were t!?ed ■- '■■"'ing the scbool house, which 
wsf rhr -''•'-- '■--':':: -: ling in the village until 1874- 

t; use was built and the old stone 

b.: - -? purciiasco o\ Mr. John Drake, who renaodeled 
;t " " ---'-' ^Ve give a picture 

of :._^ :•! the Ulster Counts- 

Historical Society-. It was probably the exact size of the 
school buil - -t^ 33 f^ct square It had a large 

window on eacii ^i ii^ i^rcc sides and on the fourth a : 
door and p;<rdco. Frc^n the steeple '. '~ ~' was soui. _ , ^ . . r 
religious meetings. 

There can surely be no doubt that religious service of s-jane 
kind was held at this church each Sabbath even though no 
minister was preser: : : it. The en.' 

book, at the time :: _: ;iow= how i^ : _ . _ _ . ._- 

were of having the gospe! preached. 

Tliere were s:"e 10 :r :S families who assisted in building 
the church- Zr-t records of the Kingston church show thai 

during the peri.>i :' - :~~' i' ^ ^_ --^ £ - qj- n 

dnldren ?f Xe— 7 ^ rre. each 

year. s. niinister visiting Xew Paltz, even 

two or ihree rinirs s. year, as in the days of the French 
pastors, very z-' _ - have been take' on the IcGg 

journey 10 Kin^i : . 

Rz\-. TOHAXXES VaX D2ZZ55ZX 

Re. ' vrs \'an Dzitss'Sn ti-ok charge of the church 

ai Xe-PT ra^iz in 1733. or possibh' a year or two earlier. He 
received only iio a year for his services. His nrst entries 
on the chtirch bc-r-k sre in French. In one of these he ra11=^ 

the ci French chnrch. :iess his ser- 



142 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

vices were in that language. Probably but a small portion) 
of his time was spent at New Paltz. 

Air. Van Driessen was educated in Belgium. The church- 
book contains a copy in Latin of a certificate showing tliat 
he had been examined in 1727 by the Presbytery of New 
Haven in the halls of Yale college and had well sustained 
the examination. In 1736 he accepted a call to the churcli 
at Acquackanonk, N. J., and for the space of about 16 years 
thereafter New Paltz was without a regular pastor, though 
visited occasionally by ministers from other churches. 

P>om 1700 until 1731 there is no record of officers of the 
church. At the latter date, when Mr. Van Driessen became 
pastor, Nicholas Rose and Andries LeFevre were elected 
elders and Samuel Bevier and Solomon Hasbrouck deacons. 
In 1733 Louis DuBois, Jr. was elected elder and Christian 
Deyo deacon. In 1734 Nicholas Rose was again chosen 
elder; Jacob Hasbrouck was chosen deacon. In 1736' 
Samuel Bevier was chosen elder and Daniel Hasbrouck 
deacon. Then there is no further record of church officers 
until 1750. 

Rev. Johannes Van Driessen was not regularly ordained 
by the Dutch church and 20 years after he came to New 
Paltz the first regular minister. Rev. B. Vrooman, insti- 
tuted an inquiry as to whether the members admitted by Van 
Driessen believed the doctrines of the Reformed church ac- 
cording to the Heidelbergh catechism. During Mr. Van 
Driessen's pastorate of about five years 19 joined the church 
and about 30 children were baptized. During the same period 
about half that number of children of New Paltz parents 
were baptized at Kingston. 

In 1738 a highway, probably the first in this town, was 
laid out on the east side of the Wallkill for the purpose, as 



HIS T RY OF N E IV P A LT Z 143. 

stated in the record, of better enabling the people to get to 
church at New Paltz and Kingston. 

At this time the Dutch language was coming into more 
general use in New Paltz and a side light is thrown on this 
fact by the will of Jean Tebenin, the old French schoolmaster 
in 1730 giving his property to the church with the special 
request that if the French langviage should cease to be used 
the Bible should be sold and the proceeds given to the poor. 

After 1736 there is no record of baptisms until 1739 when 
three are recorded in French by Rev. J. J. Aloulinars. 

In 1740, in 1741 and again in 1742 Rev. Isaac Chalker offi- 
ciated at six different times, baptizing 15 persons in all. Each 
time the record is in English, but it is not to be supposed that 
the service w'as performed in that language, which must have 
been an unknown tongue to nearly all of his hearers. 

In 1 741 the New Paltz church, and Shawangunk, Roches- 
ter, and ]\Iarbletown made a call upon Rev. J. Casparus 
Freyenmoet, who was then preaching at Minisink, but the 
call was not accepted and the consistory of the Minisink 
church sent a very indignant letter to the consistory of the 
Rochester church, reprimanding them for attempting to take 
away their minister. 

From 1742 to '49 the record shows no baptisms and one 
marriage only, that of Andries Le Fever and Rachel DuBois, 
Oct. 1745, after three proclamations "in our French Church," 
at New Paltz. The visiting ministers from the close of Rev. 
Mr. Van Driessen's to the commencement of the next regu- 
lar pastorate baptized infants, but except in the case above 
noted no marriage by a minister is recorded from 1737 to 
1 75 1. In 1742 and 1749 marriages are recorded on the 
church books as being performed by Zacharias Hoffman, Esq., 
and Cornelius DuBois, Esq. In the latter year the name of 



J44 H I S T O RY OF N E W P ALT Z 

Rev. J. Henry Goestschius appears as baptizing infants and in 
1 75 1 he performed six marriages. He was settled over the 
churches at vSchraalenbergh and Hackensack, occasionally 
coming to New Paltz, receiving members in communion and 
baptizing infants. In 1750 we find the name of J. C. Frey- 
enmoet, in 1751 that of Rev. Theodorus Frelinghuysen '"pas- 
tor at Albany" and in 1752 that of Dominie ]\Ieynema as 
performing baptisms. 

Rev. Barent \"rooman 

Then at last in 1753 New Paltz has once more a settled 
minister, Rev. Barent \ rooman, of Schoharie, whose call 
had been sent to Amsterdam and returned with the endorse- 
ment of the Classis. He was the first regularly installed 
Dutch pastor at New Paltz. He also preached at Shawan- 
gunk. His stay was short and in 1754 he accepted a call 
from the church at Schenectady. 

From this date we may consider the Dutch language and 
the Dutch church established in New Paltz, though in some 
of the homes the French tongue doubtless lingered a while 
longer. 

In 1751, '52, '53 and '54 no less than 75 persons joined the 
church on confession of faith and 23 by certificate from 
other churches. Part of these were admitted by Rev. J. H. 
Goetschius and part by Rev. B. Vrooman. 

The bounds of the New Paltz congregation at this time 
extended over a territory stretching about ten miles to the 
south and eight miles to the north, that is from New Hurley 
on the south to Swartekill on the north. John George 
Ronk of New Hurley, ancestor of the Ronk family, joined 
the church in 1750 and Johannes Hardenbergh, of Rosen- 
dale, in 175 1 and were soon afterwards made officers in the 



H 1 S T R y O F NEW PA L T Z 145 

cliurch. A few years afterwards I'etrus Ostraiider of I'latte- 
kill and .\brahani Ilardenbergh of ( iuilford were officers in 
the church. 

In 1752 at a meeting" of the consistory it was resolved to 
elect, beside the governing elders and deacons, two more 
elders and deacons and this resolution w'as at once carried 
into effect. 

After Rev. W. \'rooman departed for Schenectady the New 
I'altz church was dependent on supplies for six years. During 
that ]3eriod Rev. j. H. Goetschius, Rev. Theodorus Freling- 
huysen, Rev. D. 11. Meynema and Rev. Johannes Schuneman 
officiated at different times, baptizing quite a number of in- 
fants, although none joined the church on confession and but 
one marriage is recorded in all those years. 

Raptizixc, Tiii^. Children at Kingston 

During the long intervals while New P^altz was without a 
minister some of the little children were baptized by visiting 
ministers, but a great portion were taken to Kingston and the 
solemn rite was there performed. In the 16 years from the 
end of Rev. Mr. \'an Driessen's pastorate in 1736 to the com- 
mencement of that of Rev. B. \"rooman in 1752 there were 
about 85 children of New I'altz parents baptized at Kingston. 
During a portion of this 16 years, that is from 1742 to 1749, 
the record shows no. baptisms at New Paltz and 59 of New 
Paltz parentage at Kingston, that is an average of over 7 each 
year. After 1752 there were few baptisms of New Paltz 
children at Kingston — only about a dozen in the next ten 
years. During this time visiting ministers came (|uite often 
to New Paltz and the church grew and prospered. It is 
worthy of note that the Kingston ministers never baptized chil- 
dren at New Paltz, though their church book shows that they 
10 



146 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

performed that service at AFarbletown, Rochester, Shawan- 
gunk and AJinisink. 

The long ritle from New Paltz to Kingston was taken prob- 
ably on horseback. There were no spring wagons nntil long 
after that date. The route on the east side of the W'allkill 
led from one to another of the stone houses, crossing the 
stream by a scow, just this side of the present Bontecoe school- 
hovise. We may suppose that a stop was frequently made at 
Rosendale, at the residence of Col. Johannes Hardenbergh, 
whose wife ]\Iarie DuBois, was the daughter of Louis DuBois, 
Jr., of Nescatock. A few miles further north at Bloomingdale 
we may suppose another stop would be made at the residence 
of Matthew LeFevre, who moved from our village about 1740 
and located there. There may have been a little danger from 
wild beasts, but there was none from Indians. In passing 
through the clearings the gates must be opened, as it was not 
till long afterward that the farmers were required to build a 
fence on each side of the highway. 

C0NN.F.CT10N Between Church and State 

There was a close connection between church and state at 
New Paltz in those days as shown by certain records in papers 
that have come, down in the Patentees' trunk, showing what 
matters were submitted to voters, as follows : 

In 1757 whether the money received for the collectorshi]) 
should be applied on the highway or to the use of the church ; 
the latter was preferred. In 1758 the same question was again 
decided by vote with the same result. In 1759, it was put to 
vote whether the money received for the collectorship should be 
given to the clerk of the church, to the poor, or used for the 
purchase of a "pall." It was decided to use it for the last 



H I STO R Y OF NEW P A L T Z 147 

named purpose. The next year it was again voted to a])ply 
the money received for the collectorship to the purchase of a 
pall and the overplus for the purchase of a silver cup or 
beaker for the use of the church. The next year it was again 
voted that the money received for the collectorshi]) should be 
applied to the purchase of a silver cup for the church. 

Rev. Johannes Mauritius Goetschius 

In 1760 the churches at Xew Paltz and Shawangunk made 
a call on Rev. Johannes Mauritius Goetschius. He was a na- 
tive of Switzerland, a younger brother of Rev. J. H. Goet- 
schius, had studied medicine before coming to America, studied 
theology with his brother at Hackensack, X. J. and had 
jjreached two years at Schoharie. The call, which was ac- 
cepted, stated that from Easter to October he should jM'cach 
twice each Lord's Day, holding services alternately at Shawan- 
gunk and at New Paltz, preaching n\ the forenoon from some 
text in the Bible and in the afternoon from the Heidelbergh 
catechism. The rest of the year he was to preach one sermon 
each Sunday. He was to administer the sacrament of the 
Lord's Supper twice in the year at Shawangunk and twice a 
year at New I'altz and attend to the house visiting once a year. 
He should have a house, barn. 90 acres of land and a good 
spring at Shawangunk, where he had his home, and while at 
New Paltz should be provided with bed, board and (juarters. 
He was to receive an annual salary of i8o, one half to be paid 
by each of the churches. The call was approved by the Coetus 
in New York. 

Rev. Mr. Goetschius continued to minister to the churches 
at New Paltz and Shawangunk until 1771, when he died at his 
home in Shawangunk in the 48th year of his age and was 
buried in the baptistry of the church. Mr. Goetschius prac- 



148 // 1 ST O R y O F N E IV P ALT Z 

ticed medicine as well as preached the gospel. In 1762, dur- 
ing the early part of his pastorate steps were taken looking 
toward the erection of a new church building at New Paltz, 
but the plan was not carried out, owing probably to the cjuarrel 
between the Coetus and Conferentia ])arties. which split the 
Dutch church at New Paltz, as well as elsewhere in America, 
into two factions and led to the erection of a church building 
about two miles from our village on the road to the county 
house by the Conferentia ])arty. 

The Conferextia Church 

We have come now to a most exciting period in the history 
of the Dutch church at New Paltz, as well as elsewhere in 
America : that is the i)eriod of the struggle between the Coetus 
and Conferentia parties. This strife was due we may say, 
stating the case broadly, to the same causes that afterward 
provoked a revolt against the political control of Cireat Britain. 
In each of these cases the grievances were not great, but the 
American child, feeling its ability to walk alone, did not care 
to pay homage any longer to the mother church or to the 
mother country. 

The Coetus party did not care to own allegiance to any 
ioreign ecclesiastical ])ower. 

The Conferentia jiarty held that the church in this country 
ought to remain subordinate to the classis of North Amster- 
dam and accused the Coetus party of "despicable ingratitude 
against their benefactors, who had so long labored for their 
well being and have exerted so many efforts in behalf of the 
clnirches of New York." 

The battle raged fiercely among the Dutch churches in 
America. The consistory of the New Paltz church took sides 
with the Coetus and the great majority of the people ranged 



HISTORY OF NEIV PALTZ 149 

themselves with that party. There was an element, however, 
respectable in numbers and especially so in means and influ- 
ence, which sided with the Conferentia. This part}- was almost 
altogether of Dutch descent, had moved froni Kingston to 
New Paltz at a considerable i)erio(l after the tirst settlement, 
and few had formally united with the church here. This party 
comprised the Eltings, the Lows and the \ an W'agenens ; also 
Jacob DuUois, who had recently moved from near Kingston, 
and Ilendricus Dullois. The last named was a member of the 
Xew Paltz church and may be considered the foremost man in 
the Conferentia movement. In 1765 he was suspended for 
provoking schism and secession in the church and refusing to 
answer after three citations. He w'as evidently not much 
frightened and two years afterwards a meeting was held at his 
house to organize a Conferentia church. Rev. Isaac Rysdvck 
of Poughkeepsie and Fishkill was the officiating minister. 

The following persons, members of the Kingston church, 
joined the new church organization: Josiah Kiting and his 
brother Noah, Petrus \*an W'agenen, Jacob DuBois, Rebecca 
Van Wagenen, Dirk D. W^ynkoop, iMagdalena DuBois, Ja- 
comyntje Kiting, Sarah Low. On the same day the following 
joined the church: Petrus, Solomon and Isaac Low, Hendricus 
DuP>ois, Debora A^an \diet and Jannitje Iloughtaling. The 
next year there were admitted to the church on confession 
Josiah Elting's four sons: Roelif J., Abraham, Solomon and 
Cornelius ; also various female members of the families of 
those previously mentioned ; also Jacobus Auchmoody. 

The new church organization was weak in numljcrs, but 
strong in determination and had a house of worship almost 
completed before the church was organized. This church 
building was located a short distance this side of the i)resent 
residence of Capt. W. H. D. Blake, about two miles south of 



I50 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

our village, on the west side of the W'allkill. This church 
building was called "Kerk of het (irootstuck" that is in Eng- 
lish "Church of the Great Piece," that being the name of the 
tract of land on which the church was located and which be- 
longed to Noah Eltinge. It was usually called the "owl" 
church, probably because the neighborhood abounded in owls. 
It was a frame building, 30 feet square, boarded without, plas- 
tered with clay within, shingle roofed, and containing 20 pews. 
It cost about £150. Josiah Kiting and Ilendricus DuBois 
were the most liberal contributors, each giving about £25. 
Xoah Eltinge was elected elder and Petrus A an Wagenen 
deacon. Rev. G. D. Cock served for a time as stated supply 
for this church. Then in 1774 Rev. Rynier \'an Xest was 
called to the pastorate of the church at Shawangunk and 
the Conferentia church at New Paltz. He received as 
salary £60 a year from Shawangunk and £20 a year from 
New Paltz. 

The feud between the Coetus and Conferentia parties in the 
Dutch church in America did not prevail many years, but it 
was a long time before the two churches at New Paltz were 
united. 

In 1 77 1 a convention was held in New York, attended by 
<lelegates, ministers and ciders from most of the churches, at 
which articles of union were drawn up. The Coetus church 
at New Paltz was represented by Johannes Ilardenbergh. The 
Conferentia church had no delegate. The articles of union, 
adopted at this convention, left the church in this country prac- 
tically independent of th.e mother church in Holland, though 
it was i:)rovided that if difficulties should arise concerning im- 
portant points of doctrine or any member be deposed on 
account of heresy or misconduct there should be the right of 
appeal to the classis of Amsterdam. Johannes Hardenbergh, 



HISTORY F N E W PAL T Z 151 

delegate from the old church at Xevv Paltz, signed this agree- 
ment and his action was promptly approved by his consistory. 
The Conferentia party at New Paltz took no action for a 
long time. Fmally in 1783 the spirit of harmony had been 
restored to so great an extent that at last the "owl" church was 
abandoned as a house of worship and its members in full har- 
mony joined with the worshipers in the church in this village 
and its records were preserved with those of the older church. 
The "owl" church building was taken down and a granary was 
built of its material by Roelif J. Elting, at his home in this 
village. During its existence the total number of baptisms 
registered in this church were 60. There were 2 marriages 
recorded and 35 persons in all had joined the church. Of this 
number 19 united with the church in this village May 25th, 
1783. 

The persons who came in from the Conferentia church were 
Dirk W'ynkoop, Jr. and wife Sarah ( daughter of Xoah Eltinge) 
Abraham Elting, David Low, Henry DuBois and his wife 
Rebecca \ an W'agenen and his mother Janiteje Houghtaling, 
Jacob DuBois and wife, Solomon Low and wife, Magdalena 
DuBois widow of Josiah Elting, Margaret Hue widow of Wil- 
liam Patterson, ]Maria Low wife of Roelif J. Elting, Cornelius 
Elting, Jacobus Auchmoody, Ann DuBois, Petrus A'an W'age- 
nen and wife Sarah Low. 

Having now concluded the history of the Conferentia church 
we go back twelve years and take up the history of the orig- 
inal New Paltz church. 

In ]\Iarch 1771 the pastor. Rev. Mauritius Goetschius died. 
In October of the same year the Convention was held in New 
York, which apparently had no immediate effect at New Paltz, 
though it resulted in the restoration of harmony twelve years 
later. 



152 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

The Sf.coxd Stoxe Ciii'rch 

111 the same year, 177 1, tlK^ugh without a minister and with- 
out the assistance of the Conferentia ])arty, action was taken 
toward huikhng a new house of worship. The location of 
this new church was a few yards south of the site of the 
l)resent hrick church. The land was hought of Petronella Le- 
Fevre, widow of Simon. The new church huilding was of 
stone, much larger than the old church and remained as the 
house of worshi]) until 1839. dhe following persons were 
chosen as the huilding committee : Abraham Deyo ( grand- 
father of the late Judge Abm. A. Deyo of Modena) Jacob 
ilasbrouck. Jr. (great-grandfather of Jacob Al. Ilasbrouck) 
.Simon DuBois (great-grandfather of the late John W. Du- 
bois) Nathaniel LeFevre (great-grandfather of lion. Jacob 
Lel'evre ) Garret hVeer, Jr., Abraham LeFevre (great-grand- 
father of Josiah LeFevre ) and Hugo Freer, ancestor of a num- 
ber of the Bontecoe Freers. The initials of several of these 
men and the date may still be seen in a large stone under the 
horse block at the south end of the portico. This was no 
doubt the corner stone of the building. Abram Deyo was 
appointed overseer of the work. He was re(iuired to give a 
bond and he kept a strict account of everything. His account 
book, in the Dutch language, containing a full statement of 
these matters is in possession of his descendant Abm. Deyo 
Brodhead, who occupies his house. 

A lime oven was erected and lime for making mortar burned 
on the ground. The masons' helpers were paid 4 shillings a 
(lav, a man with a team and wagon was paid 9 shillings a day 
for carting lime and 10 shillings a day for carting wood; i 
shilling a day was allowed for boarding each workman ; au- 
thoritv was given to buy beer for the workmen, also a barrel 
of rum. 



HISTORY OF N E IV PAL f Z 153 




THE SECOND STONE CHURCH AT NEW PAETZ 



1 54 HIS T O RV OF N E W I' A LT Z 

This church was a substantial, well-proportioned building, 
with a hipiied roof and a cupola from which a bell sounded for 
religious services. The total subscriptions amounted to only 
£5_l6, but the sum realized from the sale of pews fully doubled 
that amount. The list of subscribers comprises 85 names, the 
Freers being far in advance, with 17 names. The heaviest 
subscribers were Jacob Hasbrouck, Jr. I'-.z^, .Vbram Deyo £45. 
W'yntje Hasbrouck £33, Col. Xhva. Hasbrouck (Kingston) 
£30. Hugo Freer £25. Simon Duliois £2"/. 

In the list of subscribers appear the names of 17 Freers con- 
tributing £162, 9 LeFevres contributing £130, 8 Hasbroucks 
contributing £168. 8 Deyos contributing £97, 6 DuBoises con- 
tributing lyy, 4 Beviers contributing £57, 3 Hardenberghs con- 
tributing £32, 3 Terwilligers contributing £32, 5 Ostranders 
contributing £9, 2 Fans contributing £7, 2 Schoonmakers con- 
tributing £11, 2 Lows £15. 2 A'andemarks £17. 

There are also on the list of contributors the names of Dr. 
Geo. Wurts, Petrus Smedes, John York, Tennis \"an Miet, 
Dennis Relyea, Johannes \\'alron, Lewis Brodhead and Joseph 
Coddington. The last named was the village schoolmaster and 
performed much clerical work connected with building of the 
church. 

Among the names of purchasers of seats, beside those resid- 
ing in this vicinity were Philip D. B. Bevier of Rochester, 
David Bevier of Marbletown., Col. x'Vbm. Hasbrouck of King- 
ston, Isaac Hasbrouck, Jr. of Stone Ridge, Jacobus Bruyn 
of Bruynswick, Hendrik Smit of Rifton, Col. Johannes 
Hardenbergh of Rosendale and Dennis Relyea of New 
Hurley. 

The total appraisement of the pews was £2280. The total 
sum realized at the sale was considerably more, amounting 
to £2684. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 155 

Although the work was commenced in 1771 it was not until 
1774 that the pews were sold at public auction. 

The old Shawangunk church, with which the Xew Paltz 
church had formerly been connected, being now a Conferentia 
church, the Xew Paltz church joined with the Xew Hurley 
church in 1775 in extending a call to Rev. Stephen Goetschius, 
which was accepted. He was the son of Rev. J. Henry Goet- 
schius and nephew of his predecessor Rev. Mauritius Goet- 
schius. He was 23 years of age wdien he came to Xew Paltz 
and remained here 21 years — a longer period of service than 
any of the successors. He was a graduate of Princeton and 
had studied theology with four eminent divines, including his 
father. Plis call stated that Xew Paltz should receive two- 
thirds of his services and provide him with house, barn, 60 
acres of land, pay £56 10 s. as salary. Xew Hurley should 
pay £t^2) 10 s- annually. About ten years afterwards his salary 
was increased to £114, New Paltz paying two thirds and X^ew 
Hurley one third. 

In the early part of his ministry he boarded with Capt. Lewis 
DuBois who resided about half way between Xew Paltz and 
Xew Hvudey. His daughter Elizabeth he married. In his 
later years at Xew Paltz he built the Philip D. Elting stone 
house, still standing in the northern part of our village. He 
was th^ only minister who ever built a house at Xew Paltz. 
His pastorate covered the eventful period of the Revolutionary 
war and the reunion of the Conferentia party with the church. 
The period succeeding the Revolutionary war was not favor- 
able to the growth of religion owing to the influence of French 
thought and French skepticism and we ma}' suppose that X^ew 
Paltz did not entirely escape the contagion. During the long 
period of his pastorate 102 in all were added to the church, 
including the 19 from the Conferentia church. Toward the 



156 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

close of his ministry, which ended in i/yO, he preached occa- 
sionally in English, which he had learned sufficiently for that 
pur])ose and which pleased the younger niembers of his con- 
gregation. He is described as a man of deep thought, abun- 
dant in labors and holding strongly to Calvinistic doctrines. 

A loose slip of paper in the church book dated 1782, show> 
that Joseph Coddington had been reader and singer in tlie 
church and Simeon Low was his successor. The ])aper, which 
is a subscription list, commences as follows: "W^hereas read- 
ing and singing during religious service are not only beautiful, 
but in accordance with the word of God and the canons of the 
church, therefore the consistory, after Mr. Coddington fcT 
different reasons had resigned, have unanimously elected Air. 
Simeon Low and contracted with him for £3 annuallv." 

Rev. Jo MX H. AIhier 

The next minister was Rev. John H. Meier. He w^as a 
graduate of Columbia College and had studied with Rev. Dr, 
John H. Livingston. Mr. Meier was called to the pastorate 
of the churches of New Paltz and New Hurley in 1799. Hi- 
call stipulated that he was to preach three-fifths of the year at 
New Paltz and two-fifths of the year at New Hurley and that 
the services should be performed one half in Dutch and one 
half in English. As his salary he received £135, besides a 
house, barn and 60 acres of land at New Paltz. He was to 
call on each family in the congregation once in two year>. 
From this time the church records are written in English. He 
remained only a little over three years, when he received a 
call from the church at Schenectady. During his pastorate 22 
were received as members of the church, 154 were baptized 
and 88 marriages were performed. 



HISTORY OF NEW FALTZ 157 

Rev. Peter D. FREr.iGii 

The cluirch was without a minister about four years and 
tlien a caH was made b_\' the two churches upon Rev. Peter D. 
l-'rehgh, who accepted. He was a jj;raduate of Columbia Col- 
lege, his father and uncle were ministers and he had previously 
had charge of a church in the northern part of the state. He 
preached alternately in English and Dutch, lie was faithful 
in catechising the young and his sermons were sound and in- 
teresting. He remained until 1815. when he removed to Ac- 
(juacanock, X. J. During his pastorate 82 j)ersons joined the 
church and 177 marriages were solemnized. 

RkV. WlLIJAM R. P)()(;.\RDU.S 

Rev. W'm. R. 15ogardus was the next minister, his pastorate 
commencing in 181 7. He was a graduate of Union College, 
Schenectady, and of the Theological Seminary at New Bruns- 
wick, X. J. He was a young man when he came to Xew Paltz. 
For eleven years he served the churches at Xew Paltz and X'^ew 
Hurley, riding back and forth on horseback. From 1828 to 
T831 he was pastor of the Xew I'altz church alone. Besides 
his other c|ualifications as a preacher and ])astor he had the gift 
of song in a remarkable degree and even in old age would lead 
in the singing. He is remembered by the old people as an elo- 
quent preacher of the word of God and a faithful and con- 
scientious pastor. His ministry was greatly blessed. During 
his pastorate 280 joined the church, C^Q|C^ were ba])tized and 379 
marriages performed. It was during his pastorate that the 
first great wave of temperance reform swept over the state and 
Air. Bogardus was one of its pioneers in Ulster county. When 
a new barn was erected at the ])arsonag"e a pitcher of cold 
Avater, flanked with temperance tracts took the place of the 



158 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

strong drink cnstomarv on snch occasions. In 183 1 he ac- 
cepted a call from the chnrch at Ac(iuanonck, X. J., and in 
1856 retired from the ministry. 

The next minister was Rev. Douw \'an Olinda. He was a 
graduate of the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, 
X. J., and before coming to New Paltz had been minister at 
Canajoharie, X. Y. His first service at Xew Paltz was on 
the first Sunday in January, 1832. and he remained at Xew 
Paltz twelve years. The period of his pastorate was a time 
of active public enterprise in the town, marked by the building 
of the New Paltz Academy, the Xew Paltz turnpike and 
that ])ortion of the present church building that now consti- 
tutes its eastern extension. In the building of the Academ\ 
he took a very active part and may we think be considered 
the prime mover. He was possessed of much executive abil- 
ity. His sermons were preached without any notes. In 1839 
the brick church was built to take the place of the old stone 
church which had been the house of worship for more than 
60 years. The congregation was now too large for this old 
church building. 

After due consideration it was decided that the new^ church 
edifice should be of brick. Its dimensions were as follows: 
length 66 feet, width 54 feet, height 26 feet. It was modeled 
after the church of Xew Hackensack in every respect except 
the steeple. The portico, with its pillars, and the vestibule, 
likewise the steeple and clock were constructed as they remain 
to the present day. A basement was made under the edifice 
in which prayer meetings and Sunday school have since been 
held. The stones of the old church went into the basement 
and foundation walls and so did the stones of the LeFevre 
house, which until that time had occupied wdiat is now the 
northern ])art of the churchyard. The bell of the old church 



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159 



went into tlie school house and a new one. costing $375, was 
iiresented to the consiston- hy tiie citizens of the place and this^ 
with its mellow tones, still continues to summon the wor- 
shipers to the house of God. 




RKFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, KRKCTKD 1 X 1831;. 

Rev. John C. X'andervourt succeeded Rev. Douw \''an 
Olinda in 1845. ^^^ ^^"^^ an earnest ])reacher. but only re- 
mained until 1848 when he assumed the charge of the church 
at West ( ihent, Columbia county. 

Rev. Charles 11. Stitt was the next minister. He was in- 
stalled in 1848. New Paltz was his first charge after gradu- 
ating from the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, N. 
J., and he labored here for seventeen years with great suc- 
cess, no less than 300 members being added to the church. 



i6o H I S r O RY O F X E IV P J LT Z 



CHAPTER XVI 

Or.D CouxTv RixoKDs AT K].\<;sr(tx 

In the county clerk's ofiice at Kingston is a Ijox contain- 
ing a number of ancient ])apers. 

Among the most interesting and vahiable of these old paj)ers 
is the Proceedings of the Hoard of Supervisors from 1710 to 
1731, inclusive, written in iMiglish, in a plain hand. 

It appears from this document that in 1710 there were only 
five towns in the county: Kingston. Hurley. Alarbletown, 
Rochester and New I'altz. IJefore the close of this record in 
1 73 1 the munber of towns in the county had greatly increased 
and included Xew Windsor and other ])laces in what is now 
Orange count}- and also what is now Delaware county. The 
only business ])erformed b_\' the supervisors in those days, as 
appears from this record, was the auditing of bills against the 
county. Most of these bills were for bounties for killing 
wolves. Solomon DuIUiis of Poughwoughtenonk killed 12 
wolves in one year and for a numl)er of years was the cham- 
pion wolf slayer in the county. Possibly a number of these 
wolves were caught in the tra]) now in the Memorial House. 
which caught the last wolf in this town and was at the time 
the property of Josiah DulJois, great-grandson of Solomon. 

The count)' treasurer in 1710, as a])pears from this record, 
was Jean Cottin, who after serving the Xew Paltz people for 
many years as their schoolmaster, moved to Kingston, married 
the widow of Louis DuBois the Patentee, long carried on the 
mercantile business and when he died left his j^ropert}- to the 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z i6i 

church. Monsieur Cottin was county treasurer for several 
years and on two or three occasions, when the county was in 
debt a Httle, he advanced the needed sum. He charged for 
his services one year £2. 

Roelif Elting, the ancestor of the Xew Paltz Eltings, had 
not yet moved, from Kingston and represented th.at town in 
the Board of Supervisors in 171 1 and 1712. 

Col. Henry Beekman, who with Capt. Carton represented 
the county in the colonial legislature in 17 10, brought in to 
the supervisors "an account of wine expended the third and 
fourth days of October last when his Excellency the Covernor 
was in Kingston to the value of at least £3." The supervisors 
did not allow this bill, thinking no doubt that if he was dis- 
posed to feast the Covernor he should not ask the county to 
pay the bill. 

The next year, in 171 1. Col. Beekman is allowed a charge 
of £5 for a present to the Esopus Indians. In 171 3 Major 
John Hardenbergh is allowed £1 16 shillings for a present to 
the Indians and Frederick Van Miet is allowed £1 for five 
days spent in going to the Indians. In 17 14 he is allowed a 
charge of to shillings for going to the Indians. 

In 1714 Abraham DuBois. the last survivor of the Patentees, 
represented Xew P'altz in the Board of Supervisors. Evert 
Wynkoop represented Kingston, Matthew Ten Eyck repre- 
sented Hurley and Capt. Thomas Carton, ]\Iarbletown. This 
year tlie Supervisors decided that they would pay Col. Henry 
Beekman for his expenses in coupling and going, while he was 
serving as representative in the colonial legislature, but not for 
the time while there. Col. Beekman asked that if the charge 
were not paid by the king if it might be promised by the 
Supervisors, but they decided that it was not "cognizable" so 
far as they were concerned. 
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i62 HISTORY OF NEW FALTZ 

In this year, 1714, appears the first charge for laying out 
highways. The next year Joseph Hasbrouck of Guilford. 
Capt. Egbert Schoonmaker and Arion Gerison bring in a 
charge as commissioners for laying out highways. In the same 
year the Supervisors voted iioo for repairing court house 
and jail. 

In 1716 Solomon DuBois of New Paltz killed no less than 
12 wolves, for which he is allowed ij 4 shillings as bounty by 
the Supervisors. In previous years he had also headed the 
list as the foremost wolf killer in the county. In 1712 there 
was 21 killed in all, of which number 6 were slain by Solo- 
mon DuBois, I by his brother Abraham DuBois, 2 by Louis 
Bevier and i by Moses Cantain, who, about 1704, moved 
from New P'altz to Ponckhockie. In 1713 Solomon DuBois 
headed the list with 6 wolves killed and in 1714 he slew 5 and 
no other person more than 2. In 171 7 he slaughtered 4 
wolves, but this number was excelled by Jacobus Swartwout. 
who killed 6. Wolves appear to have been more numerous 
at New Paltz than elsewhere. The names of Daniel DuBois 
and Hugo Freer, Jr. appear among those killing wolves in 
1717. The Dubois brothers, sons of Louis the Patentee, espe- 
cially distinguished themselves as wolf hunters, the names of 
David DuBois of Rochester and Jacob of Hurley appearing 
on the list in 171 7. In the latter case however the record says 
"killed by his negro." 

The different towns in the county were represented in the 
Board of Supervisors in 1710 as follows: Kingston, Edward 
Whitaker ; Hurley, Capt. Mattys Ten Eyck ; Marbletown, 
Capt. Charles Brodhead; Rochester, Capt. Jochim Schoon- 
maker ; New Paltz, Left. Solomon DuBois. 

All the Supervisors with one exception are set down with 
their military titles. 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 163 

The different charges against the county allowed by the 
Supervisors in 1710 are as follows: 

Col. Beekman, services as representative lij os od 

Capt. Garton, services as representative 27 o o 

Jean Cottin. county treasurer 290 

David DuBois, killing 2 wolves 140 

Gerrit Decker, i " 012 o 

Cornelius Litts. 2 " 140 

Jacob \'ernooy, i " 012 o 

Solomon DuBois, 2 " 100 

Philip DuBois, i " 0120 

Solomon DuBois, 2 " i 4 o 

Severyn Tenhout, I " 012 o 

Jan Werts, 3 '' i 16 o 

Louis Bevier, 2 " 100 

Aaron Genton, i " 012 o 

Jacob Barentse, for ringing the bell... 250 

William Nottingham, services as clerk. 9 15 6 

Mattys Slecht 013 6 

Bernardus Swartwout, i years service 

as messenger and i load of wood. ... 460 

Total £95 2s 6d 

In i/Ti in addition to the \isual charges Alattys Mattyson 
is allowed £5 for "making carriages for ye great guns." 

In 171 7 the towns were represented in the Board of Super- 
visors as follows : Kingston, Major Johannes Wynkoop ; Hur- 
ley, Nicholas Roosa ; Marbletown, Charles Brodhead ; New 
Paltz, Joseph Hasbrouck ; Rochester, Lieut. David DuBois. 

In addition to the regular charges for wolf killing, etc., 



i64 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Evert W'ynkoop is allowed 12 shillings for half of vat beer for 
the Assessors and Tnnis Tappan is allowed a charge for meat, 
drink and house room for the Assessors. 

In the older books in the County Clerk's office are several 
records of matters of interest to New Paltz people as follows : 

Could Not Build k Church by Tax 

In 1716 an agreement was made by the New Paltz people 
to erect a new church edifice and this action was duly recorded 
in French in one of the old record books. Afterwards it was 
concluded that this agreement was not legal ; so the church 
was built by voluntary contribution. The entry on the county 
record is marked "Cancelled." and four years later appears the 
following entry in English, signed by Abraham Deyo : I, Abra- 
ham Deyo, having caused a certain writing, made by the major 
part of the inhabitants of the town of New Paltz concerning 
the building of a common house for the worship of God and 
other uses for the town, to be recorded and by experience have 
found that the said writing is and may be a breach of ye peace 
of said town, concerning said town house and ye building 
thereof, I do hereby order and direct the said writing to be 
cancelled on record as if it had never been. 

Wills of Early New Paltz People 

The oldest books of record h.ave a few wills of New Paltz 
people, jumbled in with deeds and other legal papers. Among 
these wills are the following: of Louis Bevier the Patentee, in 
Dutch, dated in 1722; of Abraham Deyo, son of Pierre the 
Patentee, in French, dated 1725 ; of Andre LeFevre, eldest son 
of Simon LeFevre the Patentee, in English, dated in 1738; of 
Cornelius DuBois of Poughwoughtenonk, dated 1780; of Dan- 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 165 

« 

iel LeFevre of Bontecoe, dated in 1784; of Jacob I. Has- 
brouck of Marbletown, dated in 18 1 8. 

Other A'aluarle Papers 

Other valuable ancient records concerning Xew Paltz people 
in the County Clerk's office are quit claims, given by the chil- 
dren of Louis DuBois the Patentee to each other for their 
shares in their father's estate in 1706; an acknov^dedgment, 
dated in 17 14, from Louis Bevier of Marbletown and his wife, 
Elizabeth Hasbrouck, that they had received certain property 
from Jacob Hasbrouck, Andre LeFevre and Louis DuBois, 
executors of Jean Hasbrouck the Patentee ; a deed, dated in 
1704, from Moses Cantain of Kingston and Mary, his wife, to 
AJattys DuBois. 

The most interesting of these old records in our estimation 
is a deed of gift, dated in 1705, from Anthony Crispell the 
Patentee to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Elias Uine ( Ein), 
of four lots at Xew Paltz : the first located on the south side 
of the Paltz creek, between the Bontekous kill and a lot of the 
heirs of Simon LeFevre ; second lot lying on the south side of 

Bontekou's kill, in an elbow called in Dutch in heyning; 

the third lot lying on the north side of the Paltz creek, between 
a lot of Isaac DuBois and a lot of the heirs of Simon LeFevre, 
on the side of the farthest Bontekou ; the fourth lot lying on 
the north side of the Paltz creek, opposite the house of Abra- 
ham Freer, in a half moon. This deed of gift further provides 
that after the death of Elias Lune and his wife, Elizabeth Cris- 
pell. the property shall go to their descendants forever and 
shall never be sold to strangers, but that it may be sold to 
descendants of the said Anthony Crispell. 

The foregoing record is specially interesting to the writer 
because Bontekous kill, still known bv that name, is the brook 



i66 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

in which, when a small boy h.e would stop to fish on his way 
home from school. The Eins still own and occupy the first 
mentioned of the four lots and the LeFevres still own and 
occupy the adjoining farm, on which Isaac, son of Simon the 
Patentee, located probably about 1718. 

But the greatest value that attaches to this record is the 
fact that it shows that Abraham Freer, second son of Hugo 
the Patentee, as early as 1705 had moved from the village 
and built a house five miles north, near the northern bounds 
of the patent, directly across the W'allkill from the piece of 
lowland still called the Half Aloon and owned by the Eins 
until about 1880. On this spot, about 200 yards south of the 
Bontecoe school-house and about half a mile south of Per- 
rine's bridge, still stands an old stone house, which may be 
the identical house built bv Abraham Freer. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 167 



CHAPTER XVII 

Signers of the Articles of Association 

The descendants of all persons who signed the Articles of 
Association are admitted to membership in the Daughters of 
the American Revolution and other patriotic societies of the 
present day. The Articles of Association were adopted on the 
29th day of April, 1775, ten days after the fight at Lexington, 
by the "Freemen, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the City and 
County of New York." and copies of the document were trans- 
mitted to all parts of the province of New York for signers. 
The language of these Articles of Association was very bold 
and shows a spirit of determined opposition to British tyranny. 
In the various towns in Ulster county most of the people signed 
the document. The heading was as follows : 

articles of associ.\tion 

"Persuaded that the salvation of the rights and liberties of 
America depends, under God, on the firm union of its inhabi- 
tants in a vigorous prosecution of the measures necessary for 
its safety, and convinced of the necessity of preventing the 
anarchy and confusion which attend a dissolution of the powers 
of government, we, the Freemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants 
(of the City and County of New York), being greatly alarmed 
at the avowed design of the ministry to raise a revenue in 
America, and shocked by the bloody scene now acting in the 
^lassachusetts Bay, do, in the most solemn manner, resolve 
never to become slaves ; and do associate under the ties of 



i68 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

religion, honor, and love to our country to adopt and endeavor 
to carry into execution, whatever measures may be recom- 
mended by the Continental Congress, or resolved upon by our 
Provincial Convention, for the purpose of preserving our Con- 
stitution, and opposing the execution of the several arbitrary 
and oppressive Acts of the British Parliament, until a recon- 
ciliation between Great Britain and America on Constitutional 
Principles (which we most ardently desire) can be obtained; 
and that we will in all things follow the advice of our General 
Committee, respecting the purpose aforesaid, the preservation 
of peace and good order, and the safety of individuals and 
private property." 

In Xew Paltz a meeting wa5 held of which Nathaniel Du- 
Bois was chairman and Joseph Coddington was committee 
clerk. There were in all 218 signatures in this town to the 
Articles of Association. 

The names of the men, descendants from early settlers at 
New Paltz, appear in the document as follows : 

Abraham Deyo, Abraham Deyo, Jr., Simon Deyo, Simon 
Deyo, Jr., Christophel Deyo, Philip Deyo, Jonathan Deyo, 
Daniel Deyo, Henry Deyo, Jr., John B. Deyo, Johannes Deyo, 
Jr., Peter Deyo, Christeyan Deyo, Benjamin Deyo, Nathaniel 
DuBois, Louis T. DuBois, Jacob DuBois, Hendricus DuBois, 
Cornelius DuBois, Daniel DuBois, Isaac DuBois, Cornelius 
DuBois, Jr., Simon DuBois, Hendricus DuBois, Jr., i\Iethuse- 
leni DuBois, Benjamin DuBois, Abraham DuBois, Andreus 
DuBois, Jr., Daniel DuBois, Jr.. Andries LeFevre, Jr., Andries 
LeFevre, Jonathan LeFever, Isaac LeFever, Abraham Le- 
Fever, Daniel LeFevre, Matthew LeFevre, Solomon LeFevre, 
Nathaniel LeFevre, Petrus LeFevre, John LeFevre, Jr., John 
LeFevre, Roelif J. Elting, Abraham Elting, Cornelius Kiting,. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 169 

Solomon Elting, Petrus Bevier. Samuel Bevier, Solomon Be- 
vi'er, Jacob Bevier, Zacharias Hasbrouck, Jacob Hasbrouck, 
Jr., Petrus Hasbrouck, Joseph Hasbrouck, Benjamin Has- 
brouck, Jr.. Josaphat Hasbrouck, Jesaias Hasbrouck, Jacobus 
Hasbrouck, David Plasbrouck, Garret Freer, Jr., Petrus Freer, 
Simon Freer, Daniel Freer, Jr., Hugo Freer, Jr., Isaac Freer, 
Benjamin Freer, Jacob T. .Freer, Paulus Freer, Jonas Freer, 
Jonas Freer, Jr., Joseph Freer, Johannes Freer, Daniel Freer, 
Johannes Low, Solomon Low, Jehu Low, Johannis ]\L Low, 
Isaac Low, Simeon Low, David Low, John A. Harden- 
bergh, Elias Hardenbergh, Peleg Ransom, John McDaniel 
(McDonald), \Vm. Hood, Abraham Ein, John Terwilliger, 
Joseph Terwilliger, George W'irtz, Derrick D. \\"ynkoop, 
James Done, Abraham Donaldson, James Auchmoutie, 
Thomas Tompkins, Jedediah Deur, Zophar Perkins, Oliver 
Grey, Leonard Lewis, John Stevens, Daniel Fowler, Daniel 
Woolsey, Alexander Lane, Abm. Vandermerken, ^Michael 
Devoe, Richard Tompkins, William Reeck, Johannis W'alron, 
Petrus \'an Wagenen, Ebenezer Perkins, Johannes Eckert, 
Nathaniel Potter, Daniel Diver, Samuel Johnson, Ralph Trow- 
bridge, and others whose names we do not recognize but who 
were probably residents in the territory in Esopus and Lloyd, 
then a part of Xew Paltz. 

People of Xew Paltz ancestry signed the document in other 
towns of the county as follows : 

Kingston — Joshua DuBois, Jeremiah DuPJois, Jacobus Du- 
bois, Samuel DuBois, William DuBois, Hezekiah DuBois, 
Johannis X. DuBois, David DuBois, Flezekiah DuBois, Jr., 
Johannes J. DuBois, Johannes DuBois, Elias Hasbrouck, Abm. 
A. Flasbrouck. Solomon Hasbrouck, Col. A. Hasbrouck, A. 



ijo HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

Hasbrouck, Jr., Samuel Freer, Jan Freer, Solomon Freer, 
John Freer, Jacob Freer, Gerrit F'reer. 

Hurley — Johannes DuBois, Jacob DuKois, Jr.. Hugo Freer, 
Jacob Freer, Jr., Benj. H. Freer, Flugo J. Freer, Jonathan 
Freer, Jecimia Freer, Samuel FeF^evre, Simon LeFevre, Jacob 
LeFevre, Coenradt LeFevre. 

Marbletown — Coenradt DuBois, David Freer, Philip B. 
FVeer, Jacob S. Freer, Severyn Hasbrouck, John Hasbrouck, 
Isaac Hasbrouck, Jr., Joseph tlasbrouck, Jr., Jacobus B.- Has- 
brouck, Jacob J. Hasbrouck, Jacob I. Hasbrouck, Jacob Has- 
brouck, Philip B. Bevier, David Bevier. 

New Marlborough — Lewis DuBois, Henry Deyo, Senior. 

Rochester, including Wawarsing — Jonas Hasbrouck, Jo- 
hannes Bevier, Simon Bevier, Benjamin Bevier, Andrew Be- 
vier, Abraham Bevier, Jacob Bevier, Coenradt Bevier, Solo- 
mon Bevier, Jesse Bevier, Josiah Bevier, Isaac Bevier. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 171 



CHAPTER XVIII 

New Paltz in thi-: Rkvolution 

The volume published by the State in 1898 entitled "New 
York in the Revolution," contains the names of about 40,000 
soldiers from this State. The list as published in the volume 
mentioned is unsatisfactory in not saying what towns the com- 
panies were from. 

There were four Ulster Co. Regiments of militia. 

The First L'lster county Regiment was sometimes called the 
Northern Regiment, and was drawn mainly from the northern 
part of the county. Johannes Snyder was colonel. 

There are more New Paltz names in the Third Regiment, 
John Cantine of Stone Ridge, colonel, than in any other 
organization. 

In the Fourth Ulster county regiment, appear also a large 
number of New Paltz names. Jonathan Hasbrouck of New- 
l)urgh, was colonel of this regiment, but owing to his ill health 
it was most of the time commanded by Lieut. -Col. Johannes 
Hardenbergh, Jr., of Swartekill. 

As to the names appearing under the head of "Land Bounty 
Rights," the following explanation is given : Toward the close 
of the war of the Revolution a bounty of "Land Rights" was 
offered to officers and men for two regiments to be raised for 
the defense of the state. A master or mistress who should 
deliver an able Ijodied slave to serve was entitled to one Right. 
I'.y the act of 1778 each militia regiment was divided into 
classes of 15 men. When soldiers were needed to complete 
the regiments of the Line, otherwise known as Continentals, 
each class must within nine davs furnish a man fullv armed 



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and equipped. If a class furnished a man it was entitled to 
a money bounty ; afterward a land bounty was added. 

There is no evidence from the state documents to show that 
the men who signed the Land Bounty Rights ever saw active 
service and Comptroller Roberts has published their names for 
whatever 'they may be worth. He says additional proof is re- 
quired to show that any of the names that appear in the Land 
Bounty Rights are of men who actually served in the army. 
We find a large portion of the names that appear under the 
heading of "Land Bounty Rights" also appear in the names 
of the militia as elsewdiere published. 

It is not possible to tell from these records, as published, 
whether the men whose names are given below resided in New 
Paltz or other parts of the county, but their ancestors were 
New Paltz Patentees, the Eltings excepted : 

1ST ULS5TER COUNTY REGIMENT 

Lieut., Anthony Freer. 

Abm. Crispell, Jacob Crispell, John T. Crispell, Peter T. 
Crispell, Peter J. Crispell, Benj. Crispell, John J. Crispell. 
Jacobus DuBois, James DuBois, W'm. DuBois, David DuBois, 
James DuBois, Jr., James DuBois. Jeremiah DuBois, Johannes 
DuBois, John DuBois, John I. DuBois, John J. DuBois, John 
T. DuBois, Matthew DuBois. Robert DuBois, Wm. DuBois, 
Hendrich Elting, John Elting, Peter Elting, Peter Elting, Jr.. 
Wm. Elting, Garret Freer, Abm. Freer, Benj. Freer, Hugo 
Freer, Jeremiah Freer. Jeremias Freer, Johanis Freer, Jona- 
than Freer. Peter Freer, Samuel Freer, Jacobus Hasbrouck, 
Daniel Hasbrouck, Jacobus Hasbrouck, Jr., John Hasbrouck, 
Jonathan Hasbrouck, Solomon Hasbrouck, Conrad LeFevre,. 
Jonathan LeFevre. 



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LAND BOUNTY RIGHTS 

Capt., Simon LeFevre. 

Abraliain DuBois, Cornelius DuBois, Hezekiah DuBois, 
Jacob DuBois, Johannis DuBois, Jr.. Peter DuBois. Samuel 
DuBois. James DuBois. Joshua DuBois. Jacob Freer, Petrus 
Freer, A. Hasbrouck. Jr.. Abraham Hasbrouck, Elias Has- 
brouck. John Hasbrouck, Jr. 

2ND ULSTER COUNTY REGIMENT 

Capt.. ^Matthew DuBois. 

LAND BOLTNTY RIGHTS 

Isaac DuBois. 

3RD ULSTER COUNTY REGIMENT 

Capt.. John Hasbrouck. 

Lieuts.. Jacobus Hasbrouck, Cornelius Dufiois. Daniel Freer, 
Joseph Hasbrouck. Josiah Hasbrouck. Ensign. Levi Deyo. 

Abm. Bevier. Abm. Bevier, Jr.. Benj. Bevier, Cornelius Be- 
vier, Jacob Bevier, Conrad Bevier. Matthew Bevier. Nathaniel 
P)evier, Petrus Bevier, Abm. Crispel, Henry Deyo. John Deyo, 
Simon Deyo. Abm. B. Deyo. Levi Deyo. John Deyo. Abraham 
Deyo. Jr.. Ezekiel Deyo. Daniel Deyo. Isaac Deyo, Andrew 
DuBois, Asaph DuBois. Conrad DuBois. Daniel DuBois, Dan- 
iel DuBois. Jr., Hendricus DuBois, Henry DuBois, Isaac Du- 
Bois, Jacob DuBois. John DuBois. Jacobus DuBois. !^Iathusa- 
lem DuBois, Nathaniel DuBois, Wessel DulJois, Abm. Elting, 
Isaac Freer, Thomas Freer. Jacob Freer, Jr.. Jacob J. Freer, 



174 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

Jacob S. Freer, John I. Freer, Paulus Freer, Peter Freer, 
Joseph Freer, Sol. Freer, Jr., John Hasbrouck, Jonas Has- 
brouck, Solomon Hasbrouck, Benj. Hasbrouck, John Has- 
brouck, Jr., Severyn Hasbrouck, Andries LeFevre, Noah Le- 
Fevre, Jonathan LeFevre, Solomon LeFevre, ^Matthew Le- 
Fevre, John LeFevre. 

LAND BOUNTY RIGHTS 

Andries Bevier, Benj. Bevier, Jr., David Bevier, Elias 
Bevier, Jacob Bevier, Jr., Johan. Bevier, Jr., Ph. D. Bevier, 
Samuel Bevier, Simon Bevier, Abm. Deyo, Henry Deyo, Jr., 
Levi Deyo, Luke Deyo. Simon Deyo, Abm. Deyo, Benj. Deyo, 
Christopher Deyo, Daniel Deyo, Hendricus Deyo, Johannis 
Deyo, Jr., Jonathan Deyo, Philip Deyo, Solomon Deyo, An- 
dries DuBois. Cornelius DuBois, Garrit DuBois, Jonathan Du- 
Bois, Joseph DuBois, Louis J. DuBois, Samuel DuBois, Tobias 
DuBois, Abraham Ean, Roelif Eltinge, Abm. Eltinge, Cornelius 
Eltinge, Ezekiel Eltinge. Hendricus Eltinge, Jr., Josiah El- 
tinge, Jr., Noah Eltinge, Thomas Eltinge, Benjamin Freer. 
Daniel Freer. Daniel Freer, Jr.. Isaac Freer, Isaac Freer, Jr.. 
Jeremiah Freer. Johannis Freer, Jonas Freer, Petrus Freer, 
Simon I^'reer, Solomon Freer, Jerry Freer, Jr.. Nathaniel Le- 
Fevre. Abm. LeFevre, Andries LeFevre, Andris LeFevre, Jr., 
Daniel LeFevre, Isaac LeFevre, Jacob LeFevre, Johannes Le- 
Fevre, John LeFevre. Matthew LeFevre, Nathan LeFevre. 
Peter LeFevre. Jr., Petrus LeFevre, Philip LeFevre. 

4TH ULSTER COUNTY RKGIMENT 

Cols., Jonathan Hasbrouck, Johannes Hardenbergh. 

Quartermaster, Cornelius DuBois, Jr. 

Capts., Louis J. DuBois, Jacob Hasbrouck, Jr. 

Lieuts., Andries Bevier. Joshua DuBois. Abm. Deyo. Jr.. 



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Anthony Freer, Petrus Hasbroiick, Matthew LeFevre, Simon 
LeFevre. 

Ensigns, Mathuselem DuBois, Nathaniel DuBois, Daniel 
Bevier. 

Abm. Bevier, CorneHus Bevier. Daniel Bevier, Jonas Bevier, 
Nathaniel Bevier, Andries DuBois, Hezekiah DuBois, Jona- 
than DuBois, Nathaniel DuBois, William DuBois, Andries 
DuBois, Jeremiah Freer, John Freer, Conrad LeFevre. 

LAND BOUNTY RIGHTS 

Johannis Bevier, Jonathan Bevier, Hendricus Deyo, Louis 
DuBois, Wilhelmus DuBois. Petrus Eltinge, Benjamin L 
Freer, Benj. T. Freer, Elisa Freer. Joannis Freer, IMartinis 
Freer, Cornelius Hasbrouck, Isaac Hasbrouck, Jonathan Has- 
brouck. 

In the Fourth Orange County Militia, Col. John Hathorn. 
Joseph Hasbrouck of Guilford was Lieut-Col. John, Solo- 
mon and Noah LeFevre, all of Kettleborough, served in this 
regiment. 

In the Albany County Militia appear the names of Lieut. - 
Col. Cornelius DuBois and Capt. Benjamin DuBois of Catskill. 

John Freer was colonel of the 4th Dutchess Co. Regi- 
ment. 

Peter and Simon Freer served in the 5th Dutchess Co. 
Regiment. 

Abm. Freer, Jr., and Thomas Freer served in the Dutchess 
Co. Alinute men. 

In the 5th Regiment of the Line or Continentals Louis 
DuBois was colonel, Philij) DuBois Bevier and David DuBois 
were captains. 

Berthold Fernow. custodian of the department of manu- 
scripts at the state library at Albany published in 1888 as com- 



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plete a list as could then be obtained of New York Revolu- 
tionary officers and soldiers. 

In the list we find the following names of people who were 
of Xew Paltz lineage : 

Jonathan Hasbrouck, Col., 4th Regiment. Ulster county 
militia. 

Abraham Hasbrouck. Lieut. Col., ist or Northern Regiment, 
Ulster Co. militia, October 25, 1775; Col. same Regiment 
elected February 13; Commander February 20. 1775. 

Elias Hasbrouck, Captain 3d Regiment New York Line, 
June 28, 1775; Captain of a company of Rangers in 1777. 

Zachariah DuBois, Alajor Cornwall Regiment Orange 
County militia. 

Simon LeFevre was reappointed ist Lieutenant, 7th Com- 
pany, I St (or Northern) Ulster county Regiment, May 28, 
1778, Captain same Company, vice Gerardus Hardenbergh, 
resigned October 2^^, i779- 

The following commissions at the dates given were issued 
to Lewis DuBois, of ]\Iarlborough. 

Lewis DuBois, Captain, 3d Regiment N. Y. Line, Dutchess 
county Compan}-, July 3, 1775; Captain. 4th Ulster county 
militia Regiment South District New ^larlborough Precinct, 
Sept. 20, 1775; Major, N. Y. Line, Feb. 9. 1776; Colonel 5th 
Regiment, N. Y. Line, June 25. 1776. resigned Dec. 22, 1779, 
upon reduction of regiment. 

Third Regiment, Ulster Co. ]\Iilitia. 

com missions issued oct. 25, i775. 

1st Company — Captain, Lewis J. DuBois; ist Lieutenant, 
John A. Hardenbergh; 2nd Lieutenant. Matthevv' LeFevre; 
Ensign, INIathusalem DuBois. 



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2d Company — Captain, Jacob Hasbrouck, Jun. ; ist Lieu- 
tenant, Abram Deyou, Jun. ; 2d Lieutenant, Petrus Hasbrouck ; 
Ensign, Samuel Bevier. 

Third Compan}-, no names given. 

COMMISSIONS ISSUED FEB. 21, I/yS. 

Jacob Hasbrouck, Jun., promoted Major, Mce Joseph Has- 
brouck. Lieutenant Colonel, February 21, 1778. 

ist Company — Captain, John Hardenbergh ; ist Lieutenant, 
Jon'n Terwilliger ; 2d Lieutenant, Daniel Frere ; Ensign, Levi 
Deyou. 

2d Company — Captain, Abr'm Deyou; ist Lieutenant, 
Petrus Hasbrouck; 2d Lieutenant, Samuel Bevier; Ensign, 
Joshuah Hasbrouck. 

COMMISSIOXS 'issued FEB. 17, 1780. 

Second Lieutenant, Josiah Hasbrouck vice Bevier. declined, 
Ensign, Petrus Bevier. 

In Col. John Cantine's Regiment. 3d Ulster Co. militia, 2d 
New Paltz Company served Jonathan LeFevre. John LeFevre, 
John A. LeFevre, Matthew LeFevre. Philip LeFevre, all 
privates. Noah LeFevre was Sergeant in Brodhead's Co., 
Hathorn's Regiment, Orange Co. militia. 



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CHAPTER XIX 

Guarding the Froxtier from Tories and Indians 

Col. John Cantine of the Third Ulster County Militia was 
ranking officer in 1778 in the Rondout Valley, which was then 
the frontier and exposed to attacks from the Indians, who 
would travel hundreds of miles to obtain scalps and plunder 
and spare neither age nor sex. Col. Cantine lived near Stone 
Ridge. His father, Peter Cantine, was a native of New Paltz; 
his brother Alatthew was a member of the Council of Safety; 
his sister Catharine was the wife of Daniel LeFevre of Bonte- 
coe. There were more Xew Paltz men in this regiment than 
in any other. The First and Second companies were officered 
altogether by Xew Paltz men. 

Joseph Hasbrouck of Guilford was lieutenant colonel in this 
regiment; Jacob Hasbrouck, whose residence was in what is 
now the Memorial House in this village, was a captain in this 
regiment and afterwards a major; his son Josiah in 1780 re- 
ceived a commission as second lieutenant in this regiment. In 
this regiment also Abraham Deyo, who lived on Huguenot 
street, where Abm. Deyo Brodhead now lives, was captain of 
the Second company ; Petrus Hasbrouck, who lived about three 
miles north of this village, was first lieutenant. In the First 
company Lewis J. DuBois, whose house is still standing on the 
east side of the Libertyville ford, was captain ; John A. Har- 
denbergh of Guilford was first lieutenant ; Matthew LeFevre 
of the Plains was second lieutenant ; ]^Iathusalem DuBois of 
Nescatack was ensign. Alatthevv LeFevre's brothers John and 
Jonathan were privates in the Second company and likewise 
their cousins, John A. and Philip LeFevre of Kettleboro. 



HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 179 

Col. Cantixe's Letters to Gen. Clinton 

From letters to Gen. Clinton, which are now published, it 
is evident that his own regiment and the First Ulster Co. Regi- 
ment, sometimes called the Northern Regiment, which was 
commanded by Col. Johannes Snyder, were both stationed in 
the northwestern part of our county. 

The time when these letters w'as written was about a year 
after the surrender of EUirgoyne at Saratoga, after which 
there were no important battles in this state. But, as will be 
noted from the letters, the First and Third Ulster County regi- 
ments, commanded respectively by Cols. Snyder and Cantine. 
were required at these stations on the western frontiers of 
Ulster and Orange counties. Col. Cantine being in command, 
not only of his ow^n regiment, but of all detachments of militia 
in actual service on the frontier, including, not only the two 
Ulster county regiments mentioned, but detachments from the 
regiments of Colonels W'oodhull, Hathorn, Xewkirk, Has- 
brouck and Tusten. These were all Ulster and Orange county 
men. They w^ere all needed to protect the frontiers from the 
attacks of tories and Indians. Their task w'as especially dis- 
agreeable, because it was not known at what moment a force 
of savages might swoop down on the scattered habitations. 

In a letter to Gen. Clinton, written July nth, 1778, Col. 
Cantine says : 

"The men from Ulster County are posted, 40 at Memema- 
coting, 130 at Hunck, 80 at Great Shandaken, and at Little 
Shandaken the whole of Col. Snyder's regiment, which Returns 
I have Not as yet had. The Whole Will amount to about 400, 
a Number Quite Sufficient, 1 believe, to Defend posts at pres- 
ent where the proportions But Equal out the Different. Regi- 



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ments. This moment I am informed by Col. Nevvkark that 
Several of the Orange County men are on their Way to Peen- 
peck and Minsinck. I have sent Detachment from the Dif- 
ferent posts to the Delaware. With orders to act against 
those who. are taken an active part against us as Enemys, 
Leaveing others Unmolested, excepting those In whose pos- 
session the goods robbed from the Inhabitants of the frontiers 
Should Be found. 

Have also at the unanimous request of the inhabitants of 
Lurienkil, Naponagh, Warwasinck and the Southern part of 
Rochester, Changed my post from Lackawack to this place 
(Honck Falls), finding" it much more Convenient for keeping 
out Scouts and patroling parties, as the Woods on Both Sides 
of Lackawack are Exceeding Rof that it is Impossible to keep 
out Scouts at any Distance there. By the Last Returns of 
Col. Newkark, of the Orange County at Peenpeck and Mini- 
sinck, there where about Ninet}' men( that is) Eleven from 
Col. Woodhull's, fiftv-nine of Col. Heathorne's, twenty of Col. 
Tusten's." 

Money Promised Whex He w.\s Appointed at New Paltz 
In a letter written at Rochester, Aug. 19, Col. Cantine says : 

"I would Not have Changed my post from Lagawack to 
Hunk if It had Not Been at the L nanimous Rec[uest of the In- 
habitants Concerned. Not But I judge that Lagawack would 
have answered the purpose as well as Hunk (Except) that of 
Keeping out Scouting parties mentioned in my Last and the 
additional Expense of getting up supplys for the Regiment. 

The Little money I was able to advance was soon Expended 
in Supplying the Regiment and Col. Newkark makeing Appli- 
cation to me for money in favour of the men he had employed 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ i8i 

to provide for the party at Peenpack and r\Iinisinck till Such 
Time as it would be in the power of the Commissary to Supply 
them and that he could Buy much Cheaper for Cash; and as 
Your Excellency may Remember of Signifying at the time of 
my appointment, at ye Xew Paltz, to give me an order on the 
treasurer for that purpose, I haveing my promises, on the Ex- 
spectative of Being Supplyed In that manner and therefor 
would have been glad to have Received the order. But as it 
would take us out of the Common Course of Business I Shall 
Endeavor to Do without it. 

AluRDER BY Indians 

In a letter, from Col. Xewkirk, forwarded to Gen. Clinton 
by Col. Cantine, it is stated that about 20 Indians and one 
McDonald, a Tory, had come to the house of one Brooks, took 
the whole family, 11 in all, as prisoners, murdered and scalped 
one who was wounded and carried off the rest. 

Escaped from Indian Captivity 

Another letter from Cantine to Clinton relates the wonderful 
story of the capture and escape of George Andries and Jacob 
Osterhout, who were captured by the Indians under a ^lohawk 
chief and were carried almost to Fort Niagara ; then at night 
while the savages slept Andries made a desperate attempt for 
liberty, got an ax with which he killed the three Indians who 
composed the party together with two squaws, who escaped. 
Andries and Osterhout got back to Ulster county in 19 days, 
almost starved. \\\t\\ the letter to Clinton is enclosed the 
affidavits of Andries and Osterhout, giving a full account of 
their escape from Indian captivity. 



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Paying His Men 
In regard to paying his men Col. Cantine writes : 

Your Excellency will readily conceive that the making of 
monthly pay abstract for this Regim't will be attended with 
many Difficulties, when you consider that the monthly Detach- 
ment of the Different Regim'ts. of which this is composed, Do 
commence at Different Days. I, therefore would be glad to 
Draw a Sum of money in order to pay oft' the dift'erent com- 
panies as their time expires, making an abstract of the whole 
at the time when I shall be Discharged, and then account for 
the sum drawn. 

Cowardly Behaviour of Orange County AIilitia 

In a letter written from Marbletown to Gen. Clinton, Aug. 
28, 1778, Col. Cantine says: 

I also had Information of the Unsoldierly Behaviour of the 
troops at them posts, which Caused my Going their to inquire 
into the matter which, haveing Done, I found that also to Be 
true. Capt. IMiller, of Col. Heathorn's Regiment, haveing 
evecuated his post, on the freevilous Report that two Indians 
haveing Been Seen By some of his Scouts, which had Been out 
a few miles into the woods. He went off in Such a Hurry as 
to leave his Bread in the oven and his Beef in the well. Not- 
withstanding he was in a fort which, with the men he had in it, 
might In my opinion have Been Defended against five hun- 
dred men. Lieut. Tryon, of Col. Ellison's Reg't. Hearing that 
the enemy was back of Jacob Dewitt's mill at the time Mr. 
Brooks' family was tacken, Run of, saying Every man for him- 
self and God for us all, and went of with the greater part of 
his company, not Returning till th.e next day — if my in forma- 



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tion is Right. The conduct of these 10 men appeared so scan- 
dalous that I could not avoid laying them under Errest and 
ordered them to Repear at the court martial at Goshen on the 
25th instant. 

200 Indians Reported — AIax Shot 

The guard from Shandaken haveing fetch Down the Inhabi- 
tants of Packatacan with some of their Efifects, Returned on 
the Evening of the 26th Instant. Fetter Hendrics, who left 
their, Came down Immediately after them with the following 
information that Harmania Dumon was going to his place at 
Pancatack and meet the guard Comeing from there about five 
miles from it. Dumon proceeded on to his house. Loaded his 
wagon with his effects, and on his Return about two miles from 
his house was shot through the Belly. Peter Hendrics further 
Says that there was two Hundred of the Enemy and few Cattle 
that Seame to have Been Left was all taken. 
Time OF Some of Col. Jonathan Hasbrouck's Men Expired 

As the time of Capt. Conklen — who Lays at that post — of 
Colo. Hasbrouck's Regim't, is Expired to Day and No Relief 
is yet Come to that place. I, with the advice of Coll Pawling, 
Called some of my own Regim't to fetch down Dumon as well 
as to Destroy ye provision on that place agreeable to yours on 
the 22d. 

Gen. Clinton Replies 

In a letter to Col. Cantine, written at Poughkeepsie, Sept. 
6th, 1778, Gov. Clinton speaks of the recent burning of three 
houses and the killing and taking prisoners of men on the 
frontier and says: 

This Mischief, if I understand the Geography of the Country 
and am not mistaken as to the particular Situation of the above 



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Persons' Habitations, might have been prevented had your 
Guard occupied the first Post at Lackawack. 

Plunder by the Militia 
Gen. Chnton says moreover in another letter: 

I am much surprised to learn that the Parties of Militia 
which have been sent out to the settlements on the Delaware to 
remove the Cattle and Effects from thence and thereby prevent 
their serving as Supplies to the Enemy, have considered what 
they have brought off as Plunder and accordingly appropriated 
the same to their own use. Upon what principle or by what 
authority this is done you best know. This is contrary to every 
Idea of Justice and good Policy and will be productive of much 
Mischief is certain. I am bound, therefore, to call upon you to 
exercise your Authority as Commanding Officer of the Detach- 
ments of Militia in actual Service on the Frontier of Ulster 
and Orange Counties not only to prevent the like abuses in 
Future, but to have the past to be rectified as far as may be 
in your Power. 

I am fully convinced that we are not to have Peace on our 
Frontier until the Straggling Indians and Tories who infest it 
are exterminated or drove back and their Settlements de- 
stroyed. If, therefore, you can destroy the settlement of 
Acquago it will in my opinion be a good Piece of Service. 

Shortlv afterwards in September Clinton writes to Col. 
Cantine that he has received a petition from inhabitants of 
Marbletown. asking that a guard be stationed on the frontier 
of that town to scout north and south and stating that he 
favored granting the petition provided he (Col. Cantine) ap- 
proved it and could spare the men. He advises him to confer 
with Judge Pawling in reference to this matter, asks his 



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opinion as to the number of men needed to proceed against the 
Indian town of Ocqviago and says that he approves of offering 
a reward of $100 for the capture of Middagh and Parks^ 
through whose agency much mischief had been done. 

A week afterwards Col. Cantine writes to CHnton that he had 
received information, supported by affidavits, that Brant the 
Indian leader, was on the war path, with a force, variously esti- 
mated at from 200 to 450. that he has visited German Flats 
and Cnadilla and it was reported' would strike a blow some- 
where in this quarter. As his men are not acquainted with the 
woods he asks for authority to employ one or two spies to go 
as far as the Delaware and give timely notice of the coming of 
Brant's savage warriors ; he thinks that 600 or 700 men would 
be needed to attack the Indian town of ( )chquago. He adds: 
But as my Regt. now Stands it is not in my power to undertake 
an Expedition of that nature, as the Reliefs are Comeing and 
going every week in the month. I have consulted with Judge' 
Pawling But he thinks it will not answer with militia, as they 
are called out in classes, as many are men you can not depend 
on unless the number be greater than I mentioned. 

On the 2 1 St of October Gen. Clinton writes to Col. Cantine 
that Gen. Washington has sent him information, corroborating 
that from other sources that the Senecas and other tribes of 
Indians are prepared to attack the settlements. Pie considers 
iMinisink in the most imminent danger and says that Col. Cort- 
landt's regiment is on the way from Peekskill to Rochester 
and that his brother's whole brigade will probably be sent out 
for duty on the frontier ; but as it will be some time before 
they arrive a greater proportion of militia should be called 
into the service. 

On the 22nd of November Gen. Clinton writes to Cantine 
from Po'keepsie that he had received a letter from Col. Cort- 



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landt ( who it is evident had then arrived with his regiment) 
that it would now be safe to allow the militia in actual service 
on the frontier in Ulster county to return home except about 
70 to be stationed as follows : 2 officers and 25 men at Shanda- 
ken, I officer and 10 men at Yeugh's creppelbush. i officer and 
10 men at Queens kill, 2 officers and 20 men at ^ylamakating. 
Gen. Clinton says : As I am extremely desirous of making their 
Duty as little burthensome as may be consistent with the safety 
of the frontier settlement, it is therefore my desire that you 
dismiss for the present all but the above number. 

Next on the file is a letter dated Dec. 13, from Capt. Wm. 
Johnson, who was a Mohawk chief, and three other chiefs, 
threatening vengeance in case the people on the Delaware 
above Econack were molested. 

April 2 1 St, 1779, \V. Alalcolm writes! to Gen. Clinton from 
]\Iinisink that as his regiment has been incorporated with Spen- 
cer's all his officers except two or three have resigned and he 
shall do so too ; moreover that the frontier is now unprotected ; 
worst of all about 40 savages have attacked Lacawack and 
burned the place and houses within 13 miles of the River. 

On the 25th of April Col. Cortlandt writes from Rochester 
to Gen. Clinton that he had received orders from Gen. Wash- 
ington to march his regiment immediately to Alinisink and he 
supposes he will go to Wyoming : his absence will leave the 
frontier unprotected. 

Two days later, April 27th, 1779, A. DeWitt, John Brod- 
head and 64 other citizens, writing from Rochester, send a 
]ietition to Gen. Clinton stating that Col. Cortlandt ( who had 
been protecting the frontier) had received marching orders 
from Gen. Washington and asking that a sufficient guard 
might be furnished to protect them from the savages. 

On the 29th of April Clinton writes to Cortlandt wishing 



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him an agreeable march and stating that he had ordered a 
fourth part of CoL Cantine's and a fourth part of Col. Sny- 
der's regiments to occupy the posts that he ( Cortlandt) now 
holds, until he can relieve them by the levies intended for the 
defense of the frontier, not yet completed. 

On the 4th of Alay Col. Cortlandt writes to Gen. Clinton that 
just as he was marching his regiment he received an account 
of the burning of several houses at the Fantine kill. He 
marched to intercept the enemy, whom he saw, but could not 
surround, as they were on a mountain when discovered. They 
had burned four houses and killed 6 persons and perhaps 3 or 
4 more. The}- had not killed any of the soldiers, nor had the 
soldiers been able to kill any of the Indians, though they ex- 
changed shots with them at a long distance. The Indian band 
was thought to number 30 or 40. As he (Cortlandt) was un- 
der the most pressing orders to march with all expedition he 
forwarded this letter by express. He said in closing that Col. 
Cantine had gone to Lackawack and that he thinks not over 
50 of the men whom (ien. Clinton had ordered had as yet 
arrived, although more might come the next day. 

In this attack the Indians murdered Mrs. Isaac Bevier and 
her sister Mrs. Michael Sax and others, some 8 in all. A num- 
ber of neighbors fled across the mountain to Shawangunk. 

The next day Gen. Clinton writes to Cortlandt that he had 
ordered out one fourth of Hardenbergh's regiment and one 
fourth of McCloughry's regiment to join Cantine and a like 
proportion of the three northern regiments of Orange county 
to such posts on the frontier of that county as the command- 
ing officers shall deem best ; the same day Clinton writes to 
Cantine that he has ordered one fourth of Hardenbergh's regi- 
ment and one fourth of McCloughry's regiment to march im- 
mediately and put themselves under his command. 



i88 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Indian Villages Destroyed 

In the summer of this year Gen. CHnton's advice that it was 
necessary in order to have peace on the frontier that the Indian 
settlements should be destroyed was fully carried out. Gen. 
James Clinton with live New York state regiments united with 
Gen. Sullivan and routed the Indians under their celebrated 
leader Brant, near Elmira, with little resistance; then burned 
their villages and destroyed all food supplies. In this expedi- 
tion into the Indian country in what is now central New York 
Col. Lewis DuBois bore an important command. 

Still Another Attack on Wawarsing 

In 1 78 1 another and the last attack was made on the Wawar- 
sing settlements, a large force of Indians being fitted out at 
one of the northern forts under command of one Coldwell. 
Five or six houses at Wawarsing were burned by the savages. 
The inhabitants defended themselves with great bravery. A 
force of about 400 men, under Col. John Cantine, started the 
next day in pursuit, but gave up the chase without capturing 
any of the savages. 

A full account of the Indian forays in Wawarsing was pub- 
lished in pamphlet form in 1846 by a member of the Bevier 
family. 

Capt. Abm. Deyo's Men 

Among the old papers preserved in the Deyo family at New 
Paltz, is a pay roll dated Sept. 19th, 1778, and signed by 23 
men, acknowledging that they had "received of Capt. Abra- 
ham Doiau our respective wages and billeting money for one 
month's term of duty at the Frontiers, (parts of months of 
July and August, 1778)." 



HIST R Y OF N E IV P ALT Z 189 

Among the 23 signatures are those of Isaac DuBois, whose 
home was the Old Fort on Huguenot street and Zachariah 
Hasbrouck, who hved in the old stone house, across the street 
from the Reformed church. The name of Abraham Ean of 
Bontecoe also appears among the signers. 

These men were certainly with Col. Cantine. They were 
apparently called out for one month only and then allowed to 
return to their homes. From one of Cantine's leters to Clin- 
ton it is evident that the different companies from various 
resfiments came in at dift'erent times. 



I90 HISTORY F N EW P ALT Z 



CHAPTER XX 

History of Farming at New Paltz 

The history of farming in Ulster county practically begins 
at about the time of the settlement of New Paltz in 1678. 
Kingston was settled about a score of years earlier, but we 
have reason to believe that trading with the Indians for furs, 
was until about this time one main occupation of the people, 
though wheat was grown to quite an extent. 

The Indians of the Atlantic States raised corn, beans and 
pumpkins and the savages who came on board the vessel of 
Hendrick Hudson as he sailed up the North River traded with 
the crew for corn and beans. Do any of my readers as they 
make or eat the soup of sweet corn usually called "ogreeches" 
ever consider the origin of the word? It is not English or 
Dutch or French. But undoubtedly both the name and the dish 
itself were from the Indians. We have not found any one 
outside of Ulster county who knows what ogreeches means. 

In the grant of the patent of New Paltz by Gov. Edmund 
Andross we find that he required from the patentees the pay- 
ment of an annual rental of "five bushels of wheat, payable at 
the Redoubt at Esopus to such officers as shall have power to 
receive it." Wheat, then, was the staple product of the early 
settlers. One of the first sales of land in this vicinity, of which 
we have any record was in i6qq, when Antoine Crispell, one 
of the Paltz Patentees sold to Louis Bevier, another of the 
Patentees, his share (one twelfth part) of the land already 
divided in the immediate vicinity of this village. The price 
paid was 140 schepels of wheat. Wheat then was not only 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 191 

the staple crop but, to some extent, the substitute for money 
in commercial transactions. 

In another sale of land at Xew Paltz in 1693 we tind the 
payment made partly in wheat and partly in flax seed. 

The annual rental of five bushels of wheat for the tract of 
about 36,000 acres, included in the Paltz Patent, was, we are 
told, always paid promptly and it is related that the Freers for 
paying the rent, one year, without help from the other mem- 
bers of the little colony, received a tract of land at Alud Hook 
in the north-west bounds of the patent. Even this small mat- 
ter of five bushels of wheat may have seemed no trifle to the 
handful of settlers during the first few years, when but a small 
clearing had been opened in the wilderness. 

The progress of agriculture and the growth in population 
was very slow in the century that elapsed from the first settle- 
ment until the time of the Revolution. Here and there, along 
the streams, the sons and grandsons of the early settlers, at 
Kingston and Xew Paltz located and opened clearings. 

About 1720 Jacob Freer, Hendrick Deyo and Isaac LeFevre, 
son of Simon LeFever the Patentee, located some 4 or 5 miles 
north of this village in the neighborhood still called Bontecoe. 
Abraham Freer, son of Hugo, located there previous to 1705. 
The land in that locality was famous, in those days, for the 
production of wheat. 

The land at the first settlement was of course, all owned in 
common. There were divisions of land, in the Patent, at 
several dift'erent times. 

There was little sale of land in those old colonial days and 
the price was almost nominal. When ]\[atthew LeFever moved 
from this village and located at Bloomingdale, in the present 
town of Rosendale, about 1740, he paid $700 for 700 acres of 
land. The farm lately owned by Abm. V. N. Eltinge along 



192 HISTORY OF XEW PALTZ 

the turnpike, directly east of this village, was purchased by his 
great-grandfather, Roelif J. Elting, about the time of the Revo- 
lution, for $2.50 an acre, and tradition still preserves the fact 
that he thought he was compelled to pay an exorbitant price. 
In the early part of the present century, good upland in the 
towns of Alarbletown and Rochester has been sold at less than 
10 cents per acre. About 1830 good lowland in this county was 
worth S50 an acre. The farm of Lewis H. Woolsey consisting 
of 180 acres was purchased by his father about 1820 for $4000 
— that is about $22 an acre. In the old days, shortly after the 
Revolution, there was little buying or selling of land or any 
thing else. The people manufactured their own clothing, out 
of flax and wool of their own raising, made shoes ( few boots 
were worn) out of leather, tanned, to a great extent, by them- 
selves, out of the hides of their own cattle. They raised their 
own grain. One of the chief employments of the young women 
was spinning. Agricultural implements were few in number 
as compared with the present day. 

We must confess that as a general rule, the old people were 
not, apparently, inclined to over work themselves. ■ Had they 
been bent in that direction the cellars of the old houses might 
have been dug deeper so that one would not have been obliged 
to stoop so much in entering them. To clear up a piece of 
forest to obtain a new field for planting, was quite an under- 
taking in the old days and an old story is still related that the 
owners of a clearing at the little falls in the W'allkill, about 
half a mile above our village, would bravely resolve, year 
after year, to clear up another patch of forest for planting but 
that finally they would give up the undertaking and again 
"plant the Voltjc" (as the old field was called), which passed 
into a sort of proverb. 

W\\\\ the early settlers game and fish formed a considerable 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 193 

part of the means of subsistence and the remains of some 3/2 
a dozen ell-weirs are to be seen, in the Wallkill, between this 
village and Libertyville. 

Slavery as it existed here and at the south in the old times 
doubtless prevented the whites from exerting themselves as 
they do at the present day. In 1755 there were 80 slaves, 
above the age of 14, owned in the precinct of Xew Paltz and 
Solomon DuBois and Abram Hardenbergh. who were the 
largest slave i.^wners, each owned 7 slaves. The author's 
father-in-law, Dr. Jas. Oliver, relates that his grand-father 
had about 20 slaves and that they did not do an)- more work 
than a few persons would do at the present da}-. It is related, 
that when the slaves became free in 1827 and the farmers' 
sons had to do the hard work themselves, which the slaves had 
formerly done at Xew Paltz, some of them died, as was 
thought from overwork, to which they had not been brought up. 

Let us picture a farm scene at New Paltz in the colonial 
days, just before the Revolution. The farmer with his sons, 
and one or two of his daughters has been in the field husking 
corn, for it is an October day and the sun is setting, as the 
farmer jogs along homeward with his load of husked corn, 
and yoke of oxen, which his negro slave is driving. On the 
way they have taken good notice whether the colts and young 
cattle were to be seen, for in those days the stock was brandetl 
and ran at large in the woods and particularly good care must 
be taken of the sheep for up to the time of the digging of the 
D. & H. Canal, in 1826, the wolves would come on theii- long, 
stealthy marches from the wilds of Sullivan and work havoc 
among the flocks in the valley of the \\'allkill. But our farmer 
is unloading his corn, which is carried up the stairs to the loft 
of the dwelling, which in the olden times served as a granary, 
and night settles down on the Cjuiet scene. 
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194 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

The Poor Soil of Kettleborough 

The traditions all agree that when the first settlers," Abram 
and Andries LeFevre, first located at Kettleborough, about 
1740, the gravelly soil of that locality was considered very 
poor. But a new era was brought about in Ulster county about 
the time of Revolution, when the ravages of the Hessian fly 
made wheat growing unprofitable and corn became the popular 
crop. The corn from the valley of the Wallkili was marketed 
at Capt. Swart's, on the Strand, now called Rondout. 

Clover axd Plaster the First Commercial Fertilizers 

The introduction of clover and plaster formed a great event 
in the history of farming in this region. This must have been 
very soon after the Revolutionary war, and they were first 
introduced in Kettleborough. The story goes that the sons of 
Abm. LeFever one of the two pioneer brothers in that locality 
bought the plaster at the Strand ( Rondout) at the extraordi- 
nary price of S30 a ton and the clover seed at Newburgh at the 
high rate of S20 a bushel. But the investment proved a good 
one. The result was marvelous. People came a distance of 
over 20 miles to see the clover. Andries LeFever, the pioneer 
of Kettleborough, then a very old man, had not approved the 
large expenditure by his nephews in their new fangled farm- 
ing, but when he came and gazed on the clover, he said that 
"now the reproach would be taken away from Kettleborough" 
and so it was. From that day to this Kettleborough soil has 
been considered as good as any in the county. 

Anctext Xames of Clearixgs ox the Wallkill 

At the close of the Revolutionary war very little of the up- 
land in this town was cleared. The place had been settled over 



HISTORY OF NEW FALTZ 195 

a century bvit the woodman's ax had found no sufficient incen- 
tive to destroy tlie forests except upon the lowland, along the 
W'allkill. One of the peculiarities of the. old people was to give 
names to the small tracts of cleared land. These names were 
handed down from father to son and have only died out in 
the common speech of the people during the present genera- 
tion. A very few can still tell the names of these tracts. The 
piece of lowland, just across the U'allkill from our village, on 
the left hand side from the present liighway was called Fashc- 
iiiox. This we believe included two fields, as the fences were 
of late. The piece of lowland just across the Wallkill on the 
right was called Fashccanoc. The lot on the left of the high- 
way near Perry Deyo's was called Tri Cor. The tract on the 
other side of Tri Cor was called A vcnycar. Where the road 
forks to go to Butterville another tract of three or four fields 
was called Rnuipanse. 

Up the stream, where the little falls still is, a cleared field 
on the east side was called tlie Falls. On the east side of the 
Wallkill, a short distance above the moutli of the F'lattekill an 
old clearing is still called Yonkcrs Hook. On the west side of 
tlie creek the place where ]\lr. Blake now resides was called 
Foiighi^'aitghonoiik. A little farther up, the next clearing, near 
where Libertyville now is was calletl Ncscatock. Still farther 
up the AA'allkill the next settlement, where the Hasbroucks 
located at an early date, was called Guilford, which name it still 
bears. Going down the stream again, the lot where the Normal 
School building stood, was called by the old people Kill Bo- 
gcrt, or Creek Orchard. West of the Church in this village, a 
tract was called J\v Maiicoslaiidf. A tract of about 30 acres on 
the west side of the Wallkill near Avhat is now the Jonas F. 
Atkins place was called by the old peoj^le Huuipho. a name still 
applied to the brook, near by. Still farther down the stream 



196 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 



four different tracts of good land in the bends of the Wallkill 
were called Boiifccoc, Kliiia Bontccoc, Grotc Bontccoc and 
Bontccoc in Haning. Still farther down, near Mud Hook, a 
tract was called Spoiiza Zee, or Spanish Sea. Again farther 
down the Wallkill, about one-fourth of a mile above Perrine's 
Bridge, a tract of about ten acres of very fertile lowland is 
called the Half Moon in a document dated 1705. This tract is 
still known as the Half Moon. It was owned by the Ean 
family from about 1705 until almost the present time. 

Racing Horses 

In the beginning of the last century tine horses were raised 
in this vicinity. These horses were, to a great extent, of 
Diomed. Durock and Messenger stock and were noted for their 
endurance as well as speed. An old gentleman, lately living 
in this village, at the age of 86, tells us that when he was a 
young man. he, with three others, raced their horses, all the 
way from this village to Perrine's Bridge and back by the 
Springtown road, a distance of over 12 miles. The Paltz 
Plains, which were in those days, unfenced and lying in com- 
mon were the favorite racing grounds for young men, and 
many were the contests of speed, especially on election day. 



Depression Among the Farmers 

The war of 1812 was followed by a long period of great de- 
pression in farming. In an inventory taken about 1830 we 
find the highest price for a horse $80, the next highest $50 j 
and a two year old colt $30. A yoke of oxen was valued at 
$40. The best cows at vSi5, other cows from $10 to $14. 28 
sheep and lambs were inventoried at S35. Such were the 
prices in those days. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 197 

The Implements Used by Our Forefathers 

The tools used by the farmers in the old times were black- 
smith made, or made by the farmers themselves. The plows 
used by the old people had wooden mouldboards with steel 
shares. The harrows had wooden teeth. The introduction 
of the iron mouldboard plow marked cjuite an era in the his- 
tory of farming, in Ulster county. But at first, this innovation 
was looked on with suspicion and the story is told that the 
farmers feared that the iron mouldboard plows would hurt 
their land. A ]\Iarbletown man tells a good story of the 
purchase of an iron mouldboard plow by a farmer and the 
interest with which its work was watched by a neighbor 
as it smoothly turned over the furrow of Marbletown low- 
land. The neighbor gazed and scratched his head, then ex- 
claimed "Jakey, Jakey, do you think it will be good." Then 
continued, "Jakey, Jakey, don't you think it will hurt the 
wheat." Such was the distrust with which the iron mould- 
board plow was greeted, and coming down to our own time, 
we may note that the introduction of the mowing machine, 
about 1855, "^'is likewise viewed with apprehension, on the 
ground that it would injure the roots of the grass. 

The Xew Paltz Turnpike 

The New Paltz Turnpike was constructed, about 1830, and 
proved a great blessing to the farmers of the W'allkill \ 'alley. 
Capt. Abram Elting was, at that time, and had been for some 
years previous, running a sloop from Xew Paltz Landing to 
New York. With the greatly improved facilities for getting 
produce to the landing as soon as the turnpike was built, the 
farmers, in all this region, became more prosperous. In those 
days flax seed was one of the chief articles, sent to New York 



198 // I Sro RV OF N E IV PALIZ 

by the farmers in this section. But the culture of flax was 
gra(hially abandoned. Dairying came to the front and the 
shipment of butter, calves, poultry and pork to New York 
became the leading industries with the farmers. 

The building of the D. & H. Canal in 1826 made a fine 
market for oats. The culture of wheat had been abandoned 
long before ; rye had take its place, and rye bread was used 
altogether in farmers' families. It is within the memory of 
men now living when the first barrel of wheat flour was sold 
bv a village merchant in this place. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 199 



CHAPTER XXI 

New Paltz \'illage and Town ix 1820 

Tliere were in the village in 1820 twenty dwellings, two 
stores, two hotels, two cake and beer shops, one blacksmith 
shop, one schoolhouse and one church. 

Commencing on the northern limits of the village the house 
now owned and occupied by Abm. 'SI. Hasbrouck, was owned 
by liis grandfather Jacob J. Hasbrouck, who at about this time 
gave up this house and farm to his son JNIaurice and moved 
to Bontecoe, where he built a brick house and spent the re- 
mainder of his days on the farm now owned by his grandson 
Luther Hasbrouck. Coming on toward the village the stone 
house of Philip D. Elting was occupied by Roelif Elting, father 
of Ezekiel and Brodhead Elting, who lived and died at Port 
Ewen, and Daniel Elting, late of Ellenville. The parsonage 
was occupied by Dominie Bogardus. Where now is Hugue- 
not Hall stood a house, part stone and part frame, occupied 
by Jeremy Low. Just north of the churchyard, as it is at 
present, was the blacksmith shop of Mr. Kilby. father of Jas. 
and Eb. Kilby. In the northernmost of the old stone houses 
on Huguenot street Mr. Selleck had a harness shop at about 
this time. Directly across the street in the north part of the 
present church yard stood an old stone house, owned and occu- 
pied by Andries DuBois. This was the original LeFevre house 
and was torn down when the brick church was built. The old 
stone church then occupied nearly the site of the present 
church, which was built in 1839. The stone house of Isaiah 



200 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Hasbrouck directly across the street from the church was 
owned and occupied by his granchnother "Mowche" Has- 
brouck, who was a widow. The house next the churchyard on 
the south was occupied by Mrs. Lucas \^an Wagenen, a 
widow, mother of Benj. Van Wagenen and great grandmother 
of Easton \'an Wagenen. She sold cake and temperance drink. 
The Mary DuBois Barry place was owned and occupied by 
her father Daniel DuBois. The old stone house directly across 
the street was owned by Ezekiel Elting, and occupied by his 
son Jacob Elting, who afterwards moved to Clintondale. The 
house of Abm. D. Brodhead was owned by his great-grand- 
father Judge Abram A. Deyo, and occupied by Richard Har- 
denbergh, who leased the farm. His son Jacob, afterwards 
one of the most distinguished men in the state, was born in 
this house at about this time. 

A few yards farther south, on the corner of the street, a 
shoemaker's shop and a harnessmaker's shop were located. 
There has been no building there for many years. 

Across the street the building of Mrs. S. A. LeFevre, still 
sometimes called the "white store," was occupied for mercantile 
purposes by Cornelius Bruyn who afterwards went to Kingston 
and was for a long time the head of the Ulster County Bank. 
His brother DuBois Bruyn was with him in the store a portion 
of the time. Josiah DuBois, grandfather of William E. DuBois, 
lived directly across the street, in what is now the Memorial 
House. In this building he had formerly kept a store with 
his father-in-law. Col. Josiah Hasbrouck. Col. Hasbrouck had 
removed to the Plattekill. Mr. DuBois had given up the mer- 
cantile business and was occupying the building simply as a 
dwelling. Shortly afterwards Mr. DuBois removed to Pough- 
woughtenonk and built the brick house, now occupied by Capt. 
W. H. D. Blake, where he resided until his death. Passing by 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



20 1 



the old graveyard the stone house with a brick front now 
owned by Jesse M. Elting, was occupied as a residence by 
Ezekiel Elting, grandfather of Jesse Elting. The north room 
was used as a store. This building was erected ui 1800. 

Ezekiel Elting was probably the most extensive man of busi- 
ness in this place in 1820. He carried on the mercantile busi- 
ness in this building in partnership with his brother-in-law, 
/Philip Elting, and in partnership with another brother-in-law, 
Peter LeFevre of Bontecoe he built the grist mill at Dashville 
in which his daughter, Mrs. Dinah Brodhead, carried on busi- 
ness for a long, long time afterwards. Geo. D. Freer of Lib- 
ertyville has told us that, about 1825, when he was a small boy 
and lived with his father near Perrine's Bridge, he would drive 
the cows to pasture on a lot whicli his father owned a short 
distance north of the Simon LeP>vre farm. Sometimes he 
would see Ezekiel Elting, then an old man, going with his 
team of gray horses from his residence at New Paltz to the 
mill at Dashville. He would take grain sometimes for the 
farmers to accommodate them and occasionally would deliver 
the flour, when on his return. 

Across the street, lived a Mr. Jackson who employed two or 
three men in the business of making hats in a shop a little 
nearer the Wallkill. The Academy was not built until about 
13 years afterwards. Just below the Academy grounds were 
the remains of the old bridge across the Wallkill, but at that 
time a scow was the only means of transportation across the 
stream. Not long afterwards the bridge was erected at its 
present location. Passing on to the locust grove, near the pres- 
ent bridge. Dr. Jacob A\'urts lived in the house torn down about 
1875. The next house farther south was that in which the 
Wurts family lately lived, which was occupied by tenants. 

Going on still south there was no house until the Plains were 



202 HISTORY OF N E IV P A LT Z 

reached. There Nathaniel LeFevre hved in the stone house 
torn down about 1885 by A. \'. X. Elting. The Plains were 
all unfenced, lying in commons. 

Coming back to the village Main street was not yet laid out. 
People crossing the Wallkill came around by the "white store" 
and up North Front street. The hotel property, corner of 
North Front and Chestnut streets, was occupied then and for a 
long time before and afterwards as a hotel by Samuel Budd, 
who likewise carried on the wagon making business. About 
1858 this old building was replaced by the present structure. 
Chestnut street was not laid out until many years afterwards, 
when Solomon Elting, father of A. V. N. Elting, bought the 
"scaup zvay," sheep pasture, and laid out the present street, 
and also the street that divides the property of J. J. Hasbrouck 
and Abner DuBois. 

The old stone building now occupied by John Drake as a 
residence, was a school building then, as it continued to be until 
a recent date. The school at that time was taught by Moses 
Dewitt, father of D. ]\I. Dewitt of Kingston. About the same 
time Burr Dewitt, a brother of Moses, also presided as a peda- 
gogue and taught the young idea how to shoot. Adjoining the 
school house on the east, "Cookey John" Freer lived in the 
house torii down about 1880. "Cookey John" sold cakes, cider, 
etc. On the other side of the street was a frame tenant house. 

Passing up the street where Mrs. Oscar C. Hasbrouck now 
lives. Jacob Terwilliger. an uncle of Nelson, resided. He 
afterwards moved to Ohio. There was no other building in 
this part of the village except what is now the Steen hotel 
property. Here a hotel was kept by Angevine Fatten. Mr. 
Fatten or his wife owned the land in the vicinity of the Hugue- 
not Bank. Where Elias Coe's tenant house now stands in 
the rear of the trolley depot were several tall hickory trees. 



H I Sr R Y OF N E IV F A L T Z 203 

Sprin'gtowx IX 1820 

In 1820 Springtown was about as much of a village as Xew 
Paltz, each numbering about 20 houses. In those days the 
main thoroughfare from uorth to south ran through Spring- 
town and this gave it great advantage over Xew Paltz. The 
stage line, which before the day of railroads, was a very 
important interest, ran on the west side of the W'allkill and 
stopped at Springtown. Here lived Judge Jonathan DuBois, 
who was county judge in 1821 and probably the most promi- 
nent man in the town at the time. At Springtown there was 
a scow and directly across the W'allkill, perhaps 100 yards 
from the railroad bridge, was a tannery carried on by W'm. 
McDonald. From this a road ran eastward and intersected 
tke Middletown road near the Ean residence. About 1820 
Ulster county had an agricultural society, of which De- 
Witt, of Rochester, was President, and at least one fair was 
held at Springtown. 

In those days many droves of cattle and sheep and some 
horses would come from the north and the region about Lake 
Champlain and would pass through Springtown on their way 
to the New York or Philadelphia market. There was no ferry 
at Kingston or Poughkeepsie large enough to take droves of 
cattle across the river. The Poughkeepsie ferr}boat was so 
small that a farmer going to that place had t(_^ unhitch his 
horses from the wagon. Wdien the wind was not favorable 
the ferryman had to depend on his oars for motive power. This 
was before the days of the horse boat. 

But to return to Springtown. Of course the numerous 
droves of stock made considerable business for the people along 
the line, in feeding man and beast. Accordingly we find no 
less than six houses of entertainment or taverns, between Xew 



204 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

Paltz and Rosendale, by the Springtown road, as follows : 
Frederick Stokes at what is now the Beaver place. Roelif Has- 
broiick, Ezekiel Low and Abm. Traphagan, in Springtown; 
Abm. DuBois in the old stone house about two miles north of 
Springtown and Wm. Delamater at this end of the Rosendale 
Plains. From this to Rosendale there were no houses. 

Houses North of Our Village in 1820 

Going nortli from the present corporate bounds of our vil- 
lage the first place was that of Philip Elting, who owned the 
place now the residence of his grandson Sol. L. F. Elting. 
Philip Elting was a man of extensive means and beside farm- 
ing carried on the mercantile business in this village in partner- 
ship with Ezekiel Elting, who w'as his double brother-in-law, 
each having married the other's sister. The next place on the 
present highway was that of Elias Freer, who left a numerous 
family of children, the last survivor of whom in this vicinity 
w^as Peter W. A. Freer. Elias' father Jonas lived on the 
eastern end of the same tract at Shivertown, in a stone house, 
occupied in our day by his grandson Stephen Freer. Next to 
the Elias Freer place came the farm of Joseph DuBois, after- 
ward the Closes P. LeFevre farm. Next on the north came 
the brick house now owned by the Terpenings. This is by 
far the oldest brick house in the town. It was built in 1786 
by Josiah Elting, brother of Philip, and in 1820 was occupied 
by Abm. J. Elting, son of Josiah. Near the house stood a 
saw mill, which was taken down about 1870. Going on to the 
north we come next to the Fan place, still owned in the family. 
The old stone house, still occupied as a residence, has on its 
corner stone the initials E. E. (Elias Ean) and R. H. B. 
(Roelif Hasbrouck) also the date of building, 1789. From^ 



HISrOR V OF NEW F ALT Z 205 

Elias Ean, senior, the farm descended to his son Elia^ and then 
to James Ean. A curious feature of this place was the large 
stone oven, 6 or 8 feet square, which stood on a rock, directly 
across the street from the house, and which was taken down 
some years ago. When the bread was ready for baking it 
had to be taken across the street to this oven. 

Erom the Ean place a road ran westward to the McDonald 
tannery and the scow ferry at Springtown. Nearly half way 
on this road was the old stone house of Solomon Hasbrouck, 
son of Abraham the Patentee. From Solomon the place 
passed to his son John, then to John's son John and finally 
became the property of the Eltings, who owned the farm ad- 
joining. Charles Elting, brother of Abram J., occupied this 
old stone house in 1820, but afterwards built a frame house 
where his grandson Watson has lived of late. The old stone 
house tumbled into ruins about i860. Near by is an old barn 
and a large graveyard in which a large number of the Middle- 
town people of those days were buried. A little farther north 
stands a stone house with slate roof, built not long before the 
Revolution for Petrus Hasbrouck and afterwards occupied by 
his son Samuel. This was in 1820 the home of Wm. W. Deyo, 
whom the writer best remembers as superintendent of the Mid- 
<lletown Sunday school, thirty years later. Returning to the 
present highway. 'Squire Philip Hasbrouck had a I)lacksmith 
shop about 1820. which continued in use until al)Out 1855. 
The old Middletown school house, replaced by tlie present 
structure about 1855, was a small, unpainted frame building, 
a little north of the present location. The house just south 
of the school house was ow^ied a short time previous to 1820 
by Elias Bevier, wdiose wife was the daughter of Petrus 
LeFevre of Bontecoe. They moved west. 

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2o6 H I ST O R Y O F N E W P ALT Z 

his father-in-law John W'aklron, Hved Lawrence Hood, the 
ancestor of the Hood family. He died before his father-in- 
law, leaving two sons. John and Isaac. The farm passed from 
John Hood to his son Jesse, whose son lately owned it. Isaac 
owned the farm a short distance north. 



BONTECOE IN 1820 

Bontecoe has not changed so much since 1820 as some other 
parts of the town. At that time there were a number of Freers 
located on the northern bounds of the Paltz patent on both 
sides of the W'allkill. A little farther south were several mem- 
bers of the Deyo family, descendants of Hendricus Deyo. The 
southernmost of these farms was that of William Deyo. Next 
came the LeFevre tract. Grandfather Peter LeFevre occu- 
pied the old stone house still standing, which had come to 
him from his father Daniel. Besides carrying on the farming 
business, grandfather was a justice of the peace and was 
usually called "Squire. The office was of considerably more 
importance than at the present day. Besides trying many im- 
portant cases he performed duties now restricted to lawyers, 
such as the drawing up of wills. There was no lawyer in 
New Paltz mitil about 1870. 

The next old stone house, also still standing, was that of 
grandfather's cousin. Major Isaac LeFevre, who built the 
house and resided in it for some time, but removed to Esopus 
at about this date. He was a noted surveyor and about all 
the work in that line in this part of the country was done by 
him. Next to the LeFevre tract came the Fan farm, then 
owned by Peter Fan. Crossing Bontecoe kill, there was a 
school house on top of the hill at about this date. 



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THE OLD i,W.Liw. ,1.,._L \i\LL A^ IT IS TO-DAY 



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LiBERTYVILLE IN 182O 

In 1820 and until a much later date Libertyville was known 
by its old Indian name, Nescatock. Here Chas. DuBois long 
carried on the milling business and was a prominent man. At 
that time there were about as many people in the Libertyville 
neighborhood as at present and nearly all were DuBoises — 
descendants of the two brothers, Solomon and Louis, Jr., the 
original settlers there. 

The mill at Libertyville was probably the first running by 
water power, in this portion of Ulster county, except the one 
in the Mill brook north of our village. Still there was not 
much difference in the date of the erection of the Libertyville 
mill and the one at Tuthill. The Libertyville mill was built 
before i/OO, by Nathaniel DuBois, who was a bachelor, and 
from him it passed to his nephew Charles. The mill-house 
was rebuilt in 1804. At first there was no dam across the 
stream, but after the draining of the Drowned Lands, in 
Orange county the water in the stream got so \o\\, in summer, 
that a dam had to be built. Nearly all the Paltz farmers 
brought their grain to the Libertyville mill and would some- 
times wait for it to be ground, sitting, in cold weather, by the 
blazing fire in the cellar kitchen, eating apples and drink- 
ing cider. 

Ohioville in 1820 

The New Paltz turnpike was not constructed until about a 
dozen years after this time. Going east from our village in 
1820, the first house was that of Dr. Bogardus. where Jona- 
than Deyo lately lived. Directly across the street lived John 
Terwillegar. Simon Rose, grandfather of Daniel Rose of this 
village, occupied the stone house lately the home of Jacob 
Champlin. A little further on the farm house, in which 



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Levi Wright long resided, was occupied by Jacob Halstead 
and an old man named Van Aken, wiio wore knee breeches. 
Where Alilton B. Hasbrouck now resides was a house and 
blacksmith shop where John DeGroodt carried on business. 
Just this side of Ohioville a hotel was kept by Henry Cronk. 
Ohioville in those old days was called H — 1 town, a name 
which stuck to the place until Moses Freer came back from 
Ohio and called it Ohioville. 

Houses South of Our Village in 1820 

Passing on to the south from the present corporate limits 
of our village we have noted the old LeFevre house, built by 
Jean, son of Simon the Patentee, torn down about 1880. The 
next house in 1820 was that of Andries Deyo. now the Sprague 
place. This house was built in Revolutionar}- times by Andries 
Deyo's father, Philip. Andries had a large family of sons 
and daughters, of whom Solomon Deyo of this village is the 
only survivor. Other children were Philip A., Theodore, 
Ezekiel, Alexander. ^Magdalene, wife of Edmund Eltinge and 
Sarah, first wife of Philip L. F. Elting. 

Next to the Andries Deyo farm came the Edmund Eltinge 
farm of our day. which was owned in 1820 by Edmund's 
father, Peter Eltinge, who in 182O built the present fine brick 
residence to take the place of the old stone house, which had 
burned down. The place came to Peter Eltinge from his 
father-in-law. Gen. Derick Wynkoop, who died about 1820. 
Going on to the south there comes next the Cornelius Du- 
Bois, senior, tract of land, which requires some explanation. 
Cornelius DuBois, senior, of Poughwoughtenonk, son of Solo- 
mon, had left a landed estate of about 3.000 acres, lying on 
both sides of the \\' allkill, and he had left a most singular will 
providing that his son, Cornelius, junior, should have the 
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entire real estate during his life time, but that after his death 
his other children or their heirs should' have their proper share. 
Cornelius' estate included on the east of the Wallkill the tract 
now comprising the farms of Lewis H. Woolsey, Wm. F. Du- 
Bois, Solomon DuBois and C. L. Van Orden. Cornelius,, 
senior, had a large family of daughters. When, after the 
death of Cornelius, junior, the division of the property was 
made, what is now the Woolsey farm fell to the share of the 
daughter Sarah, who had married Jacob Hasbrouck of Mar- 
bletown. The Hasbroucks sold the place to a man named 
Peltz, who sold it to Elijah Woolsey, about 1825, at the rate 
of about $22 an acre. 

The farm now owned by Wm. F. DuBois was also a part 
of the Cornelius DuBois estate and passed in the division to 
the share of a daughter Catharine (in Dutch Tryntje), who 
had married Col. Jonathan Hasbrouck of Newburgh. It 
passed from her to her daughter Rachel, who married her 
cousin Daniel, son of Col. Abraham Hasbrouck of Kingston, 
and located at Wallkill, Orange county. Jonas DuBois, grand- 
father of the present owner, bought of Daniel Hasbrouck and 
wife of Orange county, in 1830, 102 acres, constituting most of 
the present farm. The place was all in woods with no build- 
ings and the price paid was $2,000 for 102 acres. 

What is now the Solomon DuBois farm, 160 acres, in the 
division of the Cornelivis DuBois estate fell to the share of the 
daughter Jemima, who had married Andries Bevier of Wa- 
warsing. Jacob G. DuBois purchased it of the Beviers about 
1829, paying about $20 an acre. There was a house on the 
place occupied by Joachim Schoonmaker. 

The next farm, now owned by C. L. A^an Orden, has had a 
singular history from the fact that it has passed in each gen- 
eration for a centurv from one familv to another in the female 



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line ami three of its owners were named Leah. In the division 
of the property of Cornelius DnBois, senior, this tract fell to 
the share of his daughter Leah, who had married Cornelius 
Wynkoop of Hurley. It passed to their daughter Leah, who 
married Dr. Dewitt of Rochester. Dr. Dewitt's daughter Jane 
married Henry Hornbeck, also of Rochester, and they came to 
live on the place. In the next generation it became the prop- 
erty of their daughter Leah, who married Alfred Deyo. About 
1830 Henry Hornbeck built the house, which at the time was 
considered the finest residence between Goshen and New Paltz. 

We have come now on the Kettelboro road to the LeFevre 
tract of 1,000 acres, originally a part of the Garland patent. 
The old stone house now owned and occupied by Nathaniel 
Deyo, was the residence in 1820 of Noah LeFevre. grand- 
father of Josiah LeFevre of this village. It came to Noah 
from his father Abraham, and it passed from Noah to his 
son Jonas. 

What is now the Jansen Flasbrouck place was in 1820 occu- 
pied by John LeFevre. son of the pioneer .\braham. It passed 
from John to his son Matthew and then to Matthew's son John 
M.. who is now living at Peekskill with his son Matthew J. 

The next farm, now owned by J. Elting LeFevre of High- 
land, was owned in 1820 by his great-grandfather, 'Squire 
Johannes LeFevre, who built the present large frame house 
about 1816, intending it for his son, Andries J. The latter 
died in 181 7 and 'Squire Johannes moved into the house him- 
self, where he lived until his death, about 1840. The farm 
afterwards became the property of Andries J.'s son, Cornelius 
D., from whom it passed to the present owner. 

The next farm was owned in 1820 by Jacobus LeFevre, a 
nephew of "Squire Johannes. Jacobus built, about 181 5, the 
frame house still standing. After Jacobus' death the farm was 



212 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

sold to divide his estate and became the property of Garret 
LeFevre and subsequently of John H. \Vurts. 

Next comes the farm, now owned by Albert Decker, which 
was owned in 1820 by Lewis LeFevre, a brother of Jacobus 
above mentioned. The house burned down about 1838 and 
was replaced by the present residence. 

^^'e have come now to the Deyo tract of 500 acres, which 
like the LeFevre tract was a portion of the Jas. Garland patent. 
The Daniel Bevier farm of our da}' was owned in 1820 by 
Daniel A. Deyo, father of Thomas J. Deyo of Wallkill. 

Xext comes the old stone house of Daniel Deyo, who was 
the ancestor of the Deyo family in this neighborhood. This 
house was occupied in 1820 by Jonathan, father of Dr. Abm. 
Deyo. 

We have now come to Ireland Corner? and to the southern 
boundary of the town of Xew Paltz as it was before the town 
of Gardiner was created. 

BUTTERVILLE IN 182O 

The neighborhood, now known as Rutterville, about two 
miles west of this village, was not settled until about 1812. 
The old Dutch name of the locality was "Olcynuit" (Butter- 
nut), and was doubtless bestowed on account of the number 
of butternut trees in that region. Afterwards, on account of 
the nmnber of members of the Society of Friends who settled 
in that region, it was called "The Quaker Neighborhood." 
The name, Butterville was given to the locality- by S. D. B. 
Stokes in selecting a name for the Sunday school which he 
and others had organized in that locality. 

One of the first settlers in this region was Abram Steen, 
the father of our informant, Peter Steen. He was the son of 
Michael Steen, who emigrated from Holland and settled near 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 21^ 

the Swartekill, in Esopus. Michael's sons were Jacob, Abram, 
Matthew and Thomas. Abram was the only one of these who 
located permanently in this vicinity. He married a Freer from 
Bontecoe and purchased the land on which he located at But- 
terville of Major Isaac LeFevre. At that tinie the country 
all the way over the mountains to the Philip Ayres place, near 
the Clove, was in woods. 

At about the same time that Abm. Steen built his house a 
number of the Society of Friends located in the neighborhood. 
Mr. Peter Steen's recollections of these neighbors, as they 
were about 1820,, were as follows: 

Rowland DeGarmo, father of Wm. H. DeGarmo, late o'f 
Rondout, came from Dutchess county and located where Henry 
Vanderlyn afterwards lived. Here he long carried on the tan- 
ning business on quite an extensive scale. Merritt Moore, who 
afterwards moved to Poughkeepsie, lived on what was after- 
wards the S. D. B. Stokes place. Next came the houses of 
Isaac and David Sutton, who were brothers and also came 
from Dutchess county. Matthew DuBois lately lived on the 
place of Isaac and Mr. Holmes on the place of David Sutton. 
Isaac was the father of Isaac S. and Henry P. ; David was the 
grandfather of Thomas Sutton of this village. 

Gideon Alullenix came from Dutchess county, we believe. 
His house was the only one of stone. He resided where Tim- 
othy Benjamin lived of late. Wm. IMinard came from Esopus. 
He lived on the clay hill, in a house torn down about 1845. 
Benj. W'ood lived near Liberty ville, on a place owned of late 
by Daniel I. Hasbrouck. Increase Green lived on the place 
lately occupied by Samuel A. DuBois. David Dickinson was 
another of the early settlers and lived in a log house. 

Under Bontecoe Point lived Abel A. Ayers, where his father, 
Thomas, lived before him on a tract purchased of the Beviers 



214 H I ST O K y O F N E W P ALT Z 

in 1808 and here Abel's son, Thomas, afterwards hved. Benj. 
Roberts, father of the late William B. of Clintondale, lived on 
the other side of the mountain, just above the Clove. 

DeGarmo, the Sutton brothers, Moore, Mullenix, Minard, 
Wood, Dickinson, Green, Ayres and Roberts were all Friends. 

James I'ine came some time after the first settlement from 
Honk Hill. He was also a Friend. 

There was no school house at Butterville until about 1830. 
Before that time, Mr. Steen tells us, his brothers went all the 
way to a private school on the other side of the mountain 
where Philip Ayres of late lived. 

About 1825 the road was laid out across the mountain from 
Butterville to Wessel Brodhead's near Alligerville. The state 
road was laid out from Peter D. LeFever's through Canaan 
to be out of the reach of high water in the Wallkill. It went 
through Butterville to Libertyville. 

Abm. Steen, the father of our informant, carried on the 
nursery business ([uite extensivel\ about 1830. He raised 
his ov»'n stock of apple, pear, peach, plum and cherry trees. 
At first he supplied only the neighbors, but there were few 
nurseries at that time and as its fame spread he supplied 
trees to parties in Orange. Sullivan and Dutchess as well 
as in Ulster counties. Once a customer came all the way 
from the Shaker community, near Albany, and took a large 
load of trees. Peter Steen did a great portion of the graft- 
ing for his father. About i860 the nursery business was 
discontinued. 

The Friends' meeting house, at Butterville was built about 
1820. Besides those in the neighborhood, a family named 
Ballon would come all the way from Greenfield in Wawarsing 
to attend the meetings. The land on which the meeting 
house was built was given for the purjiose by Gideon P>ird- 



HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 215 

sail of Platekill \"alley. Abel Ayres was the only person 
residing in the neighborhood who' frequently spoke in meet- 
ings. Speakers would come from other places. The division 
between the Orthodox and Hicksite parties made considerable 
feeling in the meeting. 

All the people in the neighborhood were Friends except 
Abram Steen, Jonas Freer. Martinas Freer and a few others. 

Plutarch in 1820 

In all the Plutarch neighborhood there were only two 
clearings in 1820. One of these was the home of Abm. J. 
Deyo. whose stone house, built in 1812, was c|uite certainly 
the last stone house built in Xew Paltz. 

This section of our town was called by the old people 
Grawhow (in English Great Ridge), a name by which it is 
still sometimes called. 

Industries in this Town in 1820 

Northeast of our village at about that time Isaac DuBois, 
grandfather of Isaac DuBois of Ohioville, had a grist mill 
where W'm. E. DuBois now lives. This mill of Isaac Du- 
Bois did but a small business, there being insuflicient water. 

In the old times hats were not all made in large factories 
as at present, but in smaller quantities. A man named 
Jackson carried on the hatting business for a time, in a shop 
across the street from the old graveyard, and had three or 
four men working for him. After a while he failed. Samuel 
Hasbrouck's oldest brother carried on the hatting business 
at Highland. At one tiiue a man named Kellogg carried on 
the hatting business, about a mile north of the village. 

At Rifton there was a carding and fulling mill, about 18 10, 
before the srrist mill was built at Dashville. Farmers would 



2i6 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

bring their wool there to have it carded and then their wives 
and daughters would weave and spin it. Some women would 
go from house to house as spinsters. 

In those old days some farmers would tan their own sole 
leather, but the upper leather was manufactured at the tan- 
nery. About 1 812 Wm. McDonald, a Scotchman, had a 
tannery and residence on the east side of the W'allkill, about 
200 yards below the present railroad bridge at Springtown. 
A millstone still marks the site, but the buildings have dis- 
appeared and the land passed into the possession of Roelif 
Hasbrouck and subsequently of Charles Eltinge. McDon- 
ald's wife was a Krom, from Marbletown. After a while 
he sold the tannery and located just south of Perry Deyo's 
residence, on the road to Libertyville, where he built a 
house. 

About 181 5 Rowland DeGarmo, father of W'm. H. De- 
Garmo, came from Dutchess county and settled at Butter- 
ville, where he started a tannery and carried on an extensive 
business. In those days oak bark was used exclusively for 
tanning. He would send around his teams to the farmers 
at butchering time and gather up hides, which he would tan 
on shares. 

In those days John Hait, father of Thad Hait, carried on 
the tanning business in Plattekill. There was a tannery at 
Centerville, and another which carried on a large business 
at the lower toll-gate on the Turnpike. Now there is not a 
tannery in Southern Ulster. 

Teachers About 1820 and Earlter 

We have found among the old papers information concern- 
ing only one schoolmaster during the Dutch-speaking period 
in New Paltz, that is from about 1750 to 1800. This was 



HISTORY OF X EW PALTZ 217 

Joseph Coddington, who was probably the ancestor of the 
Coddington family in Ulster comity, though we have no infor- 
mation on that point. Joseph Coddington's name first appears 
on the church book in 1758, when he and his wife, Catharine 
Vandemark, had a child, Sarah, baptized. At different dates 
the baptism of other children are recorded. When the second 
stone church was built in 1771 Joseph Coddington performed 
a great amount of clerical work, every item of which is set 
down minutely in the church book and for which he charged 
ii2 19s. In a document dated 1781 Jonathan LeFevre, grand- 
father of Hon. Jacob LeFevre, and his brother John leased for 
ten years to Joseph Coddington, schoolmaster, without any rent 
except payment of taxes, lots No. 15 and 199, being a portion 
of the 1,529 acres granted by letters patent to Noah Eltinge 
and Nathaniel LeFevre and being within the neighborhood 
annexed to New Paltz. Mr. Coddington was at that time be- 
coming advanced in years and had probably concluded to give 
up his school, which must have been in the old stone building, 
now the John Drake residence, and end his days as a farmer. 
We have no further information concerning Joseph Codding- 
ton, nor have we any information concerning teachers at New 
Paltz in the period succeeding the Revolutionary War. 

Alexander Doag 

One of the most noted teachers in the Kettleborough neigh- 
borhood and elsewhere in southern Ulster in the early part 
of the last century was Alexander Doag. He was a Scotchman, 
educated at the University of Edinburgh and taught at Kettle- 
borough for a considerable period, about 181 5. Although a 
man of fine education he was a slave of the drink habit. Each 
morning, on arriving at the schoolhouse he would take a drink 



2i8 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

from a bottle in his desk. In his latter years fortune frowned 
upon him and he ended his days in our county poorhouse. 

Gilbert C. Rice 

A man of different type from Alexander Doag, at least so 
far as his habits was concerned, was Gilbert Cuthbert Rice, a 
young Irishman, who taught in dift'erent schools in this vicinity 
at about the same time as Doag. Rice was only, about sixteen 
years of age when he commenced teaching in the Bontecoe 
neighborhood. He was a youth of great energy and determina- 
tion, and, although his severity in school would not be tolerated 
at the present day, yet after teaching at Bontecoe he taught at 
Kettleborough and, perhaps, elsewhere in this part of the coun- 
try. He was a Catholic in religion, but that did not prevent 
him from attending Protestant church service. 

Miss Ransom e 

One of the first lady teachers in this part of the country was 
Miss Ransome, who taught the Kettleborough school for a 
long period, about 1825. Afterwards she married Henry G. 
DuBois and removed to Ohio. She was a lady of great tact 
and was greatly liked by the children and parents. She taught 
the girls to work embroidery as well as to understand the 
m3Steries of arithmetic, geography, etc. The mother of the 
editor of the Independent had a sampler, which she worked 
when a little girl at school under Miss Ransome's .guidance, 
and which a granddaughter now cherishes among her treas- 
ures. Very well, too, do we remember mother's advice when 
we started out as a lad of sixteen to teach a country school, 
that we should imitate Miss Ransome's method of governing a 
school, by judicious praise, which was indeed in striking con- 
trast with the severity of her predecessor, Mr. Rice. 



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PART II 



HISTORY OF THE OLD FAMILIES OF 
NEW PALTZ 



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CHAPTER XXII 

The Family of Louis Bevier, the Patentee 
By Louis Bevier of ^Nlarbletown 

When in 1628 the last of the Huguenot strongholds was 
taken by Riclielieu, the ^Minister of Louis XIH, and some 
of the disheartened leaders in the Huguenot ranks abjured 
their faith and reentered the Church of Rome, the outlook 
of Protestantism seemed dark and gloomy indeed. 

But the mass of the Huguenots still held fast the doctrine 
of the Reformation until the oppression and exactions of an 
unfriendly and unscrupulous government became unendur- 
able. Then those in the northern provinces of France took 
refuge in the adjoining Protestant lands. 

Thus it came to pass that the \\'alloons escaped from their 
oppressors to the Palatinate. This movement began as early 
as 1640 and continued until 1670. and even later, and it was 
during this period that many of those Huguenots, who after- 
wards settled at Xew Paltz, found a temporary home in the 
Palatinate. 

They all seem to have applied themselves to those indus- 
trial pursuits to which they had been accustomed at home, 
and thus became a valuable element among the people with 
whom they were sojourning. 

In the Palatinate at the following dates, were: 

Louis DuBois and family, 1659, at Manheim. 

Jean HasbrOck and family, 1672, at Manheim. 



224 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Christian Deyo and family, 1675. at Mutterstadt. 

Abm. Hasbrouck (probably), 1675, (his wife born at Mut- 
terstadt). 

Louis Bevier and wife, 1675, at Frankenthal. 

Simon and Andre LeFevre, (probably) at Manheim. 

Anthony Crispell, (probably) 1660. 

The names in the above list with those of Hugo Freer, 
Abraham and Isaac DuBois and Pierre Deyo make up the 
twelve "Patentees," and it is reasonably certain that all of 
them were in the Palatinate just before their departure for 
VViltwyck. It is certain that all of them were in Wiltwyck 
when, under the leadership of Louis DuBois, they secured 
the Patent from Gov. Andros in 1677. 

In 1678 these men with their families proceeded to occupy 
the land and to build shelters for their families upon it on 
the site of the village, which, by general consent, they now 
named New Paltz, in fond remembrance of their first place 
of rest in exile from their native land. 

Now the task of clearing and improving the land was be- 
gun, while title was held in common, no general division 
being made until 1703. The fact that no serious misunder- 
standing arose during nearly a quarter of a century of such 
joint occupancy should redound to the credit of this amicable 
and peace-loving community. 

These settlers soon organized a French church at New 
Paltz in 1683, with Louis DuBois as elder and Hugo Freer 
as deacon, and having Dr. Daille as minister until 1696. 

After a time they enjoyed the pastoral care of the min- 
isters of the Reformed Dutch church of Kingston. 

Louis Bevier, one of the twelve patentees named above, 
was born at Lille about 1648. In early manhood he em- 
braced the doctrines of the Reformation, and, with his 



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HISTORY OF K EW PALTZ 225 

ardent temperament, he soon drew down upon himself so 
much opposition, and eventually persecution, that he could 
no longer remain in safety at home, so, with some Hugue- 
not friends, he took refuge in the Palatinate, and settled 
near Frankenthal, in which vicinity he remained until 1675. 
In the meanwhile he connected himself with a Protestant 
church of that place, and in 1673 he married Marie Le Blanc, 
a member of a family of Huguenot refugees from his native 
place. 

In 1675, being desirous to emigrate to Xew York in order 
to rejoin his friends and relatives who had preceded him, 
he obtained from the pastor of the church in Frankenthal a 
certificate stating that he and his wife were members in 
good and regular standing, and commending them to other 
churches of like faith. 

Dated, Frankenthal, March 5, 1675. 

H. Lucasse, Pastor. 
William Gosse, 
Andre Le Blanc, 
Witnesses. 

The descendants of almost all of these Paltz Huguenot 
families have similar certificates still in their possession. 

After coming to New York Louis Bevier remained with 
relatives until 1677^ when he united with the other patentees 
in purchasing from the Indians the land for which they 
afterward obtained the Patent. 

From the spring of 1678, he with his fellow Patentees, 

remained here without any marked change for many years, 

and his children were born and reared in the faith of their 

parents, all of them being active in the maintenance of the 

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Protestant church, first in New Paltz and later in the several 
communities where they afterward settled. 

In 1 710, his wife being dead, Louis Bevier proceeded to 
London and procured his "Denization" papers qualifying him 
as an English citizen. He then went to France where, as 
tradition reports, he met with a rough reception, but, not- 
withstanding this, it is highly probable that his business was 
in part satisfactorily adjusted and that he recovered at least 
some of his property. 

Coming home again to New Paltz he bought lands in 
Wawarsing upon which his sons Jean and Abraham settled, 
and he likewise bought the land at Marbletown upon which 
his son Louis settled in 17 15. 

Meanwhile his son Samuel occupied his lands at New Paltz, 
where he himself remained in his declining years, his other 
sons, Andries, being in some manner disabled, remained with 
him, and his only living daughter was married to Jacob Has- 
brouck, and settled at New Paltz. 

Realizing that his end was near, on May 2, 1720, he dis- 
posed of all his real and personal estate by will, dividing 
it equally among his six children, deferring only so far to 
the custom of the times as to give to Jean one pound extra 
for his birthright. 

A short time after this he died and was buried at New 
Paltz; his will was admitted to probate July 4, 1720. 

Louis Bevier's children were : 

1. Maria, born July 9, 1674, died in infancy. 

2. Jean, born Jan. 2, 1676, married Catharine ]\rontanye. 

3. Abraham, born Jan. 20, 1678, married Rachel A'ernooy. 

4. Samuel, born Jan. 21, 1680, married Magdalena Blanshan. 

5. Andries, born July 12, 1682, single, died 1768. 

6. Louis, born Nov. 6, 1684, married Elizabeth Hasbrouck. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 227 

7. Esther, born Nov. 16, 1686, married Jacob Hasbrouck. 

8. Solomon, born July 12, 1689, died in infancy. 

The names of the children, with the dates of their birth, 
are found in the original record as made in French appar- 
ently by Louis Bevier himself on a fly-leaf of an old folio Bible 
still in our possession. 

Jean Bevier 

Two of the daughters of Jean Bevier perished with their 
families in the attack on the settlement at Fantinekill, made 
by the Indians under Brandt in 1779. These were Elizabeth, 
who had married her cousin, Lsaac fJevier, son of Samuel, and 
Johaimah, the wife of Michael Sax. The surviving descend- 
ants of Jean Bevier afterwards removed to the west. 

Some years ago, in digging down the foundation of the 
old Bevier house near Napanoch, the fragments of a boy's 
diary were found in a recess which formed part of the chim- 
ney. These records were written by Cornelius, a son of 
Captain Andries Bevier, nephew of the murdered women. 
The translation is given below as it was sent to me : 

"Went to W'arwarsing with a load of rye to mill for father. 
Stopped at the tavern, took a drink and got some tobacco. 
Some of Captain Cortland's soldiers were there and drink- 
ing hard ; some got drunk and they had to take their guns 
away : two of them tackled Tewn Osterhoudt because he 
wouldn't treat, but they were so drunk he throwed both of 
them and choked one of them pretty badly. 

" Went to the fort with some potatoes. Sam went with 
me. Heard that Indian tracks had been seen above Honk 
Falls. Coon Bevier said he could overturn any living Indian, 
and hoped they would try and catch him. 



228 H I S T O R Y OF X E JV P ALT Z 

"All woke up by guns. Heard them shoot toward Fan- 
tinekill. After breakfast saw smoke that way, like a build- 
ing. Heard there were Indians. Jesse's dog came down 
here, and after a while Captain Cortland's soldiers came up 
and father went with them, with all the men toward Fan- 
tinekill and left us all alone. We heard them shoot after 
they had been gone about an hour and we heard the Indians 
yell, and then we all started for the mountain. Sam and I 
took the silver mugs, the spoons and some money, and 
started for the mountain. ]\Iore than twenty people came 
with us because we knew the path over, and they all car- 
ried their best things with them. We stopped by the spring 
and looked down, and saw the fire at Mike Sock's and 
heard them shoot at Jesse's. Black Bob came up to us on 
the path. He said he had run from the Fantinekill, and that 
the Indians had killed them all. We all started on foot as 
we could go, and went along the mountain to ]\Iaratanza 
Pond, and then hid all the silver and other things we could 
in the sand, and then Sam and I went over to the home of 
Mentz and rested. Mrs. Mentz gave us some milk. They 
were all scared. When we got to the pond, we went to the 
edge of the rocks and looked again. All the fire was out 
except John Bodley's house, which smoked yet ; we thought 
we could hear some shooting, but not sure. We went over 
to Shawangunk and told the people. Sam and I were bare- 
footed and ovitran most of the others until I hurt my foot 
in the burnt wood above Xapanoch and it made me lame. 
In the night some of our folks came over ; and said that 
the Indians had gone, and that some of the people were lost 
in the mountains. 

"I went back over the mountain and rode part of the way 
on a horse, as my foot was lame. We went down to Fan- 



HISTORY OF X E IV PALTZ 229 

tinckill and found the hon>es burned except Jesse Bevier's, 
whicli was parti}' burned, but the sokHers drove tlie In- 
dians off. 

"They had killed all I\Iike Sock's family before the sol- 
diers came. It looked terrible around there." 



Abraham Bevier 

Some of the descendants of Abraham Bevier have remained 
in Wawarsing to the present day, represented in the fourth 
generation by Andries, who was a captain of militia and 
prominent in the business of the town ; and by Conrad, who 
also served in the militia and was a member of the Legisla- 
ture in 1777. In the fifth generation Dr. Benjamin R. Bevier 
was a widely-known physician of Xapanoch and he is fol- 
lowed by his son. Dr. Benjamin Rush Bevier. Other descend- 
ants of Abraham removed to neighboring towns, and to vari- 
ous points in the west and south. 

One of his grandsons went to New Paltz, another to 
Shawangunk, while still another removed to Oil Creek, Penn. 
In the fifth generation the family was still more widely 
scattered, five sons of Captain Andries Bevier removed to 
Owasco, X. Y., and his daughter Rachel married Henry J. 
Brinkerhoff of ]\Iansfield, Ohio, and is the grandmother 
of Gen. Roelif Brinkerhoff. One of the sons,* Abraham J. 
Bevier, removed to Stark county. III, another to Fairfax, 
^ a. Johannes, the son of Cornelius, went to western New 
York and his children later removed to Wisconsin and 
Illinois. 

In the sixth generation we find Dr. ^Matthew Bevier of 
Owasco, Richard Brodhead Bevier of Gardiner, Abraham A. 
Bevier of Napanoch, Rev. Johannes Hornbeck Bevier, at 



230 H I ST O R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 

one time editor of the Christian Intelligencer. John Harden- 
bergh JJevier of Bath, 111., Dr. \Vm. Bevier of Denning, 
Ulster county, N. Y., Benjamin Bevier of Wilcox, Penn., 
Simon Bevier of Auburn, N. Y., and A. L. R. Bevier of 
Stark county, 111. 

Samuel Bevier 

Samuel Bevier, the son of Louis the immigrant, remained 
on the old homestead at New Paltz and his father made his 
home with him until his death in 1720. 

Of his children Abraham, Jacob and Philip settled at New 
Paltz, Abraham being an Associate Judge of that town. 
Johannes moved to Shawangunk where he was a prominent 
citizen and a leading elder in the church. Isaac removed 
to Rochester and his widow and two sons were killed by 
the Indians. Five grandsons of Samuel Bevier removed to 
western New York, being followed in the next generation 
by many more of the family, so that there are very few of 
Samuel's line now living in Ulster county. This branch of 
the Bevier family is represented in the seventh generation 
by Orville D. Bevier of New York city and by Airs. Henry 
A. Temple of St. John, N. B. 

Louis Bevier 

Louis Bevier, the second of the name, settled in ■Marble- 
town in 17 15 on the land purchased for him by his father 
of Peter Van Leuvan. He married Elizabeth Hasbrouck, 
daughter of Jean Hasbrouck of New Paltz, and died in 1753. 
His only child, Louis, was born April 29, 1717. He was a 
noted surveyor and also served as Supervisor of his town. 
He married, in 1745, Esther, daughter of Philip DuBois of 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 231 




HOUSE OF LOUIS DEVIER AT MARBLETOWN 



22,2 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Rochester, he died in 1772. Of this third Louis his cousin 
Abraham Hasbrouck writes: 

"My cousin, Louis Bevier, departed this transitory hfe 
the 29th day of September, at two o'clock in the morning 
and in the year of our Lord 1772, aged 55 years, 4 months, 
19 days, and rests in the Lord until his coming. He was a 
good husband, a tender father, a good master, a kind neigh- 
bor, a true friend to liberty, a pillar in the church at Mar- 
bletown and elsewhere, an honest gentleman. He was en- 
dowed with a good share of knowledge, he was a comely 
man of middle stature, strong of body. He died of an 
apoplectic fit in the night, very suddenly, before his wife 
and children could come to him to see his exit." 

Louis Bevier, the third, had two sons that survived him, 
David and Philip. David, the grandfather of the writer, re- 
mained on the Marbletown homestead where I now reside; 
while Philip removed to Rochester. Philip served as a Mem- 
ber of the Assembly in 1777 and was a captain in the regular 
army during the Revolution. His only son, Dr. Louis D. B. 
Bevier, was a prominent physician, and died in 1851, leaving 
no heirs. 

David Bevier, at the age of 29 years, was an adjutant in a 
regiment of militia under Col. Levi Pawding, later he was 
one of the Committee of Safety. He married, in 1778, Maria, 
daughter of Abraham Llasbrouck of Kingston, and in defer- 
ence to her wishes the family ceased using the French lan- 
guage and adopted the Dutch. 

David Bevier had two sons, the elder Louis and the 
younger Joseph. For the latter he purchased a farm at 
Catskill. but he afterwards sold this place and returned to 
the town of Olive, in Ulster county, where he resided till 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 233 

his death in 1840. Joseph had but one son, David, whose 
sons, Joseph and Hasbrouck, are settled in Ohve, while his 
youngest son, Charles, removed to Minnesota. 

The elder son, Louis, father of the writer, remained at 
jMarbletown where he married Maria Eltinge, daughter of 
Cornelius Eltinge of Hurley. He was a captain in the war 
of 1812 and died in 1826. His only son is the writer of the 
present sketch. 

This line is further represented in the seventh generation 
by Louis Bevier, Jr., Professor of Greek in Rutgers College, 
New Brunswick, X. J., and in the eighth generation by Louis 
Bevier third, still a minor. 

Genealogy of the Bevier Fa:\iily 
I. Louis Bevier, ]\Larried in 1673, ]\L\rie Le Blanc 

2ND generation 

Marie, born Jidy 19, 1674, died in infancy. 

Jean, born Jan. 29, 1676, married April 14, 1712, settled at 
Wawarsing, died 1745. Catharine Montanye. 

Abraham, born Jan. 20, 1678, married Feb. 18, 1770, set- 
tled at Wawarsing, died 1774. Rachel \ ernooy. 

Samuel, born Jan. 21, 1680. Settled at New Paltz, died 
1746. Magdalena Blanshan, daughter of ]\latthese Blanshan. 

Andries, born July 12, 1682, unmarried, settled at New 
Paltz, died 1768. 

Louis, born Nov. 6. 1684, married May 6, 17 13, settled at 
Marbletown, died Feb. 10, 1753. Elizabeth Hasbrouck, 
daughter of Jean, born Feb. 25, 1685, died June 10, 1760. 

Esther, born Nov. 16, 1686. married Nov. 7, 1714. Jacob 
Hasbrouck, son of Jean. 

Solomon, born July 12, 1689, died young. 



234 HISTORY O F N E IV P A LT Z 

2. Jean Bevier, Married Catharine Montanye 

3rd generation 

Marie, born March 7, 1713. died in infancy. 

Elenora, born May 23, 1714. settled at Minnisink. Benja- 
min Rolscher. 

Elizabeth, born Feb. 10, 17 17, married 1751, settled at 
Wawarsing, died 1779. Isaac Bevier, son of Samuel, born 
Dec. 25, 1714. 

Johanna, born May 15, 1720, married April 23, 1753, set- 
tled at Wawarsing, died 1779. Michael Sax. 

Esther, born Oct. 18, 1722, married May 4, 1748. Solomon 
W'estbrook, settled at Minnisink. 

Louis J., born Oct. 18, 1724, unmarried, settled at Wawar- 
sing, died i8t2. 

Jesse, born May 11, 1729, married, settled at Warwarsing, 
died 1803. Elizabeth Hoffman. 

Johannes, born June 18, 1727, died in infancy. 

3. Jesse Bev'ier, Married Elizabeth Hoffman 

4TH generation 

Blandina, born 1762, settled at Wawarsing. William Bod- 
ley ; 3 children baptized — Wawarsing records. 

David, born April i, 1764, settled at Wawarsing. Sally 
Gier. 

Catharine, born Aug. i, 1765, settled at Kerhonkson. Ben- 
jamin Depuy, Jr. ; 8 children baptized. 

John, born Xov. 30. 1758. married Feb., 1792. settled at 
Jackson county, Indiana. Martha Green of Reddington. 

Lea, born Sept. 16. 1771. married xA.pril 9, 1792. William 
W. DeWitt ; 4 children baptized. 



HISTORY OF N E W P A LT Z 235 

4. David Bevif.r. Married Sally Gier 

5TH generation 

Alary White, born June 17, 1806. 

Charles, born July 4. 1808. 

Elizabeth Hoffman, born Sept. 20, 1810. 

4. John Bevier, Married Martha Green 

Caty, born Jan. 27, 1794. 

-\nn Elizabeth, born Xov. 5, 1795, married DeWitt Depuy, 
settled at Rochester. 

Some of these two families moved to Jackson county, 
Indiana. 

2. Abraham Bevier, Married Rachel \'ernooy 
3RD generation 

Louis, born 1708, unmarried, died in 1750. 

Anna, born May 7, 1710. died in infancy. 

Cornelius, born Jan. 20, 1712, immarried, died in 1770. 

Samuel, born Aug. 28, 17 15. married June 10. 1739, set- 
tled at W'awarsing. died 1774. Sarah LeFevre. daughter of 
Andries, born March I, 1719. 

Jacob, born Sept. 29, 171 6, married Eeb. 23, 1751, settled 
at W'awarsing, died 1800. Anna A'ernooy. 

Abraham, born Jan. 10, 1720, died aged 19 (see will). 

Maria, born Jan. 21, 1722, married June 20, 1745. Benja- 
min Dui*)ois, son of Daniel, settled at New Paltz. 

Johannes, born April 26, 1724, married first Aug. c;, 1747, 
second Sept. 18, 1764, W'awarsing, died 1797. First, Rachel 
LeFevre, daughter of Andries, born June 23, 1728. Second, 
Elizabeth \"an\diet, nee Gonzales. 



236 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

Benjamin, born May 7, 1727, married Dec. 13, 1760, died 
1803. Elizabeth Van Kenren, born July 29, 1726, daughter 
of Tjerck Matthysen and Maria Ten Eyck. 

Daniel, unmarried, died 1786. 

3. Samuel Bevier, ]\Iarried Sarah LeFevre 
4TH generation 

Andries, born April 14, 1742, married June 21, 1764, settled 
at Wawarsing, died 1800. Jacomyntje DuBois, born April 
21, 1745, daughter of Cornelius DuBois. 

Abraham, Jr., born Xov. 18, 1746, settled at Shawangunk. 
Maria DuBois, born April 20, 1746, daughter of Jonathan. 

Maria, born Oct. 17, 1740, married April 2t^, 1762, Corne- 
lius G. Vernooy, Rochester. 

Rachel, born Oct. 17, 1740. married April 19, 1776, Johan- 
nes A. DeWitt, Rochester. 

Maria and Rachel were twins. 

Matthew, born 1744, married Dec. 2, 1769, Shawangunk. 
Jacomytje Bevier, born Sept. 2S. 1744, daughter of Abram S. 

Elizabeth, born Feb. 18, 1753, married. Arthur Morris, 
Rochester. 

Cornelia, born Jan. 21, 1755, married, first Dec. 9, 1774. 
First, Matthew Newkirk, Hurley. Second, Peter Bevier, 
Chenango. 

3. Jacob Bevier, Married Anna Vernooy 

4th generation 

Jenneke, born Jan. 16, 1752, died in infancy. 
Abraham, born July 19, 1753, married, Wawarsing, died 
1825. First, Margaret LeFevre, born Oct. 26, 1752, daughter 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 237 

of Abraham LeFevre. Second, Xelly \'anderbilt. Third, 
Maria DuBois. 

Sarah, born Aug. 28, 1755. married. Cornehus Bevier, son 
of Johannes. 

Rachal, born Yth. 10, 1759. (bed }onng. 

Ehzabeth, born 1762, unmarried, died 1828. 

Anna, born May 12, 1765, married. John J. DuBois, born 
Aug. 4, 175 1, son of Johannes DuBois and Judith Wynkoop, 
Hurley. 

Catlierine, born July 28, 1768. married Nov. 8. 1796. Peter 
Jansen, born Xov. 16, 1755, Marbletown. 



3. Johannes Bevier, Married, ist Rachel LeFevre; 

2ND Cornelia \'ernooy 

4TH gener.-vtion 

Maria, born 1750, married. Auburn, John L. Hardenberg. 
2nd wife, ^Martha Brinkerhoff. 

Sarah, born June 16, 1752, married, Mamakating. Manuel 
■Gonsaulus. 

Andries LeFevre, born March 20, 1754. died young. 

Simon Bevier, born April 29, 1756. married Dec. ii, 1790, 
W'awarsing. Maria Bevier, daughter of Benjamin, born Oct. 
16, 1768. Elizabeth Cantine. 

Conrad, born May 7, 1758, Xapanock. Elizabeth Roosa. 

Cornelius, born 1760, Wawarsing, died 1790. Sarah Bevier, 
daughter of Jacobus, Cornelia Vernooy. 

Cornelia, born 1762, Chenango, N. Y. Petrus Bevier, born 
April 8, 1753. son of Philip. 

Jacob J., born June i, 1766, married Aug. 6, 1786, Leuren- 
kill. Margaret DeWitt. 



238 // I ST O R Y O F N E W P ALT Z 

Daniel, born Dec. 17, 1768, married Nov. 19, 1791, Oil 
Creek. Sarah Bevier. daughter of Abraham Bevier, Jr. 

Abraham, born March 11, 1770, married Dec. 11, 1793, 
Lenrenkill. Jennike \'ernooy. 

Benjamin, Married Elizabeth VanKeuren 
4TH generation 

Benjamin, born 1762, married 1790, W'awarsing. Leah 
Roosa. 

Maritje, born Oct. 16, 1768, married Feb. i, 1790, Wawar- 
sing, died 1792. Simon Bevier, born 1756, son of Johannes; 
2nd wife, Eliza Cantine. 

4. Andries Bevier, Married Jacomyntje DuBois 
5TH generation 

Sarah, born Aug. i, 1765, unmarried, settled in Owasco. 

Samuel, born Oct. 2^, 1766, married, settled in Cayuga 
county. Elizabeth Bevier, born 1768, daughter of Abm. 
Bevier. 

Cornelius, born April 2"/, 1769, married, settled in Cayuga 
county. Susan Nottingham. 

Wilhelmus, born May 10, 1771, married Jan. 11, 1801, set- 
tled at Wawarsing. Annatje Hoornbeck, born May 29, 1771. 

Lewis, born Dec. 4, 1773, married Oct. 20, 1805, settled at 
Wawarsing, died 1838. Garretje A'anKeuren. 

Abraham A., born July 28. 1776, married Aug. 8. 1801. set- 
tled at Wawarsing. Ann Perrine. 

Marjritje. May 30, 1779, unmarried, Owasco. 

Jannet. born Aug. 30. 1781, died in infancy. 

Josiah born Feb. 9, 1785, married. Owasco. ist, Hannah 



HI ST OR y OF N E IV PALTZ 



239 



Brinkerhoff. 2nd, Leah Bevier, born March 23, 1787, daugh- 
ter of Conrad Bevier. 

Rachel, born March i, 1791, married. Henry J. Brinker- 
hoff, Mansfield, Ohio. 

4. Abraham Bevier, Married Maria DuBois 

Elizabeth, born Nov. 20, 1768, married. Abm. Bevier, 
born Oct. 25, 1766. 

Sarah, born Sept. 9, 1770, married Xov. 19, 1791. Daniel 
Bevier. 

Magdalena, married. Simon Miiller. 

Rachel, born May 7. 1774- 

Jonathan, born May 27, 1776. 

Nathaniel DuBois, born Sept. 13, 1777, Shawangunk. 

4. Matthev^ Bevier, Married Jacomyntje Bevier 
5TH generation 

Abraham, born Jan. 8, 1772. 
Sarah, born July 9, 1775. 
Samuel, born Nov. 7, 1777. 
Margaret, born July 13, 1780. 
Cornelius, born Nov. 19, 1784. 

4. Abraham Bevier, Married, ist Maria DuBois, 2nd 

Margaret LeFevre. 3RD Nelly Vanderbilt 

5TH generation 

y\ndries, born Oct. 28, 1780. married Feb. 18, 1805, settled 
in Gardiner, died Jan., 1845. Mary Deyo, born Dec. 2, 1785. 
died A])ril 19, 1858. 

Maria, born Feb. 10, 1783, married July 18, 1802, settled at 
Wawarsing. An dries L LeFevre, born Oct. 5, 1777. 

Abigail, married. David McKinstrv. 



240 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Lena, born Nov. i6, 1787, married. Simon Muller. 

Cornelia, born May 6, 1790. 

Marjrietje, born Aug. 11, 1791, unmarried. 

Abagail, born Xov. 17, 1794. married. David McKinstry. 

4. Conrad Bevier, AIarried Elizabeth Roosa 
5th gexeratiox 

Benjamin Rosa, born Sept. 10, 1782, married, settled in 
Napaiijoch, died in 1865. Catharine Ten Eyck, daughter of 
Richard Ten Eyck. 

Matthew, born Oct. 2, 1785, married, settled in Bath, 111. 
Cornelia Hardenburgh. 

Lea, born March 23, 1787, 2nd wife of Josiah Bevier, son 
of Andries Bevier, Owasco. 

Lucas, born x\pril 2, 1792, unmarried. 

Maria, born July 18. 1795, married. Simon Bevier, born 
March 5, 1788, son of Cornelius, Wawarsing. 

Jane, born ]\Iarch 19, 1799. married. Moses C. Depuy. 
Rochester. 

4. Cornelius Bevier, ]\L\rried, ist Sarah Bevier, 
2ND Cornelia \^ernooy 

5TH GENERATION 

Sarah, born April 20, 1777, married, Wawarsing. Jacob 
Hermance. 

Johannes, born Oct. 15, 1784, married Aug. 14, 1808, Lacka- 
wack, died Feb. 22, 1842. Elizabeth Tearhout, July 31, 1792. 

Conrad, born April 2, 1786, married, Lackawack. Sarah 
Vernooy. 

Simon, born 1788, Wawarsing, died April 23, 1846. Maria 
Bevier, born July 18, 1795, daughter of Conrad. 



HISTORY OF M ElV P ALT Z 241 

4. Simon Bevier, Married, ist Maria Bevier, 

2ND Elizabeth Cantine 

5TH generation 

Simon, born Oct. 3. 1792, died in infancy. 

Samuel, born Oct. 3. 1796, married. Oil Creek. Maria Van 
Wagenen. 

Magdalena, born April 9, 1798, unmarried, Buffalo. 

P'eter. born March 4, 1802, married Jan. i, 1828, Drowned 
Lands. Elizabeth Terwilliger ; no children. 

Elijah, born Dec. 5, 1805, married, Owasco, Onondaga 
county. Elizabeth Bevier. 

Rachel, born Aug. i, 1808, married, W'awarsing. Peter 
Cantine ; no children. 

Maria, born March 7, 181 1, married. Stephen Dewitt, 
Western New York. 

Andrew, born Sept. 20, 181 3, married. Western New York. 
Martha J. Shaver. 

Margaret, born Feb. 14, 1816, married. Andries Dewitt, 
Ohio. 

4. Jacob J. Bevier, Married Margaret Dewitt 
5TH generation 

Johannes Dewitt, born Sept. 14, 1787, Leurenkill. 

Cornelius, born Feb. 26, 1791. 

Alexander, born Sept. 14, 1792. 

Richard Brodhead, born July 10, 1796. 

Daniel. 

Matthew. 

Nathaniel. 

Simon. 

Catharine. 

Leah. . ' 

16 



242 H I ST R Y O F N E IV P ALT Z 

4. Daniel Bevier, Married Sarah Bevier 

51 h generation 

Maria, born Feb. 24, 1793. 

Johannes, born Nov. 13, 1794, Oil Creek. 

4. Abraham J. Bevier, Married Jenneke Vernogy 
5TH generation 

Jenneke, born Sept. 30, 1794, married. John A. Snyder, 
Ellenville. 

EHzabeth, born April 20, 1796, married, Wawarsing ; ist, 
Moses Bevier, son of Benjamin; 2d, Charles Shultz. 

Nathan, born Feb. 11. 1798, married, Lafayette, Stark 
county, 111. Sarah Brannen. 

Maria Vernooy, born May 28, 1800, married. Daniel Elmore. 

Jacob Hoornbeck, born Oct. 29, 1802, died in infancy. 

Jacob Hoornbeck, born Aug. 15, 1805, married, Fairfax 
covmty, Va., died Dec. 6, 1888. Sarah Devine. 

Sarah Vernooy, born March 5, 181 1, married. Silas Gillett, 
Illinois. 

4. Benjamin Bevier, Married Leah Roosa 
5th generation 

Elizabeth, born Sept. t6, 1790, married. Luke Dewitt, 
Owasco. 

Jannetje, born ]\Iay 9, 1795. Jophat Hoornbeck, Rochester. 

Levi, born July 22, 1797, died young. 

Moses, born Oct. 18, 1799, married, Ellenville, died Nov. 
22, 1828. Elizabeth Bevier, born April 20, 1796. (2d hus- 
band Chas. Schultz.) 



H I ST R Y O F N E JV PALTZ 243 

Lewis, born Oct. 25, 1802, marritd, Wawarsing. Gertrude 
Smeedes ; no children. 

Maria, born Jan. 15, 1805. 
Ann, born Oct. 25, 1807. 

Tjerck, born . married , died 1830. 

Sarah Dewitt, daugliter of Reuben Dewitt. 

2. Samuel Bevier, Married Magdalen a Blanjean 
3RD generation 

Solomon, born May 13, 1711, died in infancy. 

Matthew, born June 28, 1712, died 1746. 

Abraham, born June, 171 3, married Jan. 3, 1742. Settled at 
New Paltz, died 1796. ^Margaret Elting, born May 18, 1718, 
daughter of Roelof Elting. 

Isaac, born Dec. 25, 1714, married 1751, settled at Wawar- 
sing. Elizabeth Bevier, born Feb. 10, 1727, daughter of Jean 
Bevier. 

Jacobus, born April 29. 171 6, married 1740, New Paltz. 
Antje Freer. 

Margaret, born June 30. 17 17, married June 17, 1737, 
Bloomingdale. ^latthew LeFevre, born April 10, 1710, son 
of Andries. 

Maria, born Oct. 5, 17 18, married Abraham LeFevre, born 
March 25, 1716, son of Jan LeFevre. 

Louis S., born Jan. 10, 1720, died young. 

Esther, born Jan. 8, 1721, married. Cornelius L. Brink, 
.Shawangunk. 

Johannes, born Sept. 9, 1722. n'larried Sept. 2, 1749, Sha- 
wangunk, died 1796. Magdalena LeFevre, born Oct. 11, 1724, 
daughter of Simon. 

Philip, born Feb. 9, 1724, married July 10, 1748, Tryntje 
Low. 2nd husband Adriance Newkirk, of Hurley. 



244 HIS T O R y O F N E IV P ALT Z 

3. Abraham Bevier, Married Margaret Eltinge 
4th generation 

Sarah, born June 25, 1744, married Oct. 25. 1765. Petrus 
Hasbrouck, born Aug. 20. 1738, New Paltz. 

Jacomyntje. born Sept. 28, 1746. married Dec. 2, 
1769. Matthew 15evier. born 1744. son of Samuel, 
Shawangunk. 

Solomon, born Dec. 4, 1748. married, died Nov. 10. 1810. 
Elenor Griffin, born Dec. 22, 1745. died Aug. 12, 1820. 

Katrintje, born Oct. 19, 1750, married Jan. 24, 1762. Ma- 
thusalem DuBois, born May 23, 1742, son of Ephriam. 

Roelof Eltinge, born May 16, 1753, died young. 

Maria, born March 18, 1755. married. Isaac Hasbrouck, 
born April 13, 1746, son of Daniel. 

Abraham A., born Oct. 29, 1758, married, Chenango, died 
1817. Maria Freer. 

Magdalen, married Nov. 9, 1766. Mattheus Decker, Sha- 
wangunk. 

Esther, died young. 

3. Isaac Bevier, Married Elizabeth Bevier 

4TH generation 

Katrintje. born April 28, 1752, married. Abraham Jansen, 
Leurenkill. 

Solomon, born IMarch 20, 1754. 

Josiah, born Aug. 10, 1756. 

The two above persons were killed by Indians in 1779. 

Magdalena, born June 24, 1759. unmarried. 

Eliza, born April 17, 1763, died young. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 245 

3. Johannes Bevier, Married AIagdalena LeFevre 
4th generation 

Cornelia, born Aug. 30, 1750, died young. 

Jonathan, born Jan. 28, 1752, unmarried. 

Magdalena, born Nov. 25, 1753, married 1783. Jan Hoff- 
man, Shawangunk. 

Nathaniel, born April 17, 1756, married, Shawangunk. 
Catharine Dewitt. daughter of Dr. Andries Dewitt. 

Jonas, born July 26, 1758. Shawangunk. Maria Dewitt. 

Cornelia, born Jan. 25, 1761, married Nov. 7, 1786. Noah 
LeFevre. born Oct. 2<;. 1754. son of Abraham. 



3. Philip Bevier, Married Tryntje Low 
4th generation 

Catharine, born April 9, 1749, unmarried. New Hurley. 

Magdalena, born Jan. 13, 1751, married. Abraham DuBois, 
born Feb. 15, 1749, son of Benjamin. 

Petrus, born April 28, 1753, married. Cornelia Bevier, born 
1762, daughter of Johannes. 

Sarah, born April 27,, I755- 

Elias, born April 25, 1756. 

Sara, born Jan. 22, 1758. 

4. Solomon Bevier, ]\L\rried Eleanor Griffin 

5th generation 

Abraham Solomon, born June 27, 1774. 

Roelof, born Jan. 21, 1776. 1 



246 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

John, born May 8, 1777. married, 1st Hannah Smith on Jan. 
22, 1804, 2nd Margaret Anable on March 22, 1826. 

Margrietje, born Jan. 15, 1779. 

Caty, born Aug. 17, 1780. 

Charity, born Jan. 31, 1781. 

Nelly, born Nov. 27, 1783. 

Noah, born April 25, 1785. 
• Maria, born Oct. 20, 1787. 

Abraham A. Bevier, Married Maria Freer 

5TH generation 

Isaac, born Oct. 29, 1784. 

Roelof Eltinge, born Dec. 28. 1785. 

Abraham, born April 13, 1787. 

Thomas, born Nov. 29. 1788. 

Thomas, born Dec. 29, 1790. 

Zacharias, born March 6, 1796. 

All the above were born in Broome county, N. Y. 

3. Jacobus Bevier, Married Axtje Freer 
4th generation 

Samuel, born Nov. 9. 1740, married, settled in Chenango. 
Rachel Auchmoody. 

Jacob, born 1742, died in infancy. 

Antje, born June 3, 1745, married. Benjamin Hasbrouck, 
born Jan. 31, 1748, son of Daniel. 

Jacob born Feb. i, 1747. married New Paltz. Maria York. 

Matthew, born June 24. 1748. 

Magdalena, born Dec. 23, 1749, married Jonas Freer, 

Simeon, born Jan. 28, 1752. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 247 

Elias, born March 28, 1753. married, New Paltz and Broome 
county, N. Y. Sarah LeFevre. born June 5, 1763. daughter 
of Peter LeFevre. 

Sarah, born July 30. 1755, married Johannis Freer. 

Maria, born Jan. 24, 1758, married, second wife. Benjamin 
Hasbrouck, born Jan. 31, 1748, son of Daniel. 

Jannetje, born Jan. 31, 1761, married. John York, New Paltz. 

4. Samuel Bevier, Married Rachel xA.uchmoody 

5th generation 

Maria, born Dec. 7, 1774. 
Jacobus, born Sept. 8, 1776. 
Antje, born Aug. 11, 1778. 
Cornelius, born Feb. 6, 1780. 
Josiah, born July 12, 1782. 
Lydia. born Aug. 25. 1784. 

Christian, born Sept. i. 1786. married March 20, 1810. 
Magdalena Freer. 

All the above were born in Chenango, Broome county. 
Maria, born July 3. 1789. 
Eliza, born Aug. 27, 1791. 

3. Jacop. Bevier, Married Maria York 
5th generation 

Maria, born July 2, 1775, died in infancy. 

Maria, born Oct. 18, 1776. married. Ambrose Mitchel. 

Jacobus, born June 30, 1778. married, New Paltz. Mary 
Yandel. 

'Isaac, born March 27, 1780, married Dec. 2, 1802, New 
Paltz, died Oct. 3. 1820. Mary York, died Aug. 8, 1859. 

Catharine, born Jan. 23, 1782, married, Luther Sawtell. 



248 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Ezekiel, born July 23, 1784, married ]\Iarch 22, 1810, died 

April 22, 1869. Helen Van Bumble. 

Jonathan, born Aug. 17, 1786. married Alarch 17, 181 1. 
Judith Low. 

Jeremiah, born I\Iay 11, 1789. married April 30, 1812, 
Esopus. Wyntje Smith. 

Henry, born Nov. 25, 1791. 

4. Elias Bevier, Married S.\rah LeFevre 

5TH generation 

Petrus LeFevre, born 1786. 
Elizabeth, born Jan. 18, 1788. 
Antje, born Dec. 15, 1789. 

Maria, born Sept. 2^, 179J , married Dec. 29, 1814. Gerrit 
Newkirk. 

Reuben, born Dec. 4, 1793. 

Magdalena, born March 7, 1796. 

Jennike, born Jidy 4, 1798. 

Lydia, born Jan. 25, 1801. 

Johan Yernooy, born March 20, 1804. 

Samuel, born July 13, i8o(5. 

4. Nathaniel Bevier, Married Catrina Dewitt 
5TH generation 

Sarah, born Oct. 21, . 

Helen, born April 28, 1790, married March 30, 181 2. 
Charles Elting, born March 30, 1792. 

Jane Vernooy, born Feb. 24, 1792, married. Abraham El- 
ting, born March 30, 1792. 

Elizabeth Lynot, born Oct. 12. 1795, married ]\Iay 28, 18 14, 
died Nov. 25, 1835. Henry Deyo, born March 30, 1792. 



HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 249 

4. Jonas Beviek, Married Maria Dewitt 
5th generation 

Magdalena. born Sept. 15, 1794. 

Neeltje. born Sept. 15, 1796, married Feb. 3, 1818. Sila?i 
Winfield, Shawangunk. 

Johannes Dewitt, born Feb. zS, 1798, died young. 

Jonathan, born July 20, 1800. married Dec. 10, 1825, died 
, 1829. Hannah LeFevre. 

Nathaniel, born Feb. 25, 1804. 

Stephen, born April 19. 1806. 

Lea Devvitt, born Feb. 16, 1808. 

Jane Newkirk, born Dec. 5, 1810, married. Annanius 
Winfield. 

4. Petrus Bevier, Married Cornelia Bevier 

5th generation 

Catrintje, born June 12, 1785. 

Philippus, born Oct. 31, 1787. 

Rachel, born Jan. 8, 1789. 

Mattheus, born Nov. 29, 1790, Chenango, N. Y. 

2. Louis Bevier, Married Elizabeth Hasbrouck 
3RD generation 
Louis, born April 29, 171 7, married Oct. 24, 1745, Marble- 
town, died Sept. 29, 1772. Esther DuBois, born June 20, 1718, 
daughter of Philip DuBois, died Oct. 7, 1790. 

3. Louis Bevier. Married Esther DuBois 

4T11 generation 

David, born Nov. zy, 1746, married Jan. 2y, lyyz, ]\Iarble- 
town, died June 17, 1822. Maria Hasbrouck, born July 7, 
1751, daughter of Abraham Hasbrouck, died Nov. 29, 1816. 



250 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Elizabeth, born June 9, 1749, married March 4, 1773. 
Joseph Hasbrouck, born March 4, 1744. son of Abraham, 
Guilford, died Feb. 26, 1808. 

Philip D. B., born Dec. 28. 175 1, married Dec. 29, 1782, 
Rochester, died April 18, 1802. Ann Dewitt, born Oct. 20, 
1762. 

Louis, born Aug. 15, 1754. died in infancy. 

Esther, born Dec. 22,, 1755, died in infancy. 

4. David Bevier. Married Maria Hasbrouck 
5TH generation 

Louis, born Feb. 13, 1779, married Jan. 6, 1807, Marble- 
town, died Oct. 25, 1826. Maria Eltinge, born March 9, 1785, 
daughter of Cornelius Eltinge. 

Abraham Bourbon, born March 30, 1781, died May 5, 1782. 

Joseph, born Nov. i, 1703, married, Olive, died 1840. 
Catharine Hasbrouck. daughter of Jacobus B. Hasbrouck. 

Philip, born Dec. 11, 1785, died Oct. 25, 1791. 

Catharine, born Sept. 29, 1789, married Jan. 18, 1815. 
Stephen Stilwell. New Paltz. 

Esther, born Aug. 6, 1791, died Nov. 20, 1791. 

4. Philip D. B. Bevier, Married Ann Dewitt 
5TH generation 

Esther, born Jan. 8, 1785, married Jan. 30, 1810, died Aug. 
30, 1871. Philip Hasbrouck, born Oct. 22, 1783, son of Joseph 
Hasbrouck, New Paltz. 

Hilletje. born Feb. 14, 1788, died July 25, 1788. 

Rachel, born Jan. 18, 1786, married April 30, 1809, died 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 251 

Feb. 2, 1858. Thomas R. Hardenhurgh, Woodburn, Sullivan 
county, died May 14, 1869. 

Elizabeth, born Jan. 18, 1790, unmarried. 

Maria Ann, born Feb. 2, 1791, married. Port Jarvis. Rev. 
Cornelius C. Eltinge, born May 12. 1793, son of Cornelius 
Eltinge. 

Henrietta Cornelia, born Nov. 22, 1792. James Hasbrouck, 
son of Joseph Hasbrouck, New Paltz. 

Louis DuBois, born June 3, 1794. married June, 1839, Roch- 
ester, died March 31, 1851. Charity Hoornbeck. 

Hylah, born Aug. 3, 1795, New Paltz. Levi Hasbrouck, 
son of Josiah Hasbrouck, died March 7, 186 1. 

Sarah Amelia, born March 2^, 1797, married, died Oct. 18, 
1 86 1. Cornelius Bru}n, born June 16, 1789. died April 23, 

5. Louis Bevier, AL\rried Maria Eltinge 
6th generation 

Maria, born Sept. 21, 1807, married, died Aug. i, 1878. 
Rev. Cornelius L. Van Dyck, born Jan. 5. 1804, died Sept. 
13, 1866. 

Blandina, born Oct. i, 1809, unmarried, died June 21, 1889. 

Catharine, born Nov. 11. 181 1, married, died March 29, 
1868. Oliver G. DuBois, son of Derick DuBois. 

Jane, born April 26, 1814, married, died March 29. 1883. 
Edgar Hasbrouck, born Feb. 2^, 1814, son of L S. Hasbrouck, 
died July 15, 1854. 

Esther Gumaer. born July 6, 1817, died Oct. 15, 1877. G. 
W. Basten, son of Geo. Basten. 

^Tagdalena DuBois, born Jan. 2t,, 1820, died Feb., 1897. 
A\'illet S. Northrop, died Aug., 1895. 



2-^2 HIST OR Y OF NEW P ALT Z 

Louis, born Aug. 21, 1822, married, Marbletown. Catharine 
\'an Dyck. born March 29, 1824. daughter of Lawrence C. 
Van Dyck, died Jan. 24, 1885. 

EHzabetli, born Dec. 10, 1824. married. Peter \'an Dyck. 

5. Joseph Bevikr, Married Catharine Hasbrouck 
6th generation 

Mary Ann, married. Russell Holmes, Catskill and Olive. 

David, born Aug. 10. 1818, married, Olive, died Sept. 11, 
1866. Deborah Lock wood, born June 28, 1820, died April 
2, 1887. 

Catharine, unmarried, died 1840. 

Eleanor, married, second wife, Russell Holmes. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 253 



CHAPTER XXIII 

The Deyo Family at New Paltz 

Two New Paltz patentees. Christian and Pierre, bore the 
name of Deyo and were father and son. They were among 
the last of the twelve to set foot on the soil of the New World, 
where Anthony Cri spell. Lonis DuRois and his sons and the 
two LeFevre brothers had already resided for some years. In 
1675 Pierre Deyo was still in the Palatinate as is shown by his 
certificate of good standing and chnrch membership from the 
noted pastor Amyot. This precions relic which has come 
straight down in the Deyo family is now in the possession of 
Mr. A. D. Brodhead. It is in the (ierman tongue, is in a 
good state of preservation and a translation is as follows : 

This is to certify that Peter Doio and Agatha Nickel both 
in honor living in Curr Pfaltz. Mntterstadt. circuit of New- 
stadt, have been united in marriage, the intent of such mar- 
riage having been announced three times from the pulpit, that 
thev are members of the Reformed church and as far as we 
know the same are well beh.aved people. JNIutterstadt, Curr 
Pfaltz, 21 Jan., 1675. Jacob Amyot, Pastor. 

Louis DuBois was the man who discovered New Paltz and 
Avas the leader in the settlement, but Christian Deyo was called 
"Grandpere" or grandfather in the old documents and was. in 
fact, the grandfather of most of the children of the youthful 
settlement. Christian's son Pierre was a patentee, likewise his 
four sons-in-law, John and Abraham Hasbrouck, Simon Le- 
Fevre and Abraham DuBois. The youngest of the patentees, 



254 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Isaac DuBois, married Maria, daughter of Jean Hasbrouck 
and granddaughter of Christian Deyo. Christian Deyo had 
grandchildren born on the other side of the Atlantic and one 
of his granddaughters, Esther Hasbrouck, who was born in the 
Palatinate, married in 1692, Peter Gumaer, one of the earliest 
settlers of Minisink, so already at that early date New Paltz 
became the cradle of the surrounding country. 

Before ending his days, Christian Deyo saw his family all 
settled around him at New Paltz, the three unmarried daugh- 
ters who came with him to the new world having become the 
wives of Abraham Hasbrouck, Simon LeFevre and Abraham 
DuBois. 

Christian Deyo was quite certainly an old man at the time of 
the settlement of New l^altz and lived only about ten years 
afterwards. His will, which is recorded m Book A, in the 
County Clerk's office at Kingston, is as follows : 

In ye name of God. amen. Ye first day of February, Anno 
Dom., 1686-7 (the fractional form showing the date according 
to the Old and New Style), Christian Doyou, of ye New Paltz, 
in ye County of Ulster, being sick in body and of good and 
perfect memory, thanks be to Almighty God, and calling to 
remembrance the uncertain state of this transitory life and that 
all flesh must yield to death when it shall please God to call, 
I do make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last will and 
testament in manner following, revoking and annulling bv 
these presents all and every testament in manner following: 

I will, first, that all my just debts be paid within convenient 
time after my decease by my executors, as named. I give to 
my son Peter Doyou fifty rix dollars, that my son was indebted 
to me and then to share equally with all of the rest of my 
children of my estate and further I do give to my son's son. 



HISTORY OF N E JV P ALT Z 255 

Christian Doyou. forty pieces of eight and a small gun and 
then I do hereby give unto my five children all ye rest of my 
estate of lands, housings, chattels and movable goods, to them, 
their heirs, executors and assigns forever, as witness my hand 
and seal, in Kingston, ye day and year above written and I 
do desire that my corpse may be buried at ye New Paltz. 

Ye markof 
Christian Doyau. 

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of 
Nicator Depew, 
William DuMont, 
J no. David, 
Humphrey Davenol. 

It will be noticed that the will does not mention any executor, 
and perhaps it was owing to this singular omission that the 
estate was settled by the heirs as appears by a writing in 
French of which the following literal translation was made 
by Frank Hasbrouck of Poughkeepsie. 

The twenty-fourth October 1687 we the vuidersigned have 
agreed that which follows, that is, that to terminate the dif- 
ference which we might have for the inheritance of our father 
me abraham assebroucg will receive thirty pieces of eight 
[dollars] from Mr. Bekman upon that which he owes to our 
father christian doyeau and me abraham dubois will receive 
also from said bekman twenty-eight pieces of eight and from 
my brother-in-law pierre doyeau fifty-five bushels of good win- 
ter wheat because of what comes to me of my part of the 
negro of our father from the said pierre doyau and me Jean 
assebroucg should receive from Abraham assebroucg ten 
bushels and from abraham dubois eleven bushels and we 



256 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

Pierre doyau Jean assebroucg and Simon le fevre will receive 
from said bekman the surplus of said thirty pieces of eight 
and of said twenty pieces of eight which are due [word oblite- 
rated] the abraham assebrouc and habraham dubois the sur- 
plus say I which the said bekman owes to our father christian 
doyau we the under-named pierre doyau ian assebrouc and 
Simon le febvre will share it equally as also the twenty-five 
pieces of eight which vallerem dumont owes to our father chris- 
tian doyau and that which is due for the rest by the other 
debtors of our said father except that the said abraham asse- 
brouc and abraham dubois should be able to claim nothing in 
the said debts and it is agreed that if there are any complaints 
from any of those interested in the inheritance of our father 
because of what things have been done or what could be done 
each of us five heirs will pay our part of it and if the said 
repayments arise from the complaint of any one of us that one 
alone shall pay the said penalty. 

pierre doyo 
Marque de Simon lefebvre 

Abraham hasbrouck Jean assebrouc 
Abraham duboi 



Pierre the Patentee 

There is an old tradition that Pierre Deyo the Patentee, only 
son of Christian Deyo, died while on an expedition to find a 
route from New Paltz to the River, and that long afterwards a 
buckle of a truss that he had worn was found at the foot of a 
tree and that this was the only clue to his mysterious fate. 
This story is told by Josiah R. Elting in his genealogical record, 
but it is probable that the Pierre who died on the way to the 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 257 

River was Pierre, son of the Patentee of the same name. 
This Pierre grew to man's estate but left no children, as 
Josiah R. Elting says concerning the Pierre who died looking 
for a route to the River. 

Pierre the Patentee left four sons, Abraham, born at Hur- 
ley in 1676; Christian baptized at Brooklyn in 1681 ; Pierre, 
baptized at New Paltz in 1683 and Hendricus baptized at New 
Paltz in 1690; also two daughters, Mary and Margaret; the 
first born in 1679, married Jacob Clearwater, settled at Bonte- 
coe and had a son, Abraham, christened at New Paltz in 1699. 

The very oldest paper in the Theodore Deyo collection is a 
bond given by Pierre Deyo the Patentee, in 1681, and is in 
English as follows : 

Kingestowne, 26th April, 1681. 

I under written Peter dolliaw of ye New Palse doe owne to 
stand indebted unto mee Thomas Dellavoll ye sum of fifty two 
Sch. wheatte, wch I doe oblige my self to pay this next year 
now cominge on, whereunto I have sett my hand to be de- 
livered at ye water syde. Pierre doyo. 

On the back of this paper is indorsed, 

Kingstowne, 26th April 1681 Peter doliou of ye New Palse 
his obligation for 52 Sch. wheatte to be paid this winter 
coming on. 

There is also the further indorsement.' 

Kingstowne 23d Jan. 168^. 

Reed of ye sed Peter Doliaw ye contents of this bond, say 
reed by mee John Fontaine for my master. 

Thomas Delavoll. 
17 



258 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 



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U DOCUMENT WITH SIGNATURE OF TIERRE DEYO, THE PATENTEE 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 259 

Christian, Son of Pierre the Patentee 

Christian settled without doubt in the Springtown neighbor- 
hood, where his descendants have since Hved and where his 
descendants James E. and Matthew Deyo now reside. In the 
will of his grandfather Christian is specially remembered by 
the bequest of a small gun. Christian was married at New 
Paltz in 1702 to Marytje DeGraff (in French LeConte). It 
is somewhat singular that the marriage is recorded on the 
church books both at New Paltz and Kingston. On the New 
Paltz church book the quaint record is as follows : "Christian 
Doyo and Alary LeConte were married in this town of Paltz 
(Pals, sometimes also called Le Palle)." 

Christian's name appears in the list of taxpayers in 17 12, in 
the list of soldiers in Capt. Hofifman's company in 17 16, in 
the list of those who built the first stone church in 1720, in the 
list of freeholders in 1728 and in the list of slaveholders in 
1755. Plis name appears as deacon in the church at New 
Paltz in 1733 and in 1765 as an elder. 

Christian left only two sons of whom we have any record, 
Moses and Jacobus; also a daughter Mary, who in 1731 mar- 
ried Jeems Ackmoidi, a Scotchman and ancestor of the Auch- 
moody family. 

Christian's son Jacobus moved to Kingston and we shall give 
his history hereafter. Moses who was born in 1706 married 
in 1728 Clarissa Stokhard and lived in a frame house, torn 
down about 1820 about a mile north of Springtown. Moses' 
name appears in the list of New Paltz soldiers in 1738. He 
and his wife Clarissa Stokhard joined the church at New Paltz 
in 1752. In the tax list of 1765 we find the names of Moses 
and his sons. Christian, Jr., and Johannis, Jr.. all residing in 
the Springtown neighborhood. (On the same list we find the 
names of Johannis and Christopher Deyo, sons of Hendricus 



26o HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

and cousins of Moses, as residing in the same locality.) Chris- 
tian, Jr., who was born in 1732, married Elidia Terwilliger in 
1762. We have no account of his brother Johannis. The sons 
of Christian, Jr., and Elidia Terwilliger were Josiah, born 
in 1763; Jonathan (in Dutch Yoane), born in 1766; Moses, 
born in 1768, and Matthew, born in 1777. Jonathan and 
Matthew married and resided in the neighborhood. We have 
no account of Moses, and none of Josiah except that he mar- 
ried Catharine Blanshan and had a daughter Maria, who mar- 
ried Martinas Freer and moved with him to western New 
York. Romeo H. Freer, attorney general of the State of 
West Virginia, is their grandson. 

Jonathan married Catharine Fan of Bontecoe, a sister of 
Peter Fan. From Jonathan the homestead descended to his 
son Christian, who occupied it during his life and was the last 
to bear the honored name of the eldest of the New Paltz 
Patentees. 

From Christian the farm descended to his sons, James E. 
and Matthew, who now till tlie land that has been in the family 
so many generations. 

Years ago the house burned and the family papers were lost. 
It is, therefore, not possible to give as full a history of the 
family as could otherwise be done. 

Jacobus Deyo 

We will now go back to Jacobus, son of Christian and 
brother of Moses, who left his home at Springtown and went 
to Kingston. In 1724 he married, at Kingston, Janitje Freer. 
Both are set down at that time as residing at New Paltz. They 
had several daughters and one son Jacobus, born in 1732; also 
a son Peter. Jacobus' name does not appear on the records 
at New Paltz, but in 1738 it is found in the list of foot soldiers 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 261 

of Kingston, from which it is evident that he moved to that 
place. Afterwards he or his widow moved to Dutchess county 
and in the Poughkeepsie church records appears the following 
entry: "Janitje Freer, widow of Jacobus Dejoo, born at New 
Paltz, married April 22, 1754, to Richard Gryn, born at Os- 
wego." The son Jacobus was 22 years old when his mother 
married again. Jacobus the younger is thought to have resided 
at Nine Partners, Dutchess county. His son William, who 
was born about 1775, lived at Ghent, Columbia county and so 
did William's son Richard. Jacobus has a number of de- 
scendants at Saratoga Springs, Binghamton and elsewhere ; 
among others, Hon. Israel T. Deyo, of Binghamton ; Prof. 
M. L. Deyo, of Albany, and IMr. E. J. Taylor, of Saratoga 
Springs. 

Abraham Deyo, Sox of Pierre the Patentee 

Abraham, the eldest son of Pierre the Patentee, was born 
at Hurley, October 16, 1676, as shown by a slip from an old 
family record in French, in an old Dutch Bible in the posses- 
sion of Mr. Abm. Deyo of this village. Abraham married Elsie 
Clearwater in 1702 and occupied the homestead in this village. 
He died in 1725, leaving one son, Abraham (2) and two daugh- 
ters, Marytje and Wyntje. Marytje married Isaac Freer and 
Wyntje married Daniel Hasbrouck. Abraham (2) being the 
only son, kept the homestead in this village. It is uncertain 
whether it was he or his father who built the stone house which 
is still standing and which has come down from one Abraham 
to another almost to the present time, though remodeled a 
generation ago and altogether transformed in 1894 by its 
present owner and occupant, Mr. Abm. Deyo Brodhead. 

The name of Abraham Deyo (2) appears in an agreement 
with twenty-seven other owners of land, authorizing the Duzine 
to fix title to lands. In another paper in the Patentees' trunk 



262 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 




THE OLD DEYO HOUSE JN THJS VILLAGE 



HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 263 

appears the statement that at the time of signing the agreement 
Abraham was under age but acknowledged the signature as 
his voluntary act. Abraham married Elizabeth DuBois, daugh- 
ter of Isaac, the Patentee. In a tax list of 1765 we find his 
name as one of the largest property owners in the precinct. 
He left a family of five sons — Abraham, Daniel, Simeon, Jona- 
than and Philip ; also one daughter, Alary, who married Na- 
thaniel LeFevre of Kettleborough. Four of Abraham's sons 
married LeFevres. All five of the brothers have descendants 
living in Ulster county. It is related by the old people that 
Abraham was a weakly man and that his wife, Elizabeth, who 
is called in Dutch Batche, was a woman of masculine strength 
and spirit and for this reason was called "Captain liatche." 

It is stated that on one occasion one of their slaves, having 
been guilty of impudence, she struck him a blow which broke 
his arm, and there being no doctor in the place she sent him to 
Kingston to have his arm set. Another instance of Captain 
Batche's spirit and physical endurance is the fact that she 
stood in the mow and pitched hay the day before her son 
Daniel was born. From 1751 to 1766 Abraham represented 
the family name of Pierre Deyo in the deliberations of the 
Duzine. It appears that Abraham owned a tract of land on 
the south side of the Paltz patent all the way from the top of 
the mountain to the Hudson river. The houses of three of 
his sons, Philip, Jonathan and Simeon, were built on this tract, 
Jonathan taking land on the west side of the Wallkill, Philip 
living on the Paltz Plains and Simeon locating a short distance 
south of Highland. Jonathan's son Daniel afterwards located 
on this tract likewise, his house being located on South street 
in the present town of Lloyd. 

We have said that Abraham (2) left a family of five sons. 
These were Abraham ( afterwards called Capt. ) . who kept the 



264 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

homestead in this village; Daniel, who located at Ireland Cor- 
ners and is the ancestor of the Gardiner and Shawangunk 
Deyos ; Simeon, who located at Highland where he has de- 
scendants living; Jonathan, who lived on the place now owned 
by Miss Smedes on the other side of the Wallkill about a mile 
south of the village ; and Philip, who lived in the house now 
owned and occupied by Josiah Sprague on the Paltz Plains. 

Capt. Abraham Deyo 

Capt. Abraham Deyo kept the homestead in this village. 
He was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth LeFevre, 
who left one son, Simon, who died when he was about forty 
years of age, leaving no children. Capt. Abraham married as 
his second wife JMaria LeFevre, widow of Isaac LeFevre of 
Bontecoe. She had several children by her previous marriage 
and continued to reside with them at Bontecoe in the old stone 
house on the banks of the \\'allkill. As the fruit of the mar- 
riage with Captain Abraham Deyo she bore one son, and died 
not long afterwards. The infant (who afterwards became 
Judge Abm. A. Deyo, of Modena) was carried on a pillow, 
after the death of his mother, to the residence of his mother's 
brother, Johannes LeFevre, at Kettleborough. Of Capt. Abra- 
ham's record in the Revolutionary war we find that he was 
commissioned first lieutenant in the second New Paltz com- 
pany, Third Ulster County regiment, October 25, 1775, and 
commissioned captain of the second company February 21, 1778, 

Soldiers in Capt. Abm. Deyo's Company 

An original document giving the names of a portion of Capt. 
Abraham Deyo's company in the Third Regiment of Ulster 
County Militia in the Revolutionary war follows : 

We whose names are hereunto written do hereby acknowl- 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 



265 



edge to have received of Captain Abraham Doiau our respec- 
tive wages and billeting money for one month's term of duty 
at the Frontiers (part of months of July and August, 1778), 
we say received respectively in full by us this 19th day of 
September, 1778. 



Isaac DuBois. 
Ezekiel Deyoo. 
Zacharias Hasbrouck. 
John Terwilliger, Jr. 
Josiah Terwilliger, Jr. 
Henry Pontinear, 
Aurt Terwilliger. 
Wm. Sergeant. 
Nathaniel Wallters. 

his 
Benjamin Sluyter. 

mark 
his 
Frederick Hyms 

mark 
Johannes Spratt. 



Abraham Ean. 

his 
Alartynes Griffin. 

mark 
Jonathan VanWagenen. 
Robert Hass. 

his 
John York. 

mark 
Benjamin Freer. 
Peter Bevier. 
Jacob Krom. 
John Nees. 
\\'m. Dewitt, Jr. 
Tacobus Dewitt. 



Capt. Abm. Deyo's great-great-grandson, Abm. D. Brod- 
head, has in his possession his sword, epaulets and pistols, 
which have always remained in the family. Capt. Abraham's 
tombstone, which stands in the old graveyard in this village, 
bears this inscription : "Capt. Abraham Deyo, who departed 
this life Sept. 12th, 1808, aged 69 years, 6 months and 15 
days." There is only one other tombstone in the graveyard 
bearing a military title in its inscription. 

When the stone church which preceded the present brick 
edifice was built in 1771, Capt. Abm. Deyo had charge of the 
work, and the papers relating to its building, wdiich are in the 
Dutch language, are in the possession of Mr. Abm. D. Brod- 



266 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

head. For a long time after the death of Capt. Deyo the old 
homestead in this village was occupied by Richard Harden- 
bergh, father of Senator Jacob Hardenbergh, who was born 
in this house. Judge Deyo occupied the old house for a time 
and afterwards lived at Alodena. He married Margaret, 
daughter of his cousin, Abraham Deyo of Ireland Corners, and 
left two sons, John B. and Abm. A., Jr. Judge Deyo was a 
prominent citizen, a man of extensive means and Supervisor 
of the town of Plattekill for a long period. His son. Sheriff 
Abm. A. Deyo, moved into the old stone house in this village 
when he married and continued to reside there until he was 
elected sheriff and went to Kingston. Sheriff Abraham had 
one son, who was also called Abraham and was the sixth of 
that name in a direct line. He died at the age of about four- 
teen, in Kingston, while his father was sheriff, a few months 
after the family moved from this village in 1858. 

Daniel Deyo 

Daniel, the second son of Abm. (2), married Margaret Le- 
Fevre; after her death he married Catharine Dewitt, of Wa.- 
warsing, who left no children. He located at Ireland Corners, 
where his father purchased for him, in 1763, a tract of 500 
acres, being a part of the Garland Patent. The deed for this 
tract is in possession of Andrew L. F. Deyo. 

According to the tradition in the Deyo family, this land at 
the time of the purchase was occupied by J. G. Ronk, who had 
built a house and set out an orchard on the place. Xot having 
a good title, he gave up the property and moved to the New 
Hurley neighborhood to a tract which he had purchased a 
dozen years before and where he afterwards resided. During 
the Revolutionary war Daniel did some service as a teamster, 
going on one occasion wnth a load of arms to the patriot army 
which was stationed near Philadelphia. 



HISTORY OF N E IV P A L T Z 267 





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Daniel Deyo's sister, who had married Nathaniel LeFevre, 
occupied the adjoining farm on the north, known in modern 
times as the "Sing" LeFevre place. Daniel left a family of 
three sons, i\bm., Nathaniel and Jonathan ; also two daugh- 
ters, Elizabeth, who married Moses DeWitt and moved to 
Chemung county, and Mary, who married Simon DuBois of 
W'allkill. Daniel divided his land among his three sons, each 
taking about an equal part. Abraham, the oldest son, mar- 
ried Ann Brodhead, sister of Congressman John C. Brodhead. 
Abraham lived in a frame house still standing on wdiat is now 
known as the Daniel Bevier place. He left one son, Daniel A., 
and two daughters, one of whom married Judge Abraham 
Deyo of Modena, and the other married Andrew Bevier and 
left a family of four sons — Daniel, Richard, A. Deyo and Dr. 
DuBois. Daniel A. Deyo lived for a time on his father's home- 
stead and then sold it to Daniel Bevier and moved to Chicago, 
where he jmrchased the paw paw grove, near the city. This 
he afterwards sold and returning to the east purchased a farm 
near Balmville. three miles north of Newburgh. This prop- 
erty at Balmville increased greatly in value with the growth 
of Newburgh, as it commanded a fine view of the river. Part 
of it was sold after his death for a large sum. Daniel A. Deyo 
was three times married. His first wife, Elizabeth Elting, 
left but one son, Abm. D., of Tuthill ; his second wife, Nelly 
LeFevre, left two sons, Johannes and Brodhead, and one 
daughter, Cornelia ; his third wife, Arabella Hallock, left a 
son, Thomas J. of ^^'allkill, and two daughters. 

Jonathan Deyo, son of Daniel, the first settler at Ireland 
Corners, married Mary, daughter of John Charles Harden- 
bergh of Rosendale. He occupied all his days the old stone 
house of his father, which is still standing. He left a family 
of five sons, John H., Dr. Nathaniel, Barzillai and Dr. Abra- 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 269 

ham, and two daughters, Jane H. and Mary. The latter mar- 
ried Oscar Noyes. The son, Nathaniel, located at Newburgh, 
where he practiced medicine and there his son John is still 
engaged in the same profession. Another son, Robert E., is 
a prominent lawyer in New York City, his office being at in 
Broadway. 

Nathaniel, the third son of Daniel Deyo, owned and occu- 
pied the house now the residence of his grandson, Andrew 
L. F. By his first wife, Leah DeWitt, he had three sons, 
Daniel, Jonathan N. and John. By his second wife, Catharine 
Hardenburgh, of Marbletown, he had one daughter, who mar- 
ried Thomas K. Jessup of Newburgh. The elder son, Daniel, 
became a doctor, but died a young man and left one son, 
Alfred. Jonathan N. kept his father's homestead, which he 
occupied all his days. John located in Shawangunk. 

Simeon Deyo 

Simeon, the third son of Abraham (2), was baptized Feb- 
ruary 13, 1743. He married Antje Low and located about a 
mile south of the present village of Highland, opposite the old 
burying ground and just south of the mill pond. Here about 
1780 he built a stone house as his residence and had a farm 
of about 250 acres. Simeon left a family of three sons, Jacob, 
Abraham and Joseph. The first named, who was born in 1775, 
married Ruth Smith and lived about half a mile south of the 
present village of Highland in a house now occupied by Mrs. 
Lake. This house when built was considered the finest in that 
section of country. Jacob was at one time colonel of militia 
and was usually called colonel. His children were Anna, 
Nathan, Mary Ann, Sarah, Simeon, Eleanor, Anning S., Hiram 
C. and Oliver Hazard Perry. The last named became a min- 
ister, living for many years at Asbury Park, N. J. From him 



270 HISTORY OF NEW F ALT Z 

we have our information concerning this branch of the family. 
Simeon's son Abraham became a doctor and married Catharine 
DuCois. He died not long after marriage, leaving one daugh- 
ter, Electa, who married Philip Elting of Highland. Simeon's 
son Joseph married Julia Kelsey. They left a large family of 
sons and daughters as follows : Reuben, Simeon, Abraham, 
Monroe, Delilah, Eleanor and Rowena. All of these married. 

Jonathan Deyo 

Jonathan Deyo, fourth son of Abraham (2) married Mary, 
daughter of Daniel LeFevre of Bontecoe. Jonathan lived a 
short time on the Paltz Plains. But the lands of his father 
being divided by lot, Jonathan's share fell on the west side of 
the W'allkill, and he took the farm now owned by Miss Smedes. 
His house was of frame and must have been one of the first of 
that material built at. New Paltz. This house was torn down 
in 1850. Jonathan left a family of three sons, Abraham J., 
Daniel L. and Peter, and three daughters, Elizabeth, who mar- 
ried Henry DuBois ; Catharine, who married Wilhelmus Du- 
Bois, and Cornelia, who married Josiah Hasbrouck of Marble- 
town. Jonathan's son, Abraham J., married Maria Deyo and 
moved to what is now the Cold Spring Corners neighborhood. 
He lived for a while in a log house, and about 1812 built the 
stone house in which he afterwards resided and which was 
probably the last stone house built in this town. 

The country about Cold Spring Corners or Grahow, as it 
was formerly called, was almost an unbroken wilderness then, 
but there were no Indians and few wild animals, though at a 
later date j\Ir. Andries Deyo informs us he has seen deer pas- 
turi^ig on the winter grain. The stone for the house came 
from the Bear Vly and the mortar used in laying up the wall 
came from a field near bv. The Pang Yang settlement was 



HISTORY OF N E W PAL T Z 271 

only about a mile to the east, but it was not until a later period,, 
when others moved in, that the Pang Yang people acquired 
a reputation for thieving. At that time the residents there 
were poor but honest people living in thatched log houses. 

Daniel L., the second son of Jonathan Deyo, married Jane 
LeFevre. They lived on South street, which was then called 
Quaker street in the present town of Lloyd, where their sons, 
Jonathan and John L. afterwards lived. 

Peter, the youngest son of Jonathan Deyo, married Cornelia 
Elting. Peter kept his father's homestead, now the Miss 
Smedes' place. He afterwards bought of Isaiah Hasbrouck, 
father of Daniel I. Hasbrouck, the farm adjoining on the 
north, where his son Ira afterwards lived and his grandson 
I'erry afterwards resided. Peter Deyo's sons were Ira, Jona- 
than, Josiah and Abraham. A daughter, Mary, married Josiah 
Smedes. The son, Josiah, emigrated to Illinois. 

Philip Deyo, the youngest of the five brothers, sons of Abra- 
ham (2), married Gertrude LeFevre of Kettleborough and 
lived on the Paltz Plains where is now the Josiah Sprague 
farm. The house, part frame and part stone, and still stand- 
ing, was built in the time of the Revolutionary war and it is 
related that nails were so exceedingly difficult to obtain that a 
visit was made to Kingston after that place was burned by the 
British and from the ruins nails were obtained for the new 
house. Philip Deyo was a man of great intelligence and we 
have this saying of Josiah DuBois, ''Philip Deyo knew enough 
to be President of the LTnited States." Philip had a family of 
seven daughters and only one son, Andries, who was the 
youngest of the family. He married Catharine Elting and 
kept the homestead. Six of the daughters married as follows : 
Elizabeth married Simon LeFevre, Maria married Abraham 
J. Deyo, Elsie married Andries Bruyn, Catharine married An- 



272 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 




THE HOUSE OF HENDRICUS DEYO AT BONTECOE 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 273 

dries Elting, Sarah married Solomon LeFevre, Cornelia mar- 
ried Jacob G. DuBois. 

The Family of Hendricus Deyo, Sox of Pierre, 
THE Patentee 

Hendricus De^yo, youngest son of Pierre, the Patentee, was 
baptized at Kingston, October 12, 1690. He married at Kings- 
ton, December 31, 171 5, Margaret Von Bummel, who was bap- 
tized at Kingston in 1693. They located at Bontecoe, about 
four miles north of this village. The house, probably built 
by Hendricus, but perhaps by his son Benjamin, is still stand- 
ing on the east bank of the Wallkill and is, we think, the most 
antique and interesting in appearance of all the old houses of 
that period. The homestead was bounded by the Freer s on 
the north, and by the LeFevres on the south, and came down 
in the Deyo family almost to the present day, the last owner 
of the Deyo name being Ezekiel L Deyo, son of Abm. \V. Deyo. 

In the old graveyard in this village stands an ancient tomb- 
stone which is quit^ certainly that of Alargaret Van Bummel, 
wife of Hendricus Deyo, son of Pierre, the Patentee. The 
inscription on this tombstone has proved quite as puzzling 
as the hieroglyphics of Eg}-pt, but the key, when found, 
unlocks the mysterious inscription quite as satisfactory as does 
Champollion's key the ancient hieroglyphics. 

The inscription is as follows : 

Anno 

1747 

de 21 FT 

is M V B I\I 

E D PI O S 

H D I 

18 



274 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 




>MBSTONE OF MARGARET VAN BUMMEL, WIFE OK HENORICUS BEVO 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 275 

It must be remembered that the New Paltz people in 1747 
used the Dutch language. The first three lines are the date, 
the fourth line the initials of the person buried. The letters of 
the fifth line are the initials of the Dutch words "Tn Den 
Hcercn Ontslapcn" — "In the Lord Asleep." The final line 
gives the initials of the husband's name, Hendricus Deloo. 
We have seen the name Deyo written Deloo. This explana- 
tion of the inscription is corroborated by the following extract 
from Rev. Dr. Anson DuBois' history of the DuBois family at 
Catskill, as found on page 62, as follows: "Cornelius (Du- 
Bois') record of his own wife's death is peculiarly devout: 
it is thus in Dutch, "Ano 1778, Mert 2j, is inyne' vrow in Den 
Hcercn Ontslapcn." We would read it in English, "March 
27, 1778. Xow is my wife sleeping in the Lord." 

In the above record, as given by Rev. Dr. Anson DuBois, 
it will be noted that the same order is observed as on the 
tombstone : first the date, then the statement as to who is 
here buried, then the pious epitaph. 

Learned persons have puzzled over this inscription. Much 
credit for its satisfactory solution is due to Mrs. Ralph 
LeFevre. 

Hendricus Deyo (i) left a large family of children as fol- 
lows: Debora, Peter, Jr., Isaac, Benjamin, Johannes, Chris- 
toft'el, Hagetea, Llendricus. Sara and David. Debora married 
Peter Ostrander and settled with him near New Hurley. 
Peter, Jr.. born in 17 18, married Elizabeth Helm in 1745 and 
settled near Tuthill, where we find him a large taxpayer in 
1765. Isaac, born in 1723, married Agatha Freer. We know 
nothing further concerning him except that a son, David, was 
baptized in 1765. Christoffel, born in 1728, married Debora 
Van Miet and located at Springtown. Their son David, bap- 
tized in 1758, married Rachel Fan. Rev. Paul T. Deyo is 
their grandson. Johannes, born in 1726. married Sarah Van 



276 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Wagenen in 1756 and located at Springtown. Hendricus (2), 
born in 1731. married Elizabeth Beem at Kingston October 

13. 1753- 

We have no connected genealogv^ of the family of Hendricus 
(i) except of the three sons: Peter, Jr., Benjamin (who kept 
the homestead at Bontecoe) and Hendricus (2). Peter had 
at least two sons, Lucas and Levi. 

Lucas lived in Kettleboro. His wife was a Van Kleeck of 
Poughkeepsie. They had a large family of boys as follows: 
Ezekiel, Peter, Evert, Francis and Tjerick. 

Levi Deyo lived in the same neighborhood as his father 
Peter, Jr. His wife was !\Iargaret Pawling. He was an 
ensign in the Third Ulster county regiment in the Revolu- 
tionary war. His son, Jacob H., resided at Tuthill. Other 
sons were Peter, who moved to Geneva, Nathan who moved 
to Ithaca, Charles M. who lived at Searsville, Orange county, 
Ezekiel who moved to Ithaca and afterwards to Bellano and 
James R. 

Hendricus (2) lived in the present town of Marlborough. 
His name appears as one of the signers of the Articles of 
Association in that town in 1775. His children were Hen- 
dricus baptized 1754, married Phebe Woolsey ; Rebecca bap- 
tized 1758, married Isaac DuBois ; Maria baptized 1760, mar- 
ried Andries DuBois; Hannah baptized 1762, married Noah 
Elting ; Joseph baptized 1765. 

A tombstone in the old Presbyterian graveyard at Highland 
bears the inscription: "Henry Deyo died Dec. 12, 1805, /E 
74." This is the oldest grave marked by a tombstone having 
a legible inscription and this graveyard is the oldest in the 
town of Lloyd. 

Hendricus (3) (in English Henry) located in the present 
town of Lloyd. He married Phebe Woolsey and long carried 



H I STORY OF NEW P ALT Z 277 

on the milling business at the Shadagee. His residence, how- 
ever, was not at the Shadagee, but about two miles south of 
the present village of Highland in a stone house still standing 
on the west side of the road leading from Highland to Modena, 
a short distance south of the old Presbyterian graveyard. 
Henry (3) left a family of six sons and two daughters, all of 
whom married and left families. The sons were Joseph H., 
Henry, John W., Thomas, Elijah and Harvey. The daugh- 
ters were named Clorine and Elizabeth. The former married 
Elidia Watkins. 

Hendricus' sons, Joseph and Henry, occupied farms, on 
what is now the Highland and Modena turnpike. Joseph mar- 
ried Jane Deyo, daughter of Wm. Deyo of Bontecoe. Joseph's 
property passed to his son, Wm. H. Deyo, who rebuilt and 
greatly enlarged the house. The place is now occupied by 
Geo. C. Brown, who married Wm. H. Deyo's daughter. Jos. 
Deyo's other sons were Noah and George, who settled in Illi- 
nois, and Ennis, who settled near Clintondale. 

Henry Deyo's farm adjoined that of his brother Joseph on 
the north. Henry married Elizabeth L. Bevier. They had a 
large family of ten children, as follows : Caroline, Luther, 
Phebe, Alvah, Elmira, Delia Ann, Emily, Juha, Theora, Eliza- 
beth. All of them married. Caroline married Dewitt Ran- 
som and after his death Alden J. Pratt ; Luther married Fran- 
ces E. Pratt ; Phebe married Abm. Deyo ; Alvah married Lydia 
Chambers ; Elmira married Philip D. LeFevre ; Julia married 
Philip LeRoy ; Delia Ann married Andrew LeFevre ; Emily 
married Josiah Elting; Elizabeth married Abm. E. Hasbrouck. 

Hendricus' son, John W., married Annie Beesmer. He 
owned what has been of late years George W. Pratt's mill and 
here he carried on the milliner business for a long, long time. 



278 HIS T RY OF N EW P ALT Z 

His children were Phebe Ann, Henry, Woolsey, Emeretta and 

Livingston. Phebe Ann married Goodrich; Emeretta 

married Barton Weed ; Livingston married Saxton. 

Thomas, son of Hendricus, married Elting, daughter 

of John Elting. He was never engaged in farming. For a 
time he attended to his father's mill at Shadagee. At one time 
he was engaged in the brick manufacturing business and like- 
wise had a store at Pell's dock in partnership, we believe, with 
his brother-in-law, Daniel Woolsey. By his first wife Thomas 
Deyo had one son, Maurice W., from whom we have a great 
portion of the information contained in this sketch. By his 
second wife, Deborah Brown, Thomas Deyo had several chil- 
dren, as follows : Samuel, Margaret, Mary Ann, George and 
Heckaliah. 

Elijah, son of Hendricus (3), was born at Highland in 1798 
and died in 1831. He lived, we believe, in the town of Platte- 
kill. Elijah married Patty Thomas. Their children were 
Henry, who lived at Clintondale ; Theron, who also lived at 
Clintondale and afterwards at Highland, and Philip T., who 
has lived for nearly thirty years at Binghamton and from 
whom we have this information concerning his family. 

Harvey, the last son of Hendricus, married Ellen Tooker 
and had three children, Charles, Anna and Maria. 

Going back now to the homestead at Bontecoe, Benjamin, son 
of Hendricus (i), kept the homestead. He left four sons, 
William, Abram, Benjamin and John (called Hons in Dutch). 

William lived in what has been of late years the Oscar 
Tschirkey place. He married Sarah, daughter of Reolif J. 
Elting of this village, and left a large family of sons and 
daughters, as follows : William W., Abm. W., Cornelius, 
Ezekiel, Roelif, Maria, Jane, Sarah, Bridget, Catharine and 
Rebecca. All of these married. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



279 



Benjamin lived near Springtown. He was the father of 
DeWitt Deyo of Springtown, and Tjerck and David of Mid- 
dletown. Abram lived on what is now the Evert Schoon- 
maker place. He married his cousin, a Freer, and had but 
one child, who left no children. John lived part of the time 
on the Abm. W. Deyo place; part of the time on the Evert 
Schoonmaker place and also in the stone house east of the 
Bontecoe schoolhouse. His wife was Catrina Kritsinger. His 
sons were Stephen, Benjamin I., John, Levi, Moses and Chris- 
tian of Rochester. 



28o HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 



CHAPTER XXIV 

The DuBois Family at New Paltz 

Louis DuBois, the leader of the Huguenot settlers at New 
Paltz, was born at W'icres, near Lille, in the province of Artois 
(in French Flanders), October 27, 1626. The farm of his 
father Cretien is still pointed out. 

Louis moved to Alanheim, on the Rhine, the capital of the 
Palatinate or Paltz, a little principality, now incorporated in 
Baden, and there he married Catharine Blanshan, the daughter 
of Matthew Blanshan, a burgher residing there. 

To Louis DuBois and his wife there were born a numerous 
family of children, as follows : Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, 
David, Solomon, Louis, Matthew. Other children died before 
reaching mature years. Of these children Abraham and Isaac 
were born at Manheim and the rest in Ulster county. Man- 
heim was at that time a refuge for the Protestants from the 
neighboring parts of France, and Baird in his "Huguenot 
Emigration," says that the LeFevres, Hasbroucks, Crispells, 
etc., were associated with Louis DuBois at Manheim. The 
exact date of the emigration to America and the name of the 
ship are not known, but the time was certainly between 1658 
and 1661. At the latter date he was residing at Hurley, and 
his third son, Jacob, was presented for baptism at the church 
at Kingston, as still shown by the church register, that being 
one of the earliest entries. In 1663, June 10, Hurley and part 
of Kingston were burned by the Indians, and the wife of Louis 
DuBois, with three children, were among those carried away 
captive. Three months afterwards an expedition under Cap- 



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HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 281 

tain Crieger recovered the captives, surprising the Indians at 
their fort, near the Hogabergh, in Shawangunk. According 
to the tradition the discovery of the lowlands along the Wall- 
kill during this expedition led to the settlement at New Paltz 
in 1678. 

Louis DuBois was the first elder of the church here, and 
the first entry in the church register commencing in 1683, still 
in existence, is in his hand writing. In 1686 Louis DuBois 
returned from New Paltz to Kingston, where he bought a 
house and resided ten years, until his death in 1696. This 
house stood at the north-west corner of John street and Clin- 
ton avenue, near the late residence of F. L. Westbrook. 

About two years before Louis DuBois moved from Kings- 
ton to New Paltz his brother Jacques came to America. He 
died soon after, in 1676. His descendants located in Dutchess 
county. 

Not long before his death Louis deeded to his youngest 
son, Matthew, a certain tract of land in Kingston. The orig- 
inal document is in the possession of Mr. Julius Schoonmaker 
and is as follows : 

To all Christian people To whom this Shall or May Come 
Lowies dubois of Kingston in ye County of ulster and 
Catharina his wife Sendeth greeting. 

Whereas the said Lowies duboys and Catharine his Wife for 
Divers good Causes and Considerations them thereunto moving 
but more & Especially for and Inconsideration of a Certaine 
Summe or quantity of One thousand and five hundred Schuyp- 
ples of Wheat to them in hand payd before the Ensealing 
and Delivery of these presents by Matthew duboys Jongest 
Sunn of them the said Lowies duboys & Catharina his Wife 
have Bargained, Sold, alienated enfeofed, assigned and Sett- 



282 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

over, and by these presents doe Bargain, Sell, alienate Enfeofe 
assign and Settover unto the Said Matthew Duboys the Right 
halfe of ye Certaine tract or parcell of Land Situate, Lying & 
being uppon hooly peece betwixt the Land of Hyman & Jan 
Roos and the Land of Lammert huylandss and now in the pos- 
session of Jacob duboys. Likewise a house, barne & lot of 
ground in ye towne of Kingstowne betwixt the housing & 
ground of Coll. Henricus Beekman & Saloman Duboys. Like- 
wise a small piece of pasture Land to ye east side of the towne 
of Kingstowne afous'd betwizt ye ground of sd Henricus Beek- 
man and Wessel Ten Broeck; To have and to hold the said 
tract or Parcel of Land, house and lot of ground and pasture 
Land unto the Said Matthew Duboys his heirs and assigns and 
to the Only proper use benefit and behoofs of him the Said 
Matthew Duboys his heirs and assigns for ever, and the Said 
Matthew Duboys to Enter in peaceable possession of ye Said 
Land When hee shall Come to ye age of one & twenty years, 
and the house, pasture Land, &c., O — after the Decease of 
them the Said Lowies Duboys and Catharina his Wife havfe 
hereunto Sett their hands and Affixed their seals. 

In Kingstowne this 22d day of February, 1695-6. 

Lowies du boys, (seal) 
Catharina duboys. (seal) 

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of 

Jan Burhans, 
Marttys Slecht, 
W, D. Myer. 

In the presence of Me 

Jacob Rutsen. 



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HISTORY OF NEW PA LIZ 283 

The last will of Louis DuBois, as recorded in the Surro- 
gate's office of the County of New York, is in Dutch, dated 
March 26, 1694, and was proved July 13, 1697. A previous 
will is as follows, made at the time of his removal from New 
Paltz to Kingston : 

In the name of God, Amen, the one and thirtieth day of 
March, Anno Domini, 1686, I, Louis Du bois, of the New Paltz 
in the County of Ulster, being both sound in body and of good 
and perfect memory, thanks be to the Almighty, and calling 
to remembrance the uncertain Estate of this transitory life, 
and that all flesh must yield unto death whom it shall please 
God to call ; doe make, constitute, ordain and declare this my 
last will and testament, in manner following: Revoking and 
annuling, by these presents, all and every testament and testa- 
ments, will and wills, hertofore by me made and declared either 
by word or writing, and this to be my last will and testament. 
Imprims : I will that all my just debts shall be paid within a 
convenient time after my decease, and what there shall be 
found afterwards belonging to my Estate, shall be equally 
dealt among my children ! but my two oldest sons desiring to 
have each of them a part of the land of the New Paltz, more 
than the other sons by reason their names are upon the Patent, 
but they will be content to deale equally with my other children, 
whether in land, houses, or any other sort of goods whatso- 
ever belonging to my said Estate, as well as the lands of the 
Paltz that I have bought for me and after my death and their 
mother's decease, shall be dealt equally amongst them, (to 
wit,) Three parts lying and being situated in the New Paltz, 
but if they (to wit) my two eldest sons will each of them have 
a part of the land lying in the New Paltz, they may have it 
after myn and their mother's death, with condition they shall 
pay for the said land with all the interest of the same, unto the 



284 HISTOliV OF NEW FALTZ 

other of my children, and shall not inherit any of the other 
land, houses, or any other sort of goods belonging to my said 
Estate, but them that have house lots and have built thereon, 
shall keep the same vipon condition that the other of my chil- 
dren shall have so much land instead thereof, in such con- 
venient places as may be found most expedient for them in 
any place belonging to my said Estate. Myn wife, their 
mother, shall have the ordering of the Estate, that is to say, to 
have the profits and perquisites of the same, so long as she re- 
maineth the widow, but in case she cometh to remarry, that she 
shall have the one right half of the whole Estate, either lands, 
houses, or any other goods or chattels, whatsoever belong to 
my said Estate, and the other half shall be amongst the chil- 
dren aforesaid, equally dealt, except my two eldest sons, which, 
if they will have the Lotts above mentioned, must pay for the 
same with the interest of the said land, and shall have no other 
part in my said Estate, that is my last will and testament and 
no other, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
seal the day and year first above written. Louys du bois. 

Signed and sealed in presence of 

Arent Tennisson, 
Dirck Schepmoes. 

Entered upon record 19th May, 1686. 

Examined per John Ward, 

D'p't crk. 

Louis was not only a very extensive land owner but a money 
lender likewise, and the writer has in his possession several 
receipts in his handwriting and with his signature for loans 
repaid to Louis in his later years. , 



HIST O R Y O F .V E JV P A LT Z 285 




RECEIPTS WITH SIGNATURE OF LOUIS DU BOIS, THE PATENTEE 



286 H I STO R Y OF NEW PALTZ 

Some time after her husband's death, and when she was 
about 63 years of age, Louis' widow married Jean Cottin, a 
very worthy Huguenot, who kept a store at Kingston and 
had been previously the schoohiiaster at New Paltz. 

In the year 1703 we find recorded in the church book at 
Kingston the following interesting entry in the list of bap- 
tisms, under date of September 5th: 

"Rachel after profession of her faith she received 

the sacrament of holy baptism, aged 17 years. Besides the 
points required of her in the formula of baptism she also 
promised the congregation to serve her mistress Catharine 
Cottyn faithfully and diligently until the death of her mistress 
and after that to serve her master Jan Cottyn and after that 
she shall be at liberty and free." 

The old Dutch dominie, who recorded all this in the church 
book, performed a valuable deed for history and for the de- 
scendants of Louis DuBois, the Patentee. L'sually the church 
record contained simply the name of the child baptised, the 
parents, and sponsors ; but here we have the evidence that the 
woman who, in her early married years, saved her life by 
singing a psalm, while the savages were preparing to burn 
her at the stake, now in her old age manumitted her negro 
woman. This is perhaps the very first recorded instance in 
this country of the freeing of a slave. 

Louis DuBois, the Patentee, had been dead seven years; 
after his death his widow had married that good old French 
mierchant of Kingston, Jean Cottin, who when he died left 
much property to the church. The families of her seven sons, 
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, Louis, Jr., and Mat- 
thew, were living at New Paltz, Rochester, Hurley and Kings- 
ton, but it was to none of these that her negro girl should go 



HISTO R Y OF N E W P ALT Z 287 

as a slave. Mrs. Cottin was an old woman. It was not to 
be supposed in the course of nature that she or her husband 
could live many years. In all probability by the time the 
negro girl reached the age of 25 she became a free woman 
by the act of her mistress. 

We have said that Louis' sons were Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 
David, Solomon, Louis and Matthew. 

Of these sons Matthew settled in Kingston, where his de- 
scendants still reside. David located in the town of Rochester, 
where he left a line of descendants. Jacob settled on a farm 
of his father in old Hurley, where he left a large family, and 
bis second son, Louis, settled in Monmouth county, N. J., and 
was the father of Rev. Benj. DuBois of Revolutionary fame. 
I'atterson DuBois of Philadelphia is of Jacob's line. The 
other four sons, Abraham, Isaac, Solomon and Louis. Jr., 
remained at New Paltz. Although Isaac was only about 18 
years of age and his brother Abm. hardly 21, they were both 
associated with their father as members of the 12 patentees 
of New Paltz in 1677. 



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DOCUMENT WITH SIGNATURE OF ABRAHAM DU DOIS, THE PATENTEE 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 289 



CHAPTER XXV 

Abraham DuBois, the Patentee 

Abraham DuBois married Tvlargaret Deyo, (laughter of 
Christian Deyo, the Patentee. They left a family of children, 
the eldest of whom, also named Abraham, was baptised in 
1685. He settled in the County of Somerset, N. J. There was 
but one other son, Joel, who died in 1734 and left no family. 
One daughter of Abm. DuBois, the Patentee, married Roelif 
Elting, the first of the name at New Paltz ; another daughter, 
Katharine, born in 1693, married Wm. Donalson and located 
in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Another daughter, Leah, 
married Philip Ferrie and moved with him to Lancaster 
county. Pa., where her father had obtained a patent for i,ooo- 
acres of land. i\nother daughter, Rachel, married her cousin, 
Isaac, son of Solomon DuBois, and likewise moved to Lan- 
caster county, Pennsylvania. 

Abm. DuBois was the last survivor of the 12 patentees of 
New Paltz, a fact that is stated on his tombstone, which is stil! 
standing in the old graveyard in this village. He died in 1731. 

Anong the old records at Albany is an abstract of the will 
of Abm. DuBois, survivor of the New Paltz Patentees. The 
will, which was probated in 1731, mentions the wife Alargaret, 
the sons Abraham and Joel, the daughters Sara (wife of Roelif 
Eltinge) Leah (wife of Philip Ferree) Rachel and Catharine. 
The will disposes of land on the Raritan in New Jersey, on the 
south side of the Paltz River (Walkill) at New Paltz, at Can- 
istoga and house and lot at New Paltz ; also personal property. 
19 



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290 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

The executors are the son Abraham and the son-in-law RoeHf 
Eltinge. Daniel DuBois is one of the witnesses. 

Edmund Eltinge had in his possession two ancient documents 
relating to Abram DuBois and his children. One of them is 
an inventory containing a "true and perfect description of all 
ye goods, rights and credits of Joel Dubois, late of the county 
of Ulster in ye province of New York, deceased, taken by 
Abraham DuBois of ye county of Summerset, in the province 
of New Jersey, husbandman, the only brother and administrator 
of the said Joel DuBois, deceased, this twenty-first day of June 
in the eight year of his magisty's reign, anno doni, 1734."' 

The other paper in Mr. Edmund Eltinge's possession was a 
release from the heirs of Abraham DuBois, the Patentee, to 
Roelif Elting and wife, dated A. D. 1732 and signed by 

Wm. Donaldson, 
Katharina Donaldson, 
Rachel Douboys, 
Abraham Duboys, 
Lea ferrie, 
Joel Duboies, 
Philip ferrie. 

Captain R. C. DuBois, of Washington, D. C, in 1890 vis- 
ited New Paltz to gather material for a history of the family 
of Louis DuBois, and in particular the descendants of his son 
Abram, the last survivor of the New Paltz Patentees, on his 
return stopping in Somerset county, N. J., where Abram, son 
of the New Paltz Patentee of the same name, removed and 
located. 

Capt. DuBois sa3^s : 

I found the old stone house of Abm. DuBois, son of the 
New Paltz Patentee, still standing and occupied, looking as if 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 291 

it might withstand the heavy hand of centuries yet to come. 
It stands within the shadow of the mountain from the heights 
of which Washington watched the movements of Lord Howe 
and the British in the attempts of the latter to reach Philadel- 
phia. I found also that two of the grandsons of Abram the 
Second were in the service and on the right side. 

Another grandson made the first dies for the mint at Phila- 
delphia. Thus one of the descendants of Louis and Abram 
DuBois helped to lay the foundation for the U. S. Mint, which 
was not established until about nine years later. 



292 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 




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TOMBSTONE OF ABRAHAM DU BOIS, THE PATENTEE 



HISTORY OF N E IV F A L 7 Z 293 



CHAPTER XXVI 

The Fa^[ily of Isaac DuBois, One of the Xew Paltz 

Patentees 

Isaac DuBois, the second son of Louis, was the youngest of 
the New Paltz patentees. He was born at Alanheim about 
1659. He was about two years old wiien his pareiits came 
to Kingston, and about eighteen years old when they came to 
New Paltz. In 1683 he married, at Kingston, Mary, daughter 
of Jean Plasbrouck, the Patentee. Seven years afterwards he 
died "at his home in Paltz." as is briefly stated in the church 
book, leaving two sons, Daniel, born April 28. 1684, and Philip, 
born in 1690; another son, Benjamin, having died young. 
Daniel's baptism is the first one recorded on the old French 
church book at New Paltz. Of the son Philip we have no 
further account except that he married Esther, daughter of 
Peter Gumaer of Minnisinck,' settled at Rochester and left no 
son. One daughter, Esther, married Louis Bevier of Marble- 
town. Daniel married. June 8, 1713, Mary, daughter of Simon 
LeFevre, the Patentee. 

The following release from Mary, widow of the Patentee, 
to her son Daniel is found among the old papers in the family : 

Know all men by these presents that I Mary Dubois of the 
new Paltz in County of I'lster widdow and Relict of Isaac 
Dubois late of the same i)lace deceased for divers good Causes 
me thereunto moving but more and Especiall}' for a Compe- 
tent sume of good and Lawful money to me in hand paid by 
my son Daniel Dubois of the new paltz aforesaid have given 
granted Released devised and forever (|uit claimed and do 



294 HISTORY O F N E W P ALT Z 

hereby Release and forever quit claim unto the sd Daniel 
Dubois his heirs and assigns forever all my right title claim 
interest and demand whatsoever which I now have or might 
could or ought to have of out in or to all and singular the real 
estate of lands and buildings situate and being within the 
bounds and limits of the township of new paltz which did 
belong unto my said deceased husband in his lifetime to have 
to hold the same unto the said Daniel Dubois his heirs and 
assigns forever to the sole and only proper use benefit and 
behoof of him the said Daniel Dubois his heirs and assigns 
forever In witness whereof the said Mary Dubois hath here- 
unto putt iier hand and scale in the new paltz this fourteenth 
day of February, annoy Dom. 1718-9. 

Mary Dubois, 
her M mark. 

Sealed and delivered In the presence of us, 

Solomon dubois, 
Louis bevier le jun, 
W. Nottingham. 

Daniel, Son of Isaac 

In 1705 Daniel built the old stone house or fort which is still 
standing, with its iron figures, showing the date of erection^ 
and the port holes in the eastern walls for safety against In- 
dian attacks, and the window high up on the western wall. 
We find Daniel's name in the list of freeholders in 1728; also 
in the release from the proprietors of the Paltz Patent to Solo- 
mon DuBois, in 1729. Daniel died in 1755. His tombstone 
in the old graveyard in this village bears simply the date and 
the initials D. D. B. 



J] I ST O R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 295 




THE OLD J)U BOIS HOUSE OK FoKT IN THIS VILLAGE 



296 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

Among tlie old family papers is found a will of Daniel, in 
French, dated in 1729. The writing is very plain and legible. 
Another will, in English, is dated 1747 and is as follows: 

]n the Name of God amen the twelve day of September in 
the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & 
forty seven I Daniel Dubois of the new palyes in the County 
of Ulster and province of New York being sick of body but 
sound memory and understanding Praised be God for it Call- 
ing to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is 
appointed for all men once to die and being Desirous to Settle 
tilings in order Do Revoke all former wills and Testaments by 
me in any ways and manner before this time made named 
Avilled Devised and bequeathed Ratified and Confirm this and 
no other to be my last will and Testament That is to say Prin- 
cipaly and first of all I Give and bequeath my Immortal Soul 
into the hands of almighty God my Creator that Gave it hoping 
by the meritorious Death and passion of Jesus Christ my sole 
Saviour and only Redeemer to Receive pardon and full Re- 
mission for all my Sins and my body to the Earth from whence 
it Came to be buried in Christian Like & Decent mani'ier at the 
Discretion of my Executors herein named &: nominated nothing 
Doubting but I shall Receive the same again at the General 
Day of Resurrection by the almighty power of God. and as 
touching such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless 
me wdth in this world I give Devise and Dispose of the same 
in the following manner and f(n-m Imprimis I do order and 
appoint that my Just and Honest Debts be by my Executors 
within Convenient time paid and satisfied Item it is my will 
and order that my two sons Benjamin and Isaac Dubois Shall 
have as good an outfit as my Son Simon has had Item I give 
and Bequeath unto Alaritie my dearly beloved wife all my whole 
Estate real and personal during her natural Lifetime and after 



HISTORY OF N E W P A LT Z 297 

lier decease, to be divided among m\' children as Shall be here- 
after ordered and mentioned in this my last will and Testament 
Item I give and bequeath unto my eldest Son Benjamin Dubois 
his heirs and assigns for Ever first out of my stock of horses 
one horse the choice of all my horses in Consideration as being 
my eldest son on which account he shall not have or pretend 
to have any thing more by any ways or pretences whatsoever 
Item I give and bequeath unto my Three Sons all the rest of 
my stock of horses to be Equally divided amongst them share 
and share alike Item I give and bequeath unto my four chil- 
dren all my Remainder and Remainders of all my Estate Real 
and personal to be ecjually divided amongst them share and 
-hare alike Each and e(|ual fourth part of all my Estate that 
is to say to my Son Benjamin Dubois his heirs and assigns for 
Ever one fourth part of my Estate to my son Simon Dubois 
his heirs and assigns for Ever one fourth part of my Estate 
to my son Isack Dubois his heirs and assigns for Ever one 
fourth part of my estate to my daughter Elizabeth wife of 
Abraham doyoe to her heirs and assigns for Ever one fourth 
part of my estate Item it is my will and order that if any of 
my children shall come to die without having any Lawful 
children then that share or fourth part shall be divided into 
Three equal Shares amongst the rest of my children to them 
their heirs and assigns for Ever and in case any of the Brothers 
or Sisters being dead and Leaving children behind them their 
children shall have their fathers or mothers share shall be 
divided amongst the Children share and share alike Item I 
do order constitute and appoint my wife Marietie and my four 
children as follows — Benjamin Dubois Simon Debois Isack 
Dubois and my daughter Elizabeth doyoe above named to be 
my Executors of this my last will and Testament and that 
■every part and parcel hereof may be performed and fulfilled 



298 H I STO R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 



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TOMBSTONE OF DANIEL DU BOIS IN OLD GRAVE YARD IN THIS VILLAGE. 



H 1 ST R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 299 

In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal the 
day and year above written. 

Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the 
Said Daniel DuBois to be his last w^ill and testament In 
the presence of 

Samuel Bevier 

daniel hasbrouck Daniel Dubois [sj 

Charles Brodhead 

Josia Eltinge. 

Simon DuBois 

Daniel left three sons, Simon, Isaac and Benjamin, and one 
daughter, Elizabeth, who married Abraham Deyo (2) and 
lived with him in this village. We know nothing further 
concerning Isaac. Simon married Catharine LeFevre and kept 
the homestead of his father. Benjamin married Maria Bevier 
and lived either at Springtown or in the stone house still stand- 
ing on the farm adjoining the Peter D. LeFevre place on the 
south. In the list of slaveholders, in 1755. Simon DuBois is 
mentioned as the owner of three male and three female slaves 
and Benjamin the owner of three slaves. In the tax list of 
1765 we find Simon assessed for ±42 and Benjamin for £29. 
We find Simon's name as one of the Duzine in 1772. The old 
homestead in this village has remained in the possession of 
Simon's family until the present day. We have in our pos- 
session an ancient paper, being the official record of the town 
election at New Paltz, in 1749, which was held at tlie house 
of Simon DuBois. and contains his signature. It is endorsed 
"Paltz election 1749, filed Alay 2d." It is in English and a 
transcript is as follows : 

At the annual election of the freeholders and Inhabitants of 
the township of the New P^altz on the first Tuesday of April 



300 // / 6' T O RV or N E II ' P A L T Z 

Annoq: Dom : 1749 the following persons were duely chosen 
and elected by a plurality of Voices of said towns freeholders 
to serve the said town in the soovrall offices which they were 
■chosen is as followeth \"t : 

Constable — Jacobus Covier. 
' Supervisor — Abraham Hardonborgh. 

\ Evort terwellego. 

Assessors -1 -, . -.-1.- 

I JosiavS Eltrnge 

Collector — Xoah Eltinge. 

Surveyors of Highway — Petrus Low. 

( Abraham Rosa. 
Overseers of the Poor 1 . , . ^ r 

( Abranam Lesfover. 

[ Josias Eltinge. 

Fence \ iewcrs a Isaac Freer. 

' Hendrikus Dubois. 

The Election was Kooj) r)y me the under Written Simon 
Dubois as Constable Pme. Simon Dubois. 

There are a number of other papers of Simon Dubois that 
have come down in the family until the present day and have 
been stored in the old trunk for perhaps 150 years. Simon 
Dubois' sons were Joseph, Daniel (called A'elche), who kept 
the homestead in this village; Isaac and Andries, the two 
latter being twins. Simon also had one daughter, Cornelia, 
who married Josaphat Hasbrouck, and another daughter, 
Mary, who married Jacobus Rose. 

Daniel married Catharine Bessimer. They had no children. 
The old homestead in his day is described as an old-fashioned 
one-story house with a basement, the entrance to which was 
directly ofif the street. An old gentleman informs us that 
when he was a boy there was no fire in the church on Sundays 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 301 

and it was customary for people to have foot-stoves to keep 
warm while attending Divine service. At the DuBois house 
a good fire of hickory wood was kept burning on Sunday morn- 
ing that people might have good coals to put in the foot-stoves. 

Isaac, son of Simon and brother of Daniel, married Rebecca 
Deyo. They lived for a time at what has been of late years 
the W'm. E. DuBois place, where they had a grist mill. They 
then moved to Chenango county, but not liking the country 
there moved back to Ulster county. It is related that Mrs. 
DuBois in going to Chenango, aided by pushing on the wagon 
at different places, and in returning was so desirous of getting 
back to Ulster county that she lent her aid in the same manner. 
After coming back from Chenango Isaac built what is now the 
Nathan Townsend house at Centerville, where he lived a long 
time and ended his days. This house was built of stone, but 
has been since sided over. 

In the Revolutionary War Isaac served as a private in Capt. 
Abraham Deyo's company in the Third Ulster County Regi- 
ment. Isaac DuBois left four sons : Joseph, who lived on 
South street in the town of Lloyd and afterwards moved to 
Michigan ; Simon, who kept his father's homestead, now the 
Nathan Townsend place at Centerville ; Daniel who took the 
place of his uncle Daniel in this village; and Henry I., who 
lived at Ohioville. Simon, at Centerville, was twice married. 
By his first wife he had one son, Abraham, who sold the house 
to Nathan Townsend and bought a farm in the Grahow neigh- 
borhood. By his second wife, whose maiden name was Poyer, 
Simon had two daughters. 

Daniel DuBois always lived in the homestead of his fathers 
in this village which had come to V'm from his uncle Daniel. 
He married Magdalene Hasbrouck. Daniel's children were 
John W., Daniel, Melissa, who married Benjamin Relyea, and 



302 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

Mary, whose heirs now own and occupy the old homestead. 
Daniel rebuilt the old stone house, but the walls of the lower 
portion of the house have been left unchanged and the port 
holes in the eastern and northern walls remain to the present 
day. 

AxDRiES DuBois 

Isaac's twin brother, Andries, located at Highland where he 
had a mill, now the Philip Schantz mill. His wife was Mary 
Deyo, sister of his brother Isaac's wife. Andries was a stone 
mason and with his own hands built the stone house in which 
he lived and which is still standing. Andries left but one son, 
Joseph, who died in the army in the war of 1812, leaving one 
daughter, who married Daniel Tooker of Marlborough. An- 
dries had four daughters : Phebe, married Job G. Elmore ; 
Ellen, married Reuben Deyo ; Elizabeth, married Samuel Dun- 
can ; Rachel, married Arthur Doren and kept the mill, and 
Catharine, married Dr. Deyo and after his death Isaac Craft. 

Hon. Andrew E. Elmore, of Fort Howard, Wis., was born 
in the old stone house of his grandfather, Andries DuBois, 
and was named for him. From Mr. Elmore we have our in- 
formation concerning this branch of the family. At the age 
of eighty-one Mr. Elmore visited the National capital, and on 
his return stopped at Highland to visit his old home. He 
likewise drove to New Paltz to see friends and to take another 
look at the old DuBois house, the house of his mother's an- 
cestor's and in the attic of which, before it was rebuilt, he 
had slept when a child. 

Joseph DuBois 

Joseph, the youngest son of Simon and brother of Daniel, 
Isaac and Andries, married Mary Hardenburgh and lived 



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303 



about two miles north of this village on what has been known 
of late years as the JNIoses P. LeFevre place. Joseph had one 
son, Hardenburgh, and one daughter who married Daniel 
Bevier of Ireland Corners. Hardenburgh kept store for a time, 
about 1830, in what is now the Huguenot bank building. 

Benjamin DuBois 

We will now go back to Benjamin, grandson of Isaac the 
Patentee and son of Daniel. Benjamin left his brother Simon 
in possession of the homestead in this village and located on 
the other side of the Wallkill in the Springtown neighborhood. 
His wife was Maria Bevier. Benjamin's children w^ere Daniel, 
who married Catharine LeFevre ; Anna, who married Peter 

Freer; Abraham, who married Bevier, and Samuel, 

who married Jane LeFevre. All located in the town of New 
Paltz as it then existed, and in the Springtown neighborhood 
their descendants lived, — some of them till the present time. 
Benjamin's oldest son, Daniel, married Catharine LeFevre and 
lived in the old stone house adjoining the Peter D. LeFevre 
place on the south, and here his only son, Abraham, lived after 
him. A little story that dates back about 100 years illus- 
trates the customs of those times. Daniel's cousin Isaac, son 
of Simon, had come to visit him. Each had a horse of which 
he was proud and each claimed that his own horse was the 
better of the two. So to settle the question the two cousins, 
both of whom were then old men, decided to have a test on the 
ice on the Wallkill at once. The horses were hitched up forth- 
with, but the question as to which had the better horse was 
never settled as one horse fell into an air hole and w^as drowned. 

Abraham, who was Daniel's only son, married Anna Le- 
Fevre of Bloomingdale. He died in middle age. His sons 
were Daniel A., Simon L., Benjamin and Samuel. Abraham 



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had a daughter who married Maurice Hasbrouck, another 
married Alexander Elting and another married Alathusaleni 
Wurts. The two last named moved to the vicinity of Auburn 
in western New York. The fourth daughter. Margaret, re- 
mained unmarried and was the last survivor of the family. 
Samuel DuBois, son of Benjamin, married Jane LeFevre,. 
as we have said. He lived in a stone house at Springtown, 
on a hill west of Tjerick Deyo's late residence and owned sev- 
eral hundred acres of land. There is an old graveyard near 
by. The sons of Samuel were John S., Abraham and Peter. 
John S. is the father of Samuel J. 




HOUSE OF BENJAMIN DUBOIS, GRANDSON OF ISAAC, THE PATENTEE^ 
ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF SPRINGTOWN, AFTERWARDS OCCU- 
PIED BY HIS SON DANIEL AND GRANDSON ABRAHAM. 



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HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 305 

CHAPTER XXVII 

Solomon DuBois, Son of Louis the Patentee 

Solomon DuBois was born in 1670, while his parents re- 
sided in Hurley. He married, about 1692, Tryntje Gerritson, 
who was the daughter of Gerrit Cornelissen. Solomon built 
his house near where Capt. W. H. D. Blake now resides. He 
died in 1759 at the great age of 89 years. We do not know 
where he is buried. Solomon was a man of much influence, 
was an officer in the New Paltz church, occupied civil trusts, 
and accumulated much landed property not only at New Paltz, 
but in Greene county and at Perkiomen, Chester county, now 
Lancaster county. Pa. Louis DuBois, the Patentee, received 
June 2, 1688, from Gov. Dongan, a patent for a large tract of 
land, on which his sons Solomon and Louis Jr. located, lying 
on both sides of the Wallkill. Solomon's house, built on this 
tract, was quite probably the first house built outside of the 
village. From a tax list laid by the provincial government, 
which included a tax on chimneys, it appeared that Solomon's 
house had two chimneys. 

Outside of our village there is no place in Southern Ulster 
of more interest to the antiquarian than this farm occupied by 
Capt. W. H. D. Blake. This neighborhood was called by our 
grandfathers by the Indian name of Poughwoughtenonk. Here, 
on the patent granted to Louis DuBois, his sons, Solomon and 
Louis, Jr., lived. Here stood the Conferentie church just 
before the Revolution. Across the Wallkill, at the mouth of 
the Plattekill, was the last Indian village in this vicinity. The 
homestead of Louis DuBois, Jr., who resided a short distance 
south, was broken up and passed out of the family long, long 
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3o6 HISTORY OF NE W P ALT Z 

ago. The site of the house even can not be determined. But 
the homestead of his brother Solomon descended from genera- 
tion to generation of DuBoises till about 1880. 

Josiah DuBois is still well remembered. He lived to be 87 
years of age and in his olden days loved to tell of the days of 
our forefathers. The writer has still a very distinct recol- 
lection of a visit to Uncle Josiah's home in his early childhood 
and of the stories he told of the old times and old people. 
Even to the present day a considerable portion of the stories of 
the olden times are related on the authority of Josiah DuBois, 

The homestead at Poughwoughtenonk has passed out of the 
possession of the DuBois family, but it has a worthy owner in 
Capt. W. H. D. Blake, who seems to possess all the love of the 
ancient traditions of Josiah DuBois, who in 1822 built the 
brick house in which Capt. Blake now resides. 

Near the bank of the Wallkill a short distance up the stream 
is the cellar of the house of Solomon DuBois. The knocker 
on the door always bore the initials S. D. B. From Solomon 
this house passed to his son, Cornelius, Sr., who left a rather 
singular will, providing that his only son, Cornelius, Jr., should 
have all his real estate during his life time, but after his death 
his six sisters or their heirs should have their share. The 
landed estate amounted to about 3,000 acres, lying on both 
sides of the Wallkill. One of the daughters of the first Cor- 
nelius, named Sarah, had married Jacob Hasbrouck of j\Iarble- 
town. Under the arrangement for the division of the Pough- 
woughtenonk estate her son, Dr. Cornelius Hasbrouck, the 
father of Airs. Peter Barnhart, deceased, of New Paltz, be- 
came the owner of this old house, which was torn down in his 
time. 

Solomon left a family of four sons and four daughters. 
The sons were Isaac, who settled at Perkiomen, Pa., Benjamin, 



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who settled at Catskill, and Cornelius and Hendricus. who 
settled on their father's estate in Ulster county. Solomon's 
daughters married as follows : Jacomyntje married her cousin 
Barent, son of Jacob ; Sarah married Simon Van Wagenen, 
Kingston ; Helena married Josiah Elting of New Paltz, and 
Catharine married Peter Low of New Paltz. 

The name of Solomon DuBois appears with the title of 
lieutenant in the documentary history of New York, Vol. Ill, 
page 972, and he is credited with active military service. He 
was one of the trustees of the corporation of Kingston in 
1695-6 and he probably lived there for several years before 
locating at Poughwoughtenonk. 

Solomon's son Isaac, who settled at Perkiomen, Lancastcr 
county, Pennsylvania, married his cousin Rachel, daughter of 
Abraham, the Patentee. They left no sons, but had a family 
of four daughters, Catharine. Margaret, Rebecca and Eliza- 
beth. One of the descendants of Isaac DuBois is Mr. Samuel 
E. Gross of Chicago, who has shown himself one of the warm- 
est friends of the New Paltz Pluguenot Memorial Society. 

Solomon's son Benjamin married, in 1721, Catharine Suy- 
lant and settled at Catskill in what was then a portion of 
Albany county about 1727. 

They had a large family of children, several of whom were 
born before their location at Catskill. The sons were Petrus, 
Benjamin, Solomon, Huybartus, Cornelius and Isaac. 

The DuBois family flourished at Catskill. But we shall not 
in this portion of the book trace the fortunes of the New Paltz 
families outside of Ulster county. 

A carefully-written history of the descendants of Benjamin 
DuBois of Catskill has been published by one of their num- 
ber, Rev. Dr. Anson DuBois, who is spending an honored old 
age at Newburgh. 



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REV. DR. ANSON DU BOIS 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 309 

The matter of making good the title of Louis DuBois, Jr., 
and Solomon DuBois to the tract, on which they resided, as 
far as any possible claims by the proprietors of the Paltz patent 
were concerned, was perfected in 1729, as shown by an ancient 
quit claim in possession of the late Edmund Kltinge in which 
it is stated that for the sum of sixpence the owners of the Paltz 
patent release unto Solomon and Louis DuUois all claims 
upon the tract granted unto Louis DuBois, of Kingston, de- 
ceased, by Thomas Dongan, late Governor, lying on both sides 
of the Paltz river and extending from the lands of said Paltz 
to the lands of James Graham and John Delavoll. (That is 
the Guilford Patent.) This document is signed 

Jacob Hasbrouk, Solomon Hasbroucq, 

Daniel Hasbroucq, Isaac lefevre, 

Daniel DuBois, Jan een, 

Samuel Bevier, Abraham Doiau, 

Andre lefevre, Louis bevier, 

jean lefevre, his 

Hugo X ffrear. 
mark 

(These names are interesting as showing the quaint orthog- 
raphy of those days, showing also who were the Dusine in 
1729.) 

The Descendants of Solomon DuBois 

at poughwoughtenonk 

Solomon DuBois, as we have stated, left two sons, Cornelius 
and Hendricus, who settled on the ancestral acres. The for- 
mer married Margaret Houghtaling. He inherited 3,000 acres 
from his father's estate which was called Poughwoughtenonk, 



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and here he resided. He left a family of three sons, Wilhel- 
mus, Josiah and Cornelius, and six daughters. The last named 
son was the only one who married and outlived his father. 

In Solomon's will, which was made in 1756 and admitted to 
probate in 1759, he gives to his four granddaughters, children 
of his son Isaac, all the land at Perkiomen, Pa., to his son 
Benjamin his land at Catskill, but requiring him to pay iioo 
divided equally between his daughter Helena, wife of Josiah 
Elting, and the children of his daughter Catharine, wife of 
Peter Low. The will gives the son Cornelius the lands occu- 
pied by him on the patent granted to his father and likewise 
a moiety of the New Paltz patent, but requires him to pay iioa 
to his sisters or their heirs. The will gives to the son Hen- 
dricus the lands in his possession within the patent granted to 
the testator's father, Louis DuBois, the Patentee, also a moiety 
of the New Paltz patent, but requires him to pay iioo to his 
sisters. The testator provides, moreover, that if any of his 
children or grandchildren shall commence a law suit against 
other of his children on account of dissatisfaction with the 
will they shall forfeit their share of the estate. The sons^ 
Benjamin and Hendricus, and John Elting of Kingston are 
appointed executors of the will. 

The six daughters married as follows: Janitje married- 
Major Jacob Hasbrouck of New Paltz, Catharine married 
Col. Jonathan Hasbrouck of Newburgh, Rachel married Col. 
Lewis DuBois of Marlborough, Leah married Cornelius Wyn- 
koop of Hurley, Sarah married Jacob Hasbrouck of Marble- 
town and Jacomintje married Andries Bevier of Wawarsing. 
Cornelius, Jr., occupied his father's homestead. In the Revo- 
lutionary war he served as quartermaster in the 4th Regiment 
of Militia, of which his brother-in-law Jonathan Hasbrouck of 
Newburgh, was colonel. He married Gertrude Bruyn. He 



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311 



left one son, Josiah, who married, and a family of daughters, 
who married as follows : Jane married Jacob Hardenburgh 
of New Paltz, Margaret married Abm. J. Hardenburgh of 
Shawangunk, Sarah married John N. LeFevre of Kettlel)oro,. 
Hannah married Andries J. LeFevre of Kettleboro, ^f ary mar- 
ried Wm. McDonald of Wawarsing. 

Josiah DuBois in his younger days carried on the mercantile 
business in what is now the Memorial House in this village in 
partnership with Col. Josiah Hasbrouck, whose daughter, Eliza- 
beth, he married as his first wife. About 1822 he left New 
Paltz and moved to the ancestral acres where he erected the 
fine brick house, still standing, and here he lived until his 
death in 1868, at the great age of ^y years. After the death 
of his first wife he married Catharine Winfield, of Peconosink 
in the town of Shawangunk. The children by the first wife 
were Sarah, who married Rev. Mr. Easton, and Pamela, who 
married Abner Hasbrouck. The children by the second wife 
were Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Isaac Reeve; Gilbert, Edward,. 
Josiah, Antoinette and Jane, wife of Dr. William Pierson. 

Hendricus DuBois 

Going back now to Hendricus, the other son of Solomon, 
we find that he married Janet je Houghtaling. He lived on 
what is now known as the Capt. Jacob M. DuBois place. 
Hendricus had a family of four sons, Solomon, Philip, Ma- 
thusalem and Henry (sometimes called Hendricus), and four 
daughters, Catharine, Leah, Rachel and Dina, all of whom 
married as follows : Catharine married Matthew DuBois, Leah 
married Christopher Kiersted, Rachel married John A. Har- 
denburgh and Dinah married Abram Elting. 

In the building of the Conferentia church, which was situ- 
ated near the residence of his brother, Cornelius, Hendricus 
DuBois and Noah Elting were the most liberal contributors 



312 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

and in the organization of this church Hendricus took a very 
active part, a meeting being held at his house August 29, 1767, 
for the purpose of organizing this church. Both Hendricus 
and CorneHus were men of large means. 

The family of Hendricus DuBois were noted for their great 
size, and the saying is still remembered of an old negro man 
named Frank, who lived to be about 100 years of age, that 
more large people had come out of his house than out of any 
other house in the country. 

Three of Hendricus' sons, Solomon, Mathusalem and Henry, 
served in the Revolutionary war. The first named had his knee 
injured in some way in the army and remained lame. His 
knee would click as he walked, for which reason he was some- 
times called "Clinker." Their brother Philip kept a public 
house at Libertyville, and his widow, whose maiden name was 
Anna Hue, continued it after his death in Revolutionary times. 
Methusalem was a captain in the army and was stationed at 
Newburgh. In "New York in the Revolution" his name ap- 
pears as ensign in the 4th Ulster County Militia. He was 
twice married, his first wife being Gertrude Bruyn and his 
second Catharine Bevier. We have more stories concerning 
Mathusalem than of almost any man of that period, although 
we have no account of the battles in which he was engaged. 
After the war he was usually called "Old Captain." He lived 
in a house part wood and part stone, torn down about 1830, 
on the place lately owned by his grandson, Zachariah. The 
sword which he carried in the army came down to his grand- 
son, Peter W., of Libertyville, who allowed it to be taken to 
Indiana by one of the family. In those days there was much 
game in the country, and it is related that Captain Mathusalem 
was coming afoot to church (of course we mean the Confer- 
entia church near Mr. Blake's present residence), when he saw 
a deer lying asleep by the side of a log, and that he seized the 



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deer, and though a Httle dog that was with him kept snapping 
at his legs, while busy, he took out his pocket knife, with which 
he dispatched him. He did not go to church that day, but car- 
ried the deer home. While Captain DuBois was stationed at 
Newburgh the Indians burned Wawarsing, and it was thought 
that they would cross the mountains. It is related that an old 
colored woman in the place kept a pot of water boiling for two 
or three days, in order to give the redskins a warm reception, 
but they did not come. 

Captain Mathusalem had two sons, Wilhelmus (father of 
Peter W.) and Philip (father of Zach.), by his second wife, 
by his first wife he also had two sons, Abram, who went west, 
and Cornelius, who lived where his grandson, the late Henry 
M., resided. 

A short distance from the residence of the "Old Captain" 
was that of his brother, Henry (or Hendricus), who was a 
soldier in the patriot army in the regiment commanded by 
Col. John Cantine of Stone Ridge. H^is wife was Rebecca 
Van Wagenen. Their children were Garret, Mathusalem, 
Mary, Jane and Rebecca. Garret lived where Garret L. Du- 
Bois lately lived, on the east bank of the Wallkill. Mathu- 
salem's sons were John B., Garret, x\lex, Henry and Capt. 
Jacob M., who occupied the old family home now in ruins. 
Jane married Z. Freer, the father of Henry D. B. Rebecca 
married her cousin, Cornelius, father of Mathusalem and 
grandfather of Henry M., who occupied the old homestead, 
where his father and his grandfather lived before him. 
Garret married Maria, daughter of Roelif J. Elting. Their 
sons were Jacob G., Roelif, Henry G., and Solomon. The 
last two moved to Ohio. Jacob G. lived where his sons 
Philip D. and Solomon afterwards resided. Jacob G.'s 
wife was Cornelia Deyo. The oldest son, Henry J., went 
to Nebraska, but afterwards returned to New Paltz. 



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CHAPTER XXVIII 

The Family of Louis DuBois, Jr., Son of Louis 
THE Patentee 

Louis DuBois, Jr., was born in 1677, and in 1701 married* 
Rachel Hasbrouck. He settled on a portion of the same tract 
as his brother Solomon, which had been granted by patent to 
their father, the original Louis. Where Louis, Jr., built his 
house we do not know, but it was somewhere on the County 
House plain a little south of his brother's. The locality where 
Louis, Jr., located was called until quite recently by the Indian 
name of Nescatack, changed in modern times to Libertyville. 
In an ancient document the name of Louis, Jr., appears with- 
the title of Captain, but we have no information as to any mili- 
tary service performed by him. Louis DuBois, Jr., left three 
sons, Jonathan, Nathaniel and Louis. He also had three 
daughters, Maria, Mary and Catharine, The first named mar- 
ried Johannes Hardenburgh of Rosendale. 

Solomon and Louis DuBois, Jr., sold to Roelif Eltinge, in 
1726, the land where Edmund Eltinge resided and the 
original deed was still in Mr. Eltinge's possession. It read as 
follows : 

To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall 
or may come. Lewis DuBois and Solomon DuBois, both of 
the New Paltz, for divers, good causes and considerations, 
them thereunto moving, have remised, released, and forever 
quit-claimed and by these presents for themselves and their 
heirs do fully, freely, clearly, and absolutely remise, release 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 315. 

and forever quit-claim unto Roelif Elting, of the same place, 
yeoman, in his full and peaceable possession and to his heirs 
and assigns, forever, all such right, estate, title, interest and 
demand, forever, as they the said Lewis DuBois and Solomon 
DuBois, had or ought to have, of out, or in, to all that certain 
tract or parcel of land which, lying and being at the New Paltz 
aforesaid, on the west side of the Paltz Kil on the grant, piece 
now in possession of the said Roelif Eltinge and likewise all 
the land on the east side of the said Kill, now in possession, of 
the said Roelif Eltinge, together with the house, barn, orchards, 
pastures and all and every thing appurtenances, thereunto be- 
longing or in any wise appertaining to have and to hold the 
above remised and released premises, with all and every the 
appurtenances, thereunto belonging unto the said Roelif El- 
tinge, his heirs and assigns, forever, so that neither, they the 
said Lewis DuBois and Solomon DuBois nor their heirs, nor 
any other person from, by or under them, shall claim, chal- 
lenge or demand any right, title or interest into or to the prem- 
ises or any part thereof. 

Feb. 4, 1726-7. 

Witnesses : — 

Juryan Tappen, 
Geo. vanWagonen. 

Acknowledgement signed by Abraham Gaasbeck Chambers, 
Judge of the supreme court of common pleas. 

Gil Livingston, Clerk. 
There seems to have been some misunderstanding as to the 



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exact boundary between the Paltz patent and the DuBois patent 
occupied by Louis and Solomon, and Mr. Samuel B. Stillwell 
had among his papers, a document in the hand writing of 
the late Josiah DuBois, and copied in 1850 by him from the 
original, bearing date in 1729 and establishing the line as 
follows : 

Pursuant to his excellencies warrant dated the 13th day of 
November last to me directed, I have by the mutual consent 
and agreement of Solomon DuBois and Lewis DuBois, own- 
ers of a tract of land adjoining to the south bounds of the lands 
of the New Paltz and of Abm. DuBois, Jacob Hasbrouck, 
Daniel Hasbrouck and likewise other proprietors and owners 
of the said New Paltz, surveyed the south bounds of the lands 
of the said New Paltz as follows, viz : Beginning at a certain 
high point in the hills lying on the west side of the New Paltz 
River and from thence runs south thirty-five degrees east to 
a stone set in the ground on the east side of the highway, and 
at the west end of a small gully, which falls in the Paltz River 
and lyes between the fence of the lands of the said New Paltz 
and the lands of the said Solomon DuBois and Lewis DuBois 
which stone was allowed by both parties to have been placed 
there as a mark of the boundaries between the land of the said 
Solomon and Lewis DuBois and the lands of New Paltz and 
from the said stone down the said gully two chains and 46 
links to the Paltz river, then crossing the said river runs from 
the opposite side thereof south 56 degrees and 40 minutes east 
to the south side of Geflfrow's hook and the north east corner 
of John Barbour's land on Hudson River. Given under my 
hand, this 7th day of April in the second year of his majesty's 
reign, Anno Dom. 1729. 

Copy Caldwallader Golden, Jr. 






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P. S. The stone referred to is marked on the north side 
P. L. (meaning I think Paltz hmits) on the south side D. D. B. 
There are more such stones on the same Hne, on the east 
side of the Wallkill, if not lost. 

i 

Louis, Son of Louis, Jr. 

The pamplilet pubhshed in i860 by Robert Patterson Du- 
Bois, of New London, Penn., and Wm. E. DuBois, of Phila- 
delphia, containing the history of a number of the descend- 
ants of Louis DuBois, the Patentee, has only this to say about 
Louis, Jr., and his descendants : 

"Louis, who was born about 1677. Having received infor- 
mation from some of his descendants, we can speak more fully 
in regard to this line. It appears that Louis was married to 
Rachel Hasbrouck in 1701. How many children they had is 
not known, only that there was one son named Louis, who was 
born about 1717, married Charity Andrevelt and settled in 
Staten Island. This last Louis had six children, viz., Louis, 
Matthias, Augustus, John, Charles and Elizabeth. Matthias, 
the second of these, who was born in 1747 and died in 1820, 
had by his first wife, Catharine Carshun, Mary, Louis, Daniel, 
Matthias and John ; and by his second wife three daughters, 
Ann, Lockley and Susan. He removed with all his family, 
about the year 1792, from Staten Island to Nanticoke, Broome 
county, N. Y., where several branches of his family now reside. 
In 1847 John, the only surviving child of Matthias' first wife, 
was living in Tioga, N. Y., and about 70 years of age. He was 
the father of twelve children, most of whom lived in Tioga 
county, N. Y., and two, viz., John and Matthias, were living 
in Williamsport, Pa. It was through this last named and, his 
father that these facts were procured." 



,3i8 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Jonathan, Son of Louis, Jr. 

Jonathan, son of Louis, Jr., married Elizabeth LeFevre, 
daughter of Andries LeFevre. They probably occupied the 
house of his father, but we have no testimony on that score 
except that they lived in that same neighborhood. They had 
a family of three sons, Louis J., Andries and Nathaniel, and 
three daughters, Rachel, Cornelia and Maria. Cornelia mar- 
ried Cornelius Vernooy and Alaria married Abm. Bevier and 
both settled in the New Hurley neighborhood. 

The will of Jonathan, which was made in 1746 and admitted 
to probate in 1749, gives to his eldest son, Louis J., his large 
Dutch Bible as a birthright; it gives to his wife Elizabeth all 
his estate during her widowhood, but in case she should marry 
again she is required to give to the children all the estate except 
one negro girl and such cows and household goods as she had 
when she married ; after his wife's marriage or death he gives 
to his eldest son, Louis, J., all his land on the south east side 
•of the Paltz river, but he is required to pay to his brothers, 
Andries and Nathaniel, and to his sisters, Rachel, Cornelia and 
Maria, £250 current money of New York, to be equally divided 
between them; to the youngest son, Jonas, the will gives all 
the land on the north west side of the Paltz river, but he is 
required to pay to his brothers, Andries and Nathaniel, and his 
sisters, Rachel, Cornelia and Alaria, the sum of £450. In case 
the wife shall die or marry before the sons, Louis and Jonas, 
come of age the farms shall be rented by the executors and the 
proceeds applied to the bringing up and educating the children ; 
to the four sons are bequeathed all horses, wagons and farming 
utensils, and to the three daughters all household goods and 
furniture. All the residue of his estate is divided equally be- 
tween the sons and daughters. The testator's brother, Na- 
thaniel DuBois. and his brother-in-law, Johannes Flarden- 



if' 
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HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 319 

"burgh, and Wessel Brodhead are appointed executors. The 
will is witnessed by Cornelius DuBois, Evert Terwilliger, Jr., 
and J. Bruyn. 

We have no farther account of Jonathan's son Jonas. He 
probably died young. 

Jonathan's son Andries married Sarah LeFevre, of New 
Paltz village, and settled at Wallkill, in those days sometimes 
called New Hurley, where his brick house is still stand- 
ing and was the first house of brick in this part of the country. 

Andries' sons were Simon L., Sen., Jonathan and Andries. 
He had one daughter, Elizabeth, who married Johannes Le- 
Fevre, of Kettleborough, and another daughter, Elsie, who 
married Philip LeFevre, of Kettleborough. Andries, son of 
the Andries who built the brick house, moved to New Paltz 
village and occupied the old LeFevre homestead here, which 
stood in the north part of the present church yard. This 
property came to him from his uncle, Andries LeFevre, who 
left no children. When the present brick church was erected, 
in 1839, this LeFevre house was torn dowai. Andries moved 
to Put Corners into the stone house now owned by Air. Jacob 
Champlin. His sons were Louis, who occupied his father's 
residence ; Nathaniel, who located at Shivertown, and Jona- ' 
than, who lived just north of this village. The descendants of 
Simon L., Sen., still reside at Wallkill. He had but one son, 
Simon L., Jr., who left three sons, Daniel D., Jonathan and 
Andries. 

Nathaniel DuBois, son of Jonathan and grandson of Louis, 
Jr., did not marry. He built the first mill at Libertyville. 
Jonathan's son, Louis J., lived in Revolutionary times where 
Henry L. DuBois lately resided. His wife was Catharine 
Brodhead. The house in which they lived is* still standing and 
is probably the oldest frame house in this part of the country. 



320 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 




HOUSE OF CAPT. LULIS J. uU iiOlS 



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HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 321 

It has been re-sided, but the great beams are as of old. It 
has always been in the possession of the DuBois family. 
Louis J. was commissioned as captain of the ist New Paltz 
company of the 3rd Ulster County Regiment, October 25, 
1775. He has a great number of descendants in this vicinity. 
Louis J.'s children were as follows: \^"essel, Jonas, Charles, 
Louis, Jonathan, Elizabeth and Anna. 

Wessel, the eldest son, lived on the present C. L. Van Orden 
place. His son Jonathan lived on the other side of the moun- 
tain. Wessel also had a son Nathaniel, born in 1772 and a 
son Lewis W., born in 1783, father of Albert of High Falls ; 
also a daughter, Catharine, who married Abraham Traphagen. 

Jonas lived where Louis L. DuBois now resides. He had 
ten children, of whom ex-supervisor George of this town, was 
the last survivor. The other children were L. Nathaniel of 
Walden, Louis I., LeFevre, James, Wessel, Deyo, David, 
Eliza, wife of Anthony Crispell, and Maria, wife of Jacob 
Ostrander. 

Charles carried on the milling business at Libertyville and 
was a prominent and highly respected man. His children were 
Stephen G., Catharine, wife of Thomas Freer, Rebecca, wife 
of Abiel Hand, Henry, Louis, Derick W., Jacob and Zacharias. 
The two last named settled in Michigan. 

Jonathan lived in Springtown. He was elected county judge 
in 1821. Jonathan's children scattered. Two sons, John and 
Brodhead, settled in Michigan. Another son, George, became 
a minister and was located at Tarrytown. Three daughters 
became the wives of Benjamin Van Wagenen, Derick W. El- 
ting and Alexander Hasbrouck. 

Louis located near the Libertyville ford. His children were 
John L., Coe, Katy Ann and Rachel. 
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Elizabeth married Rev. Stephen Goetchius, who was pastor 
of the church at New Paltz from 1775 to 1796. They left a 
family of children. 

Anna became the second wife of Jacob J. Hasbrouck. They 
left a large family of children. 

Altogether the grandchildren of Louis, who grew up, num- 
bered about fifty. 

About 1870 the descendants of Louis DuBois held a picnic 
in the grove on the bank of the Wallkill, on the farm now 
owned by Louis L. DuBois, and the attendance was very large. 



Nathaniel, Son of Louis, Jr. 

Nathaniel DuBois, son of Louis, Jr., located at Blooming 
Grove, now Salisbury Mills, in Orange county. Nathaniel's 
first wife was Gertrude Bruyn, whom he married in 1726. 
After her death he married Gertrude Hoffman. Nathaniel's 
children were Rachel, born in 1727, who married Andries Le- 
Fevre of Kettleborough ; Lewis born in 1728 (afterwards Col. 
Lewis), Zachariah and Hester (twins) born in 1734; Hester^ 
afterwards the wife of Col. Jesse Woodhull ; Jonas and Ren- 
altje." 

Nathaniel's son Lewis settled in Marlborough and his house, 
which is still standing, was the first house on the river front. 
He served in the army during a great portion of the Revolu- 
tionary war, including the invasion of Canada, where he was 
promoted from captain to major and he afterwards became 
colonel of the 5th Continental Regiment, receiving his com- 
mission November 17, 1776. His tombstone is still pointed 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 323 



out in the graveyard of the old Presbyterian church at Marble- 
borough. He died in 181 2. 

Nathaniel's son Zachariah' also rendered service in the Revo- 
lutionary war as a major and was taken prisoner when the 
British captured Fort Montgomery. 



324 HISTORY OF NE IV P ALT Z 




HOUSE OF COL. LEWIS DU BOIS AT MARLBOROUGH 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 325 



CHAPTER XXIX 

Military Service of Col. Lewis DuBois 

The following account of the service and military career of 
Col. Lewis DuBois during the Revolutionary war was written 
by Mr. Robert E. Deyo, of New York: 

During the summer of 1775 there was great excitement in 
the Province of Xew York over the proposed expedition for 
conquering Canada. The troops from New York were com- 
manded by General Montgomery. One of the regiments was 
the Third of the New York line, whose colonel was James 
Clinton, a brother of Gov. George Clinton. Of one of the 
companies of this regiment Lewis DuBois was captain. His 
commission was issued June 28, 1775. On August 21 the 
muster roll of his company was returned and filed. The term 
of enlistment was for six months. This company was known 
as the Dutchess Company, and its ofBcers were : Captain, Lewis 
Dubos; first lieut., Elias Van Benschoten; second lieut., An- 
drew T. Lawrence ; vice, Cornelius Adriance, resigned. 

Mr. Ruttenber says : "These regiments were more especially 
recruited for the invasion of Canada, a popular craze at that 
time which did much to fritter away the resources of the colo- 
nists and yielded no other return than the development of 
capacities for leadership and experience in the service. It was 
a severe school, but men marched to it with a shout. They were 
well armed and uniformed. * * * The Third or Ulster 
Regiment had gray coats with green cuffs and facings. Their 
breeches and waistcoats were of Russia drilling, the former 
were short (to the knee) and the latter long (to the hips). 



326 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Their stockings were long (to the knee) of coarse woolen 
homespun, low shoes, linen cravats and low-crowned, broad- 
brimmed felt hats. 

"The New York regiments were brigaded under General 
Montgomery and were with him in all his movements. At 
Point aux Trembles, on the ist of December, the entire force 
under his command had dwindled down to about 900 effective 
men. In fruitless attempts to force an entrance into Quebec, 
three weeks were wasted and then an assault made. Mont- 
gomery, at the head of his New York men, descended from thf- 
Plains of Abraham in the neighborhood of St. John's and St. 
Louis gates and Cape Diamond bastion. At the narrowest 
point under Cape Diamond the British had planted a three- 
gun battery. On the river side was a precipice, and on the 
left rough crags of dark slate towered above them. The 
guard at the battery in front stood ready with lighted matches. 
Montgomery halted a moment to reconnoitre and then into 
the jaws of death charged the 900 over heaps of ice and snow. 
When within forty paces of the battery, its fire was opened 
on the advancing column and a storm of grape shot swept 
the narrow pass and continued for ten minutes. Montgomery 
and both his aids and several privates were killed — the un- 
wounded living fell back." 

After this repulse our little army lay before Quebec all of 
the winter of 1775-6. Of what occurred we know but little. 
While in the field Lewis DuBois was raised from captain to 
major. General Benedict Arnold wrote to the President of 
Congress a long letter dated from "Camp before Quebec, i 
February, 1776." In this among other things he states the 
reason why a certain Major Brown should not be promoteii 
and ends up by saying : " This transaction, Colonel Campbell, 
]\Iajor Dubois and several gentlemen were knowing to." 



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This extract is only important as showing that on February 
I, 1776, he was ah-eady a major. On March 8, 1776, he was 
made a major in Col. John Nicholson's regiment raised in 
Canada out of the four New York regiments which originally 
went there, the term of their enlistment, being for only six 
months, having expired. 

General George Clinton writes in 1776: 

"Major Dubois is highly recommended to Congress as well 
by the general officers, as the Committee who lately returned 
from Canada. I wish and believe young Richard Piatt may 
be properly provided for in the (new) regiment. He was with 
Major Dubois and Capt. Druyn at Point Lacoy at the engage- 
ment between otu" people and a number of Canadians in which 
the latter was defeated, and behaved well as Major Dubois can 
testify.'' 

At the same time that Lewns Dubois was in Canada with 
Montgomery, he was second major in Col. Jonathan Has- 
brouck's militia regiment. The other officers were : Lieuten- 
ant-colonel, Johannis Hardenbergh, Jr. ; first major, Johannes 
Jansen, Jr.; second major, Lewis DuBois; adjutant, Abraham 
Schoonmaker ; quartermaster, Lsaac Belknap. This regiment 
was organized September 2, 1775. The commissions of the 
•officers were dated 25th of October, 1775. 

At the time of the return of the expedition which went to 
Canada, there were four regiments of the line enlisted for three 
years or during the war, existing in the State of New York. 
It was determined to raise a lifth. The preliminary step 
seems to have led to a clash of authority between the Conti- 
nental Congress and the Provincial Congress. On the 26th of 
June, 1776, John Hancock, president of the Continental Con- 
gress, wrote a letter to the Provincial Convention in which was 



328 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

enclosed a notice that Lewis DuBois, major in the Canada ser- 
vice, was commissioned June 25, 1776, by the Continental 
Congress, with instruction to raise a regiment for three years 
or during the war, to be the Fifth Regiment of the New York 
line, and that the Continental Congress had, on June 26th^ 
appointed the other officers for the regiment as follows : 

Lieutenant-colonel, Jacobus S. Bruyn; major, William Go- 
forth; captains, David DuBois, Elias Van Benschoten, Thomas 
DeWitt, Lsaac Wool, Philip D. B. Bevier, Richard Piatt, Albert 
Pawling, Cornelius T. Jansen. 

First lieutenants, James Gregg, Aaron Austin, Jonathan 
Piercy, Evans Wherry, Garret Van Wagenen, Henry Vanden- 
burg, Nathaniel Conklin, Henry Dodge. 

Second lieutenant, ist Company, Dan. Gano ; surgeon, John 
Coates, and adjutant, Henry DuBois. 

Commissions were to be given as soon as the full comple- 
ment of men had been raised. 

In the letter which enclosed this list. President Hancock says r 

"You will perceive by the enclosed resolves which I do myself 
the honor of transmitting in obedience to the commands of 
Congress, they have appointed not only the field officers in the 
regiment to be raised in your colony, but likewise a number of 
subalterns. The reason that induced Congress to take that 
step, as it is a deviation from rule, should be particularly men- 
tioned. I am therefore directed to inform you that in conse- 
quence of their being furnished with a list of officers who had 
served in Canada, they had been enabled to appoint, and in fact 
have only appointed, such as were recommended and appointed 
by the Provincial Congress of your Colony, and have served 
faithfully in the last summer campaign and through the winter. 
It is apprehended therefore that the Congress have only pre- 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 329 

vented (forestalled) you in their appointments and that the 
same gentlemen would have met with your approbation for 
their services to their country; added to this the last intelli- 
gence from Canada showing our affairs to be in the most 
imminent danger rendered the utmost dispatch necessary, that 
not' a moment's time might be lost. 

"The other officers of the battalion I am to request you will 
be pleased to appoint and exert every nerve to equip the bat- 
talion as soon as possible. As an additional encouragement 
the Congress have resolved that a bounty of ten dollars be 
given every soldier who shall enlist for three years." 

Of the officers named, Richard Piatt, Aaron Austin, Jonathan 
Piercy, Garret Van Wagenen and Dan Gano, resigned because 
they considered themselves slighted by the positions assigned 
them, ^n addition, the Provincial Convention considered that 
the Continental Congress was unwarrantabl}' interfering. 

In the proceedings of the Provincial Convention, November 
21, 1776, the committee appointed to carry into execution the 
resolves of Congress relative to the new arrangement of officers, 
reported through Robert Yates, chairman, that they had com- 
pleted an arrangement of officers for the four battalions or- 
dered to be raised in. this State, and further that in forming 
their report so far as the officers of Col DuBois' regiment are 
concerned in it, your committee considered that they were en- 
titled to no other rank than what the}'- held prior to their ap- 
pointment in that regiment, which was done without the recom- 
mendation or intervention of the Convention of this State, 
contrary to the uniform practice in all similar cases and in 
prejudice of other officers of higher rank and equal merit. That 
your committee were constrained by those principles to omit 
Col. DuBois' name in the present arrangement. That Col. Du- 
Bois has been well recommended to this committee as an ex- 



330 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

ceeding good officer capable of commanding a regiment with 
credit to himself and advantageous to his country. 

That from the quota of this State being assessed as low as 
four battalions, many good officers will be unprovided for. 
That sundry applications have been made to your committee 
for commissions by young gentlemen of fortune and family, 
whose services your committee are under the disagreeable 
necessity of declining to accept. 

That your committee are clearly of opinion that another bat- 
talion might be raised in this State, and they therefore earn- 
estly recommend it to the convention to use their influence with 
the General Congress to obtain their permission and order for 
that purpose, and that Col. Dubois command the said battalion 
so to be raised and to have the rank of fourth colonel of New 
York forces. 

Thereupon it was, among other things, 

"Ordered, that a letter be written to the Hon. the Continental 
Congress requesting their approbation of the resolutions for 
raising a fifth battalion in this state to be commanded by Col. 
Louis Dubois, and another letter to General Washington re- 
questing his countenance to that measure." 

These efforts were successful. 

The Fifth Regiment was finally organized with the follow- 
ing officers : 

Louis Dubois, colonel ; Jacobus Bruyn, lieutenant-colonel ; 
Samuel Logan, major; Henry Dubois, adjutant; Nehimiah 
Carpenter, quartermaster; Samuel Townsend, paymaster ; John 
Gano, chaplain ; Samuel Cook, surgeon ; Ebenezer Hutchinson, 
surgeon's mate. 

Captains, Jacobus Rosecrans, Jas. Stewart, Amos Hutchins, 



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Pliilip D. Bevier, Thomas Lee, Henry Goodwin, John F. 
Hamtrack, John Johnston. 

First heutenants, Henry Dodge, John Burnett, Patten Jack- 
son, Thos. Brinkley, Henry PawUng, Samuel Pendleton, 
Francis Hanmer, Henry Vandenburgh. 

Second lieutenants, Samuel Dodge, Alex. McArthur, John 
Furman, Samuel English, Daniel Birdsall, Ebenezer ]\Iott, 
James Betts. 

Ensigns, Henry Swartout, John McClaughry, Edward 
Weaver, Jacobus Sleight, Thomas Beynx, Abraham Lent. 
Henry J. Vandenburgh. 

The commission of Col. Dubois was dated November 17, 
1776. While the Fifth Regiment was forming he was too 
zealous to remain inactive. The British were then in posses- 
sion of New York. The Patriot army was in the vicinity of 
White Plains. On the 28th of January, 1777, William Duer, 
in a letter to General Washington, dated from camp in West- 
chester county, says : 

" '•' '-'' * Col. Dubois who has come down with the York 
militia as a volunteer and who has repeatedly offered his ser- 
vice to destroy King's bridge, will, I fear, return to-morrow, 
despairing to see anything effectual done." 

Early in 1777 the Fifth Regiment was ordered to garrison 
duty at Fort Montgomery. On April 30th of that year a 
court martial, of which Col. Lewis Dubois was president, was 
there convened by order of Brig.-Gen. Geo. Clinton, for the 
trial of all such persons as should come before them charged 
with levying war against the State of New York within the 
same, adhering to the King of Great Britain and owing alle- 
giance or deriving protection from the laws of the said State 
of New York. This court recommended that eleven men who 



332 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

were tried before them should be hanged. Others were ac- 
quitted or designated for milder punishment. 

We shall not recapitulate the incidents which led up to the 
assault on Fort Montgomery by the British, nor to the details 
of that fight. These are accessible in any good history. With 
regard to Col. Lewis Dubois' share in this fight, Mr. Rutten- 
ber says : 

"His services in the army were held in high esteem by his 
contemporaries; Col. Dubois' (Fifth) regiment was especially 
the regiment of this (Newburgh) district both in its member- 
ship and in its services. It was stationed in the Highlands in 
the spring of 1777 and was there when Forts Clinton and 
Montgomery were taken by the English forces in October of 
that year. Through a mistaken conclusion arising from the 
fact that they were clothed in hunting shirts such as farmers' 
servants in England wear, its dead in that action were ranked 
as militia by the British. The facts are that the brunt of the 
desperate and heroic resistance which was made fell on Col. 
Lewis Dubois' regiment, shared by Lamb's artillery. The re- 
turns of Col. Dubois' Fifth as they stand on its roll book, are: 
taken prisoners, Lieut. Col. Jacobus Bruyn, Major Samuel 
Logan, Quartermaster Nehemiah Carpenter, Captain Henry 
Goodwin, Lieutenants Alex. McArthur, Patten Jackson, Henry 
Pawling, Solomon Pendleton. Second Lieuts. Samuel Dodge. 
John Furman, Ebenezer Mott. Ensigns Henry Swartout, John 
McClaughry, Abm. Leggett. Sergeant Henry Schoonmaker. 
"Missing in action" is written against the name of ninety-six 
of the privates or not less than one-third of the whole strength 
of the regiment at that time. These men did not run — they 
were overwhelmed. While all of them were not killed, many 
were, and their bodies pierced by the bayonet for no gun was 
fired by the assaulting column — found resting place in the 



HISTO R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 333 

waters of "bloody pond," where in the succeeding spring, 
with an arm, a leg or a part of the body above the surface 
they presented the scene which Dwight describes as ' mon- 
strous.' " 

In this engagement Col. Dubois received a bayonet wound in 
the neck, as appears by a letter from Gen. Putnam to Gen. 
Gates, hereafter quoted from. This shows the desperate char- 
acter of the fighting. 

The course of those who escaped appears quite clearly from 
an account of it by Rev. John Gano, chaplain of the regiment, 
who wrote : 

'"The dusk of tlie evening, together with the smoke and 
rushing in of the enemy, made it impossible for us to dis- 
tinguish friend or foe. This confusion gave us an opportunity 
of escaping through the enemy over the breastwork. Many 
escaped to the water and got on board a scow and pushed olT. 
Before she had got twice her length we grappled one of our 
row-galleys into which we all got and crossed the river. We 
arrived safe at New Windsor, where, in a few days after we 
were joined by some more of our army who had escaped from 
the forts." 

Gen. Clinton, writing to Gen. W^ashington, says: 

"Many officers and men and myself having the advantage 
of the enemy by being well acquainted with the ground, were 
so fortunate as to effect our escape luider cover of the night 
after the enemy were possessed of all the works." 

It is not true, as often asserted, that Col. Lewis Dubois 
was taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery. Maj. Zachary Du- 
bois, of Col. Jesse Woodhull's regiment of Orange county 
militia, a brother of Col. Lewis Dubois, -was taken a prisoner 



334 H ISTO R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 

and removed to New York. Some glimpse of what liappened 
to the ]\Iajor after his capture is had from the following; 
documents. 

Memorandum of Zachariah DuBois of Capture and 
Imprisonment 

Monday the 6th Oct. 1777, then I was taken prisoner at 
Fort Montgomery and kept there till the eighth day, then I 
was taken aboard the Archer ship, a transport, there kept till 
the tenth, then taken to the old City Hall, there kept till the 
twelfth, then taken to the Provost, there kept till the ist day 
of November, then got on parole on Long Island, Bedford, till 

the , then moved to New Utritch, and there staid till 

the twenty-eighth, then they sent us on board the transport 
ship Judith, and there kept till the lOth day of December,, 
then to our old quarters at New Utritch, etc. 

PAROLE 

I, Zachariah Dubois, of Goshen, in the Province of New 
York, having leave from General Sir Henry Clinton, to go out 
of this city in order to effect the exchange of myself for Maj. 
Thomas Moncrief, do hereby pledge my faith and word of 
honor, that I will not do or say anything contrary to the in- 
terest of his Majesty or his Government, and that if the ex- 
change of the above person for myself cannot be effected within 
twenty days, I will return back to my captivity in this city. 

Given under my hand in New York, this fourth day of 
August, 1776. 

Witness: Thos. Clark. 

Zachariah Dubois. 

A true copy, John Winslow, 

D. Com. Prs. 



am 



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DISCHARGE AND PAROLE 

This is to certify that Zachariah Dubois, Major in Colonel 
Woodhull's regiment of mihtia in the state of New York, and 
made prisoner by the enemy at the reduction of Fort Mont- 
gomery, was this day regularly discharged for Maj. Moncrief, 
in the service of the King of Great Britain. 
Elizabethtown, Aug. 6, 1778. 

Jno. Beatty, 

Com. Gen. Pris'rs. 

After the first shock of defeat the disaster was found not to 
be serious as at first supposed. General Putnam, writing to 
General Washington under date of Fishkill, 8 October, 1777, 
says : 

"I have the pleasure to inform you that many more of our 
troops made their escape than what I was at first informed of. 
Colonel Dubois who is one of the number, this day collected 
near 200 of his regiment that got ofl:' after the enemy were in 
the Fort." 

General Putnam, writing to General Gates from Fishkill, 
eleven o'clock a. m., 9 October, 1777, says: 

"Colonel Dubois, who had a wound with a bayonet in his 
neck, has mustered near 200 of his men, who were with him 
in the action, many of whom have slight wounds with bayonets 
and swords but are in high spirits." 

From General Putnam, Governor Clinton obtained Col. 
Webb's brigade and with them crossed the river to New 
Windsor, Orange county, on October 8th, the second day after 
the battle. On the same day Governor Clinton wrote to the 
Legislature from his headquarters at the house of Mrs. Falls, 
which still stands in Little Britain Square, that "not more than 



336 H I STO R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 

eleven ofificers of Col. Dubois' regiment are missing, 200 of 
his men including non-commissioned officers, have already 
joined me at this place; many more of them may be hourly 
expected as we have heard of their escape." 

By alarms and signal guns the militia that had not been in 
the action vv^ere brought together and by the time the British 
had destroyed the obstructions to the navigation of the river 
a respectable force was again under the Clintons' command 
on the west shore. On the eastern side Putnam was pro- 
tecting the army stores at Fishkill and at points above. 

While the British were removing the obstructions to navi- 
gation and awaiting the return of a reconnoitering party which 
started up the river on the nth. General Clinton was col- 
lecting his little force at New Windsor. 

On the loth, one Daniel Taylor was arrested near the camp. 
He was a bearer of a message from the British General Sir 
Henry Clinton, to Burgoyne, then sorely pressed by General 
Gates at Saratoga, although Sir Henry was not aware of 
Burgoyne's sorry plight. 

"The letter from Clinton to Burgoyne," writes General 
George Clinton, "was enclosed in a small silver ball of an oval 
form about the size of a fusee bullet, and shut with a screw 
in the middle. When he was taken and brought before me he 
swallowed it. I mistrusted this to be the case from informa- 
tion I received and administered to him a very strong emetic 
calculated to act either way. This had the desired effect; it 
brought it from him; but though closely watched he had the 
art to conceal it a second time. 

'T made him believe I had taken one from Capt. Campbell, 
another messenger who was on the same business ; that I 
learned from him all I wanted to know, and demanded the 



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ball on pain of being hung up instantly and cut o])en to search 
for it. This brought it forth." 

The contents of this letter are as follows : 

" Fort Montgomery, Oct. 8, 1777. 

"Nous y void (here we are) and nothing now between us 
but Gates. I sincerely hope this little success of ours may 
facilitate your operations. In answer to your letter of the 
28th Sept. by C. C. I can only say I cannot presume to order, 
or even advise for reasons obvious. I heartily wish you 
success. Faithfully yours, 

"Gen. Burgoyne. H. Clinton." 

Dr. Moses Higby, residing at Xew Windsor, administered 
the emetic which afforded such convincing proof of Taylor's 
employment. Many interesting facts concerning the curious 
personality of the doctor will be found in Eager's History of 
Orange County. 

On October 14th, a general court martial met for the trial 
of Taylor by order of General Clinton. The following docu- 
ment from the "Clinton papers" gives the names of those con- 
stituting the court and is an official record of the proceedings : 

"At a general court martial held at the Heights of New 
Windsor tiie 14th of October, 1777, by order of Brigadier 
General George Clinton, whereof Colonel I.ewis Dubois was 
President : 

Major Bradford, Capt. Galespie. 



Maj. HuntingtoU; 

Capt. Savage, 
" Watson, 
" WylHs, 
" Ellis, 
22 



Conklin, 

Wood, 

Hamtramk, 

Lee, 

Huested. 



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(In Eager's Orange Connty. it is stated that John Wood- 
worth was Judge Advocate.) 

"Daniel Taylor, charged with lurking about the camp as a 
spy from the enemy, confined by order of General Clinton, was 
brought before said court, and to the above crime the prisoner 
plead not guilty, but confessed his being an express from Gen. 
Clinton to Gen. Burgoyne, when taken. And that he had been 
employed as an express also, from Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. 
Clinton, and was taken in the Camp of the Army of the United 
States, near New Windsor, by Lieut. Howe. Taylor likewise 
confessed his being a first Lieutenant in Capt. Stewart's Com- 
pany in the 9th regiment of the British Troops, and but one 
man in company when taken. The prisoner plead that he was 
not employed as a spy. but on the contrary was charged both 
by Gen. Clinton and Gen. Burgoyne not to come near our 
camp ; but meeting accidentally with some of our troops in 
British uniform, he was thereby deceived and discovered him- 
self to them. 

"The court after considering the case, were of the opinion 
that the prisoner is guilty of the charge brought against him 
and adjudged him to suffer death, to be hanged at such time 
and place as the General shall direct. 

A true copy of the proceedings : 

Test. Lewis Dubois, Col. 

President." 

I 

When the little army of Governor Clinton moved down the 
Wallkill on the 15th, to save Kingston, Taylor was taken along, 
his name appearing every day in the guard reports. A general 
order issued on the morning of the destruction of Kingston, I 

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It was not, however, carried into effect on the i~th, as 
directed ; no doubt the attention of the troops was taken up 
with matters at Kingston. He was still under guard on the 
morning of the iSth, after which his name ceases to trouble 
the officers in charge. 

In a ^IS. journal kept by a person in Clinton's force, prob- 
ably a chaplain, in this entry: 

■'October i8th. Saturday. Mr. Taylor, a spy taken in Little 
Britain, was hung here. ]\Ir. Romain and myself attended him 
yesterday, and 1 have spent the morning in discoursing to him, 
and attended him at the gallows. He did not appear to be 
either a political or gospel penitent." 

Tradition has it that Taylor was hanged on an apple tree 
near the village of Hurley. 

Having anticipated somewhat, in order to keep the story of 
the capture, trial and execution of Taylor together, we must 
now go back. The British reconnoitering party, which started 
on the nth of October, ascended the river to within three 
miles of Poughkeepsie and returned in safety, having burned 
several buildings and old vessels along the shore. The report 
favored an advance of the whole force which accordingly 
started from Peekskill October 14th. 

On October 15th, at nine o'clock a. m.. General George 
Clinton wrote to Kingston from Headquarters near New Wind- 
sor that twenty sail of the enemy's shipping had been dis- 
covered in the river below Butter Hill (Storm King). After 
speaking of matters which need not here be recapitulated, the 
letter proceeds as follows : 

"Since writing the above the enemy's Meet consisting" of 
thirty sail have passed Newburgh and with crowded sail and 
fair wind are moving quick up the river ; the front of them 



340 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

are already at tlie Danskammer. There are eight large square- 
rigged vessels among them and all appear to have troops on 
board. j\Iy troops are parading to march to Kingston. Our 
route will be through Shawangunk to prevent delay in crossing 
the Paltz (Wallkill) river. I leave Col. WoodhuU's, AIc- 
Claughry's and part of Hasbrouck's regiment as a guard along 
the river. * * * I will be with you if nothing extra hap- 
pens before day ; though my troop cannot." 

What a thrilling sight it must have been to see thirty vessels, 
eight of them square-rigged, crowded with troops wdiose gay 
uniforms vied with the gaudy splendors of an American 
autumn sailing in a compact mass with colors flying, sails dis- 
tended, waves dancing and sparkling as the great flotilla moves 
through Newburgh Bay and Danskammer Point. This is a 
picture over which the imagination lingers, especially with 
those whose good fortune it has been to have seen at the cor- 
responding season, the gorgeous am]ihitheatre within which 
this scene was set. 

The force which moved with Geo. Clinton in his effort to 
prevent the burning of Kingston was about i,ooo men, com- 
posed of the skeleton regiments of Cols. Lewis Dubois, Webb. 
Sutherland and Ellison, with a part of Hasbrouck's, and what 
remained of Lamb's artillery. Only a portion of the advance 
guard got near enough to Kingston to behold the village in 
flames and the enemy retiring to his shipping. 

The British reached the landing place for Kingston on the 
evening of the 15th, the town being burned on the i6th. On 
the way up they fired their cannon at the houses of known 
rebels on either shore. Attention was paid to the house of Col. 
Dubois, which, although not in sight of the river, was within 
easy cannon shot of it, the firing point being selected from the 
mouth of a brook emptying into the river, which was within 



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341 



close range of the liouse. This cannonade was harmless, but 
that the intention of the firing party was serious is evidenced 
by the cannon balls which have from time to time been dug 
out of a bank of earth a short distance west of the house. 
One of these, weighing 24^/2 pounds and the heaviest among a 
large collection, is now deposited at Washington's Headquar- 
ters in Newburgh. 

General Clinton's little army was still at Hurley on October 
20th, as appears by the report of the Officer of the Day. 

Ruttenber says : 

"During the winter of 1777-8, Dubois' regiment was in bar- 
racks at Fishkill. Its condition there was tleplorable. In Jan- 
uary, 1778, General Putnam writes, 'Dubois' regiment is unfit 
to be ordered on duty, there being not one blanket in the regi- 
ment. Very few have either a shoe or a shirt and most of 
them have neither stockings, breeches or overalls. Chastellux 
writes that many were absolutely naked, being only covered 
by straw suspended from the waist. The losses in stores at 
Fort Montgomery brought on this destitution very largely. 
It did not continue long after Putnam called Gov. Clinton's 
attention to it.' " 

"In July, 1778, the five New York regiments were brigaded 
under Gen. James Clinton." 

This brigade took a very active part in the expedition against 
the Indians in the western part of this State in 1779. General 
Sullivan with the main body of the army, which did not in- 
clude Clinton's brigade, started from the vicinity of Easton, 
Pennsylvania, and penetrated the wilderness to the vicinity of 
Elmira. Gen. Clinton's force included, besides his own bri- 
gade, some regiments from other states, the whole command 
amounting to about 1,600 men. 



342 HISTORY OF X E W P ALT Z 

The roster of the Fifth New York regiment on this expe- 
dition was as follows : 
Lewis Dubois, Col. 
Henry Dubois, Adjt. and Col. 
Ilenr\- Dodge, Adjt. and Lieut. 
Michael Connolly, Paymaster and 2nd Lieut. 
James Johnston, O. i\L and Ensign. 
Samuel Cooke, Surgeon. 
Ebenezer Hutchinson, Surgeon's ]\Iate. 
James Rosekrans, Capt. 
John F. Hamtranck, Capt. 
John Johnson, Capt. 
Philip DuBois P)evier, Capt. 
James Stewart, Capt. 
Henry \\'. Vanderburgh, Lieut. 
Daniel Birdsall, 2nd Lieut. 
James Betts, 2nd Lieut. 
Barthal \'anderburgh. Ensign. 
Francis Hanmer, Ensign. 
Henry Vanderburgh, Ensign. 

About the middle of June, 1779, Clinton, in order to join 
Sullivan, began transporting his force from the Mohawk river 
by the way of Canajoharie and Springfield to Lake Otsego, 
the headwaters of the Susquehanna. 

On this part of the trip we catch a glimpse of Col. DuBois 
in the following extract from the diary of Lieut. Beatty of 
the 4th Penna. Line, part of Clinton's force. 

Monday, June 28, 1779. "This day the Col, and a number 
of officers with myself went to see Col. Dubois and his officers 
who were encamped at Low's Grove on the upper landing, 
found them all very well and they provided a very good dinner 



HISTORY OF N E W P A LT Z 343 

for ns suitable to the place and time, there was about fifty 
officers dined together. After dinner we had a song or two 
from different officers and returned home a Httle before sun- 
down. We were all very sociable at dinner and spent our 
time with the officers very agreeable." 

Clinton remained at Lake Otsego from the 3d of July to the 
9th of August awaiting orders from Gen. Sullivan. When 
these orders came Clinton moved forward and effected a junc- 
tion with .Sullivan. In organizing for the fighting and devas- 
tation which followed, the hazardous position of commanding 
the right fiank was assigned to Col. Dubois, who had under 
him two companies of the German battalion and 200 picked 
men in addition. The army of Sullivan far outnumbered that 
of the Indians under the celebrated Chief Brant, aided by a few 
British regulars and tories. The enemy made but one serious 
effort to check the invaders. Behind a hastily constructed 
rampart, in the vicinity of Elmira, they made a stand, but were 
soon driven away. In this engagement Col. Dubois partici- 
pated. The victorious army then turned northward, and car- 
ried out the purpose of the expedition by burning many vil- 
lages and destroying all food supplies. It was a work of 
devastation, and many there be that say the measure was un- 
necessarily harsh. Be that as it may, the power of the Indians 
in this State was broken by this expedition of Gen. Sullivan. 

Lewis Dubois resigned his commission as colonel December 
29. 1779- This seems to have been brought about by the 
dwindling of all the regiments in the New York brigade, for 
in the subsecjuent year the ist and 3rd regiments were consoli- 
dated into one regiment, known as the ist. under Col. Van 
Schaick, and the 2nd, 4th and 5th and Col. Livingston's regi- 
ment into another, known as the 2nd, under Col. Philip Van 
Cortlandt. 



344 HISTORY OF K E JV P ALT Z 

There remains for consideration such information as could 
be gathered concerning the descendants of the children of Col. 
Lewis Dubois. 

I — Nathaniel Dubois, his first child, died April i8, 1788, in 
the 30th year of his age. He left one daughter, Hannah, who 
was his only child. Nothing is known of her history. 

2 — Wilhclmus lived and died on the tract of land near Marl- 
borough village, given to him by his father's will. It ran from 
the village to the road known as West street and along the 
latter. His wife was Mary Hudson. They had four children, 
John, Cornelius, Elizabeth and Nathaniel. 

John married Rebecca W^ygant and had four children, Wil- 
liam, Matthew Wygant, Alaria and Ann Eliza. 

Cornelius had three wives and ten children, Mary, Elizabeth, 
Sarah, Deborah, Ann, Jane, Caroline, Charlotte, Daniel Asa 
and Ann Amelia. 

Elizabeth married John W. Wygant and had seven children, 
William D., Asa, Cornelius, Ostrom, Mary Jane, J. Ward and 
Elizabeth. 

Nathaniel marriefl Deborah Ann Bloomer and had eleven 
children. Fletcher, Charles Augustus, Elizabeth Wygant, Mary 
Louisa, Eugene, Hudson. Emma, Ann Amelia, Theron, Luther 
and Dallas. 

3 — Mary, the first daughter, married Asa Steward. She was 
living in the town of Minisink as late as 181 1. She had two 
daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. 

4 — Rachel, the first daughter by his second wife, married 
Cornelius Low, by whom she had one daughter, Cornelia, 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 345 

born ]March 5. 1792. Rachel Low died Xovember 6, 1793, 
in her 23rd year. 

Corneha Low married Thomas Bruyn of Shawangunk, 
father of Edmund. CorneHus Low is said to have been a 
prominent man of Kingston and to have taken up. with others, 
large tracts of land in W'awarsing. 

5 — Lewis (4) was born December 20. 1774, and was bap- 
tized at New ]\Iarlborough by Rev. Samson Occum. He was 
married to Annie Hull, daughter of Nathaniel Hull, January 
3, 1809. She was born February 15, 1787. He died August 
22, 1831. His children were as follows: 

Rachel Margaret, born October i. 1809. married to Lewis 
\\\ Young June 28, 1827. She died at Xewburgh March 21, 
1890. Her children were Juliet, Henrietta and Jas. Henry. 

Lewis (5), born June 28, 181 1, married Jane Thorn. He 
died December 11, 1854. He had one child, a son named 
Charles, who died about 1870, leaving issue. 

Amanda, born January 25. 181 3, married Samuel Harris in 
183 1. She died October 25. 1875. Mr. Harris purchased the 
Dubois homestead at a partition sale held in 1842, and his son 
William now resides on it. The children of Samuel Harris 
and Amanda Dubois Harris were Francis, Emily, Ida, Jessie 
and William. 

^lelissa, born j\Iay 20, 18 14, married William C. Goddard 
and died March, 1892. She lived in Brooklyn, New York, 
after her marriage. Her children were Edward, William, 
Emily and Adeline. 

Nathaniel Hull, born December 27, 181 5. He had two chil- 
dren, a son Solomon, who died in infancy, and a daughter, 
Julia Ferris. He is still living at Marlborough, Ulster county. 



346 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Elizabeth, born June i, 1817, died August 17, 1819. 

Daniel Lockwood, born August 29, 1819, died July 6, 1862. 
Never married. 

Clementine Williams, born June 4, 1821, married January 
14, 1845, to Reuben H. Rohrer, of Lancaster, Pa., where she 
lived and died. Her children were four sons, Dubois, Reuben 
S., Leland and Mifflin. 

Cornelia Bruyn, born November 9, 1822, married Alay 6,. 
1840, to Nathaniel Deyo, Ai. D. She died at Newburgh, De- 
cember 16, 1876. Her children, who lived to maturity, were 
Evelina, Robert Emmet, Frank DeWitt, Nathaniel Dubois,. 
John, Van Zandt and Cornelia Ann. 

Daniel Lockwood (2), born August 29, 1819, died July 6, 
1862, unmarried. 

Anna, born November 18, 1826, married June 16, 1851, to 
Henry E. Leman, of Lancaster, Pa., where she died April 22, 
1873. Her children were Henry E., Samuel W., Adelia, Lewis 
D. and James C. 

Marcus Dougherty, born June 4, 1828, now living at New 
Windsor, Orange county, unmarried. 

6 — Margaret, born January 29, 1776, and was baptized at 
New Marlborough by Rev. Mr. Carr from Goshen. She died 
May 6, 1855. 

She married Daniel Lockwood about 1790 and had — 

Rachel Lockwood, born August 26, 1792, and died Decem- 
ber 29, 1793. 

Lewis D. Lockwood, born August 8, 1794; died May 3, 

1874- 

Daniel Lockwood, born August 8, 1797. 

Eli T. Lockwood, born April 14, 1800; died January 27, 
1848. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 347 

Charles Lockwood, born November 17, 1802; died July i, 
1829. 

Nathaniel D. Lockwood, born February 6, 1804; "was 
drowned on fast day," January 12, 1815. 

Daniel Lockwood, the first husband of Margaret Dubois, 
died November 27, 1804. 

On August 25, 1814, she married Gen. Nathaniel Dubois, 
the son of* her uncle Zachary, and had — 

Isaac Dubois, born July 12, 1815; died August 18, 1876. 

Edwin Lockwood Dubois, born October 2, 1817; died Feb- 
ruary 5, i860. 



348 HISTORY OF X E IV PALTZ 




THE OLD FKEEK HULM:. Al NEW I'AI.TZ 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 349 



CHAPTER XXX 

The Freer Family at New Paltz 

The Freer family of New Paltz and elsewhere in the United 
States is descended from Hugo Freer, one of the New Paltz 
patentees. 

Hugo was one of the last of the little band to arrive at 
Kingston. There is no mention of his name previous to the 
purchase of the New Paltz patent from the Indians in 1677. 
He probably had just arrived in the country at that time. 
He was accompanied by his wife, Alary Haye, and their three 
eldest children, Hugo, Abraham and Isaac. 

In the papers that have come down to the present time there 
are more in the French language among the descendants of 
Hugo Freer than of any of the other Patentees, which seems 
to indicate that he had not been very long absent from his 
native country when he came to New Paltz. 

\\'hen the church was organized at New Paltz in 1683 Hugo 
Freer was chosen deacon, and in 1690 he was elder in the 
church. This would show that he was a man of known piety 
and excellent standing among the brethren in the little com- 
munity. 

Most of the other settlers at New Paltz were related by 
marriage. But neither Hugo the I'atcntee nor any of his chil- 
dren married New Paltz people. A good portion of the chil- 
dren and grandchildren of Hugo the Patentee married and 
settled outside the bounds of the New Paltz patent, going to 
Kingston, to Dutchess county and elsewhere. Still among his 
numerous descendants many remained at New Paltz. 

During the first century after the settlement there was per- 



350 HISTORY OF NE W P A L T Z 

liaps no family that furnislied a larger proportion of eminent 
men than the descendants of Hugo Freer the Patentee. 

The Freers of colonial days had means and ])iety as well. 
The Bontecoe Freers, cultivating the lowlands on the Wallkill 
in the great bend of the stream, above Dashvillc Falls, would 
walk barefoot five miles to church at Xew Paltz in summer, 
putting on their shoes when near the village. But when the 
time came to put up the new stone church in 1772, the Freer 
family contributed considerably more than one-fourth of the 
whole amount needed, and two of the name served on the 
building committee. 

Tradition states that one year the Freers paid the whole 
amount of the quit rent due from New Paltz settlers to 
the colonial government and in return received 200 acres of 
land at Mud Hook, near the north west corner of the New 
Paltz Patent. 

In the Revolutionary war the Freers furnished a large 
number of officers and men, the list including Col. John Freer 
and Capt. Jacobus Freer of Dutchess county and Lieuts. 
Daniel Freer and Anthony Freer of Ulster, also about a score 
of private soldiers. 

At the commencement of the last century Samuel Freer of 
Kingston was for many years a noted newspaper man, editing 
the Gazette. If not the very first, he is at least the best re- 
membered editor of the first (|uarter of the last century. He 
used to carry his papers on horseback to his patrons at New 
Paltz and elsewhere, and it is related that when asked if he 
had news to tell would answer in Dutch, "Always news when 
the paper comes." 

In the second war with England, Capt. Zachary Freer of 
New Paltz served as a cai)tain, his regiment being stationed 
on Long Island. 



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351 



Tlie Freers left the village at an early date. Xot a single 
tombstone bearing the name or initials of any member of the 
family is to be fonnd in the old graveyard here. The old 
homestead in this village passed from Hngo Freer, senior, son 
of the J^atentee, to his- son-in-law, Johannis Low, whose 
descendants occupied it for a long time. 

The Freers scattered widely during the colonial period, and 
for that reason it has been difficult to trace their history. The 
famil}- was most numerous at Bontecoe. The old graveyard 
there is probably next to that in this village the oldest in the 
Patent. Among the Bontecoe Freers the name of their an- 
cestor Hugo was continued from generation to generation, but 
has now died out and the last Hugo in this vicinity died at 
his home at Bontecoe at a good old age about 1850. 

In the old days it was not customary for laymen to take part 
in the services in church. It is stated that the only man to 
raise his voice in public prayer in the New Paltz church 
at about 1820 was Jonathan Freer of the Ohioville neigh- 
"borhood. 

Xone of the Freers of the early days were merchants, as far 
as we know, and none of them made or sold whiskey, that 
we are aware of. 

The Freer homestead in this village is the northernmost of 
the old stone houses on Huguenot street. It is still occupied 
as a residence, is in a good state of repair and has not been 
changed much since the olden times, except that the great 
beams have been cut down and there i.^ no longer a great fire- 
place. The house is about 40 feet in length and 35 in width, 
including a small, frame addition in the rear. 

Hugo Freer, the Patentee, was twice married, his first wife 
being Alary Haye and the second Jannitje Wibau. The chil- 
dren of Hugo, the Patentee, were: Hugo, Senior, Abraham, 



T,S^ HISTORY OF N E JV PALTZ 

Isaac ( wlio died when i8 years old), Jacob, Jean, ]\lary and 
Sarah. The first named daughter married Lewis Viele of 
Schenectady, and the other married Tennis Clausen \'an \o\- 
gen of the same place. The three eldest sons of Hugo, the 
Patentee, located at New Paltz and Jean moved to Kingston. 

]\lary, the daughter of Hugo the Patentee and wife of Lewis 
Viele of Schenectady, sold her one-sixth part of her father's 
estate to her brother Hugo for £83, as is shown by a document 
dated 17 10, which among many other papers of Hugo Freer, 
Senior, has come down to the present day and is now in the 
possession of the writer. 

Jean Freer, son of the Patentee, who had located at Kings- 
ton, also sold to his brother Hugo, Senior, his share, one-sixth 
part, of the estate of their father. The sale was made in 1713 
and the price paid was iSo. 

Hugo, Senior, Son of Hugo, Patentee 

Hugo, Senior, eldest son of the Patentee, was married in 
1690 to Mary LeRoy, by Rev. Pierre Dailie. 

In June, 1715, Hugo, Senior, and his sons, Hugo, Junior, 
Isaac and Simon, who moved to Dutchess county, obtained a 
patent for 1,200 acres of land about three miles south east of 
this village and near the Paltz patent. On this tract Isaac 
located and it has come down in his family to the present day. 

Hugo, Senior's, name appears in the list of those who built 
the first stone church, in 1720, and he and his eldest son, 
Hugo, Junior, are assigned seats in the church. In the list of 
freeholders in 1728 appear the names of his sons Hugo, 
Junior, and Isaac. 

From the "Xew Paltz Orders" in 1710 it is evident that 
Hugo, Senior, resided in the northern part of the village. The 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 353 

exact location and other facts are set forth in a release granted 
to his 13 children in 1732 as follows: 

This indenture made the 29th day June, in the sixth year of 
the reign of our sovereign, George the second, by the grace 
of God, of Great Britain France and Ireland, king, defender of 
the faith, &c., Anno Domini, 1732, between Hugo Freer senior, 
of the New Paltz, in the county of Ulster and province of New 
York, yeoman, of the first part, and Flugo junior, Isaac, Simon, 
Jonah, Mary wife of Isaac LeFevre, Sarah wife of Evert Ter- 
williger, Esther wife of John Terpening, Catharine wife of 
Isaac Van Wagonen, Dina wife of Michael Van Kleeck, 
Rachel wife of Hendrick TerBoss, Janitje, Rebecca (after- 
wards wife of Johannes Low) and Elizabeth all of them 
sons and daughters of Hugo Freer senior of the other part, 
witnesseth, that in consideration of the sum of five shillings, 
current money of New York to him in hand paid by the said 
13 children he hath granted to the said 4 sons and 9 daughters 
all that certain lot of land in the New Paltz Patent, near the 
north end of the town (village) of New Paltz, on the east 
side of the street, being bounded to the west by the street 
aforesaid, to the south by the house lot of Daniel Hasbrouck, 
to the east by Andries Lefever, to the north by the said 
Andries Lefever and the street aforesaid, together with all 
buildings, houses, barns, stables, yards, gardens, orchards and 
other improvements ; also all that other' certain piece of land 
lying and being within the limits and bounds of the New Paltz, 
bounded to the east by the said street, to the south by the 
house lots of Daniel DuBois, to the west by the said lots in 
Wassamakos land, and to the north by lot of Mattys Sleght, 
and also all that other lot or piece of ground being a lot which 
the said Hugo Freer senior hath purchased of xA.nthony Cris- 



354 ii I ^ i' K y OF N E IV P ALT Z 

pell, deceased lying on the east side of said street, bein^ 
bounded to the west by the street aforesaid, to the south by 
a lot of Andries Lefever, to the east by the said Andries 
Lefever and to the north by a lane that leads to Daniel Has- 
brouck's mill ; also all that certain lot lying in the great pature 
within the bounds of the patent of New Paltz bounded on 
the west by the road that leads to Walravens bourey, to the 
south by a lot of John Terpening, to the east by the Paltz 
common or undivided lands, and to the north by a lot of Daniel 
DuBois, and also all that four-sixth the parts of him the said 
Hugo Freer, senior of the one-twelfth part of the undivided 
lands there now are lying undivided and in common within the 
limits and bounds of the Patent of New Paltz aforesaid, which 
was granted by the said letters patent unto Hugo Freer, de- 
ceased, together with all ponds, pools, etc., etc., * * yield- 
ing and paying therefor unto the said Hugo Freer senior his 
heirs or assigns the rent of one pepper corn only on the first 
day of May next ensuing if demanded. * * * * 

Hugo Freer, Senior, 
his mark. 

The most extensive and interesting collection of papers in 
archaic French that has come down to the present day is that 
once the property of Hugo Freer, Senior, which has come 
down in the family of his son Jonah, and passed from father 
to son in that family. 

An Ancient and Interesting Letter 

Perhaps the most interesting document in the Freer collec- 
tion of ancient papers is a letter written in 1699 to Mrs. Hugo 
Freer, Sen., by her uncle, Jean Giron of Quebec, now framed 



HISTORY OP NEW PALTZ 



355 



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LETTER FROM JEAN GIRON TO HUGO FREER, SR., AND WIFK. 



356 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

in glass and deposited in the Memorial House. Through the 
kindness of Mr. Alfred LeRoy Becker of Buffalo we are 
enabled to publish a full translation. Mr. Becker writes con- 
cerning this letter : 

"It is addressed to 'My nephew Huge and my niece Huge' 
by which the writer means Hugo Freer, Sr., son of the pat- 
entee, and his wife, Marie Anne LeRoy, whom he married, ac- 
cording "to the record of the New Paltz church, June 7, 1690. 
The letter was written nine years later, but news of the mar- 
riage had apparently only just reached the writer. The letter is 
written in a fair if cramped hand, but it shows an almost total 
lack of knowledge of how to spell, so that it has been extremely 
difficult to make the translation which is given herewith. 



De quebet Le 17 tme aouiest 1699. 

Mon niueur (neveu) huge Et ma niesse huge. 

Jes (J'ai) bien hu (eu) de la Joies davoier resu une lestre 
De vous par laquelle vous me mandes que vous Este bien 
maries (.) Jeannoris (J'en aurais) ancore (encore) bien plus 
si ses toy (c'estoit) que vous fusies maries a notre religion 
si sestoy (c'estoit) p * * * * * (hole in MS. Should 
"par le" be supplied?) Consanteman (consentement) de votre 
beauperre Et bellemerre (.) vous me mandes que votre perre 
Et votre merre mon EsCrit (m'ont escrit) mes Je ne nannes 
poien ou (Je n'en ai point eu?) de nouuelle (.) Je vous pris (,) 
si vous trouues Do Cazion (D'occasion) de nous mande Car 
nous serion bien hesze (aise) de savoier de vous nouuelle (,) 
moy Et votre tante (.) votre frere Et votre berleseur (belles- 
oeur) vous salus Et moy Et votre tante nous vous saluon (.) 
Je demeure votre seruiteur Jean giron. 



■ HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 357 

Translation. 

Onebec, August 17th, 1699. 

My nephew Huge and my niece Huge : 

I have indeed been rejoiced to have received a letter from 
you by which }'Ou inform me that you are well married. I 
should be still more rejoiced if it was that you were married 
in our religion, if it was by the consent of your father-in-law 
and mother-in-law. (That is, if by the consent of Hugo Freer's 
father and mother, she was married to him according to the 
forms of the Catholic church.) You inform me that your 
father and mother have written me, but I have had no news of 
them whatever. I beg of you, if you find occasion, to write to 
us, for we should be very glad to have news of you, — your 
aunt and L Your brother and your sister salute you and your 
aunt and I, we salute you. I remain, your servant, 

Jean giron. 

"Jean Giron came from France to Canada in 1668 and 
bought a farm on the River St. Charles, near Quebec. He 
married one of three orphan sisters who came to New France 
in this year, Aladeleine Des Chalets. In the same year Simeon 
Le Roy, who was a master carpenter, bought land next to his 
brother-in-law on the River St. Charles. He married another 
of the three sisters, Claude Des Chalets. He was from Crean- 
ces, bishopric of Coutances, in Blanche, the long finger with 
Cherbourg at the tip which points from the north of France 
into the English Channel. He remained in Quebec until 1679 
or later, but in 1681 he had removed to Montreal. While he 
was in Canada he appears to have been a Catholic. In 1682 



358 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

he was in Albany, and thereafter he Hved in Kingston, where 
he was as late as 1701. In 1704 he probably left there tempor- 
arily and was a witness at the baptism of one of his grand- 
children on Staten Island, in 1706 or 1707. Through his son 
Francis he was the head of the Le Roy family, originally of 
Dutchess county, and through his son Leonard, or "Jonar" as 
the Dutch called it, corrupting the French sound, he was the 
head of the "Laraway" family, originally of Schoharie county. 
All of his children, except Jean, who is mentioned in the letter 
and remained in Canada, married either Huguenots or Hol- 
landers and became Protestants." 

In the will of Hugo Freer, Senior, which was written in 
1728, a number of years before his death, he appointed his 
brothers, Abraham, Jacob and Jean, and his friend, Aart Van 
Wagenen, as executors. 

Nearly all of the Freers in this vicinity are descended from 
Hugo, Senior. His brother Jean went to Kingston. His 
brother Abraham lived in New Paltz, as we have stated, for a 
time, but his sons scattered, one going to Dutchess county and 
another to Minnisink. The remaining brother of Hugo, Senior, 
Jacob, located on the west side of the Wallkill, near the Bonte- 
coe school house and his descendants lived in that locality and 
on the Rosendale Plains. 

The sons of Hugo, Senior, located as follows : Hugo, Junior, 
near the north borders of the patent; Isaac on the 1,200 acre 
tract obtained by patent; Jonah at "Kleyiie Bontecoe," at the 
present R. V. N. Beaver place, near Springtown. Simon went 
to Dutchess county. The sons of Hugo, Senior, married as 
follows: Hugo, Junior, who was born in 1691, married, in 
1715. Bridgen Terpening; Isaac, who was born in 1693, mar- 
ried, in 1723, Mary Deyo, daughter of Pierre the Patentee; 
Jonah married, in 1727, Catharine Stokhard, who was born in 



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359 



Germany. Simon married, in 1720, Mariten Waniboon at 
Kingston. The sons of Hugo Freer, Junior, who married 
Bridgen Terpening and located at Bontecoe, near the present 

school house, were Hugo, who married Van Akcn ; 

John, who married Hagetta Deyo, in 1749; Benjamin, who 
married Elizabeth Terwilliger, and Garret, who married Maria 
Freer, in 1748. In the list of taxpayers in 1765 we find the 
names of Hugo Freer, Junior, and his sons, Hugo, John, Ben- 
jamin and Garret. The three first named lived at Bontecoe. 
Neither Benjamin or John left children. Garret lived at But- 
terville. He has a large number of descendants. Flugo lived 
in the Jeremiah Freer place of modern times. 

In the list of soldiers in the Revolutionary war appear the 
names of Hugo, John, Garret and Benjamin Freer in the First 
or Northern Regiment. 

In the subscription list for the building of the second stone 
church at New Paltz, in 1772, appear the names of Hugo. 
John. Benjamin and Garret Freer, Jr. Hugo Freer subscribed 
£25, being one of the largest subscriptions made. Hugo Freer 
and Garret Freer, Jr., were members of the building com- 
mittee. 

The last Hugo at Bontecoe, who wrote liis name Hugo B., 
died about 1850 and was the son of the Hugo above named 
and grandson of Hugo, Jr. He lived in the house, part stone 
and part frame, a short distance southwest of the Bontecoe 
school house. He inherited the farm from his uncle, Benjamin, 
who, as we have said, left no children. 

All of the Bontecoe Freers are not of this line, a considerable 
portion being descended from Jacob Freer, son of Hugo the 
Patentee, who owned land on the west side of the Wallkill on 
the north bounds of the Patent and probably located there some 
years before his nephew, Hugo, Junior. 



36o H ISTO R Y O F N EW P ALT Z 



Isaac, Son of Hugo, Senior 

Isaac, the second son of Hugo Freer, Senior, married Mariten 
Deyo and located on the tract of 1,200 acres where Zach. Freer, 
deceased, lived. Isaac's name appears in the list of Captain 
Hoffman's Company in 1716, also in the list of soldiers enrolled 
in this town in 1738. His old stone house was burned down 
about 1880. It is said that his house at first consisted of one 
room only, others being afterwards added. The sons of Isaac 
Freer (i) were Isaac, born in 1734, and Daniel, Jr., born in 
1743. He had several daughters. Isac^c Freer and his wife 
Maritje united with the church at Xew Paltz in 1752. Isaac's 
son Isaac married Hester Jansen. Daniel married, in 1765, 
Annitje Deyo. In the Revolutionary war Daniel was lieutenant 
in the First Company, Third Regiment Ulster County Militia, 
and the names of Isaac and Thomas Freer appear as privates 
in the same regiment. In the list of subscriptions to the build- 
ing of the second stone church, in 1772, appear the names of 
Isaac Freer for £15, Daniel Freer £2.15 and Daniel Freer, Jr., 
for iio. The sons of Isaac Freer and Hester Jansen were 
Thomas, born in 1760; Isaac, born in 1765; Zacharias, born 
in 1769. The last named kept the old homestead and married 
Jane DuBois, daughter of Hendricus DuBois of Noscatack, 
Their children were Thomas, Henry D. B., Johannes, Isaac 
and Maria. In the war of 181 2 Zacharias Freer was a captain, 
his regiment being stationed in Long Island. Zacharias held 
the old stone homestead of the family and from him it passed 
into the possession of his son, Henry D. B. It was burned 
about 1880 and whatever old papers were in the house were 
lost in the fire. 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 361 

Jonas, Son of Hugo, Senior 

Jonas, son of Hugo, Senior, married Catharine Stokhard, 
who was of German birth, and Hved at "Kleyne Bontecoe," 
near Springtown, on what is now the R. V. N. Beaver place; 
Jonas' name appears in the Hst of soldiers in this town in 1738. 
In the tax hst of 1765 he is set down for £25, which indicates 
that he w^as in pretty comfortable circumstances for those days. 
In his will, executed in 1775, Jonas disposes of his property as 
follows : after providing for his widow, Catharine, he gives 
to his son, Jonas, the farm on- which the son then lived on the 
east side of the Wallkill. This passed from Jonas (2) to his 
son Elias, and then to Elias' sons, Stephen and Peter W. A. 
Jonas (i) in his will gives to his son Simon the tract on which 
the testator lived at Kleyne Bontecoe ; to his sons, Johannes 
and Elisa, land on the Swartekill, in the town of Newburgh, 
which he had bought of John Preevost. This was not far 
south of the 1200 acre Freer tract in present town of Plattekill. 
To his remaining son, Petrus, is given in Jonas' will the place 
on which he lived, which was purchased of Christian Deyo, and 
£60 of money. Petrus moved to Dutchess county. 

We have not traced the history of this branch of the family 
further, except in the case of Johannes (in English John), 
who located near the present Clintondale depot on land which 
his father had bought of John Preevost. He wrote his name 
Johannes, Jr. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Abm. Bevier, 
of New Paltz. His second son, Martinas, born in 1762, emi- 
grated, about 1800, to western New York and subsequently to 
Ohio. Attorney-General Romeo H. Freer, of Harrisville, West 
Virginia, and Attorney Charles Freer, of Warren, Ohio, are 
grandsons of Martinas. 

The most extensive collection of ancient papers that we have 



362 HISTOKV OF NEW PALTZ 

found anywhere has come down in the family of Jonas Freer. 
This collection includes letters, wills, receipts, deeds, etc. 
Some of the papers are in English, some in Dutch and many 
in French. Quite a number are dated previous to 1700. One, 
dated in 1691, bears the signature of Rev. Pierre Daillie, the 
first pastor of the New Paltz church; another, dated in 1699, 
bears the signature of his successor. Rev. David Bonrepos. 
There are in the collection three papers, in French, in the hand- 
writing and bearing the signature of Louis DuBois the Paten- 
tee, who died in 1696. Another paper, in English, dated 1710, 
is in the handwriting and bears the signature of Roelif Eltinge, 
the first of the line at New Paltz, but at that time still residing 
in Kingston and already a Justice of the Peace. Other papers 
bear the signatures of the Patentees Abraham Hasbrouck and 
Louis Bevier; another has the signature of Moses Cantine, 
ancestor of the Cantine family. One of the most interesting 
papers is a tax list of the precinct in 17 12, in English, which 
shows that four of the Patentees were living at that time, 
namely, Louis Bevier, Abraham Hasbrouck, Jean Hasbrouck 
and Abraham DuBois. A number of these papers have been 
framed in glass and placed in the New Paltz Memorial House. 
The most ancient papers in the collection were once the prop- 
erty of Hugo, Sen. Two letters, both in French, are addressed 
to his personally: one, dated in 1699, congratulates him on his 
marriage ; the other, written 20 years later, speaks of the ship- 
ment of peas and other farm produce. When Hugo, Senior, 
died these old papers were taken to the residence of his son 
Jonas at Kleyne Bontecoe, who added to the collection what- 
ever valuable papers he had of his own. 

From Jonas Freer these papers evidently passed into the 
possession of his son Jonas (2), who lived where his son Elias 
and his grandson Stephen afterward resided. In each genera- 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 363 

tion such papers as were considered valuable were added to 
the collection. 

Jonas (2) left four sons: Elias, Simeon, Joshua and Jona- 
than, Jr. He also left three daughters that married, becoming 
the wives of Philip Schoonmaker, Abm. P. Schoonmaker and 
Archa P. Van \\ agenen. 

Abraham, the Son of Hugo the Patentee 

We will pass now to the history of Abraham, son of Hugo 
the Patentee. Abraham married, in 1694, Aagien Titesort. 
In 1705 he resided at r)ontecoe, south of the present school- 
house, opposite the piece of lowland called the Half Moon. 
Abraham's name appears in the list of those who built the first 
stone church, in 1720. In the list of freeholders, in 1728, his 
name does not appear. He probably moved away, as we find 
in 1723 that he transferred his two seats in the church to his 
l)rother, Hugo, Senior. Abraham's sons were Hugo Ab., 
Abraham, Jr., Solomon, William and Philip. Hugo Ab. mar- 
ried Marytje Dewitt, at Kingston, in 1720. His name appears 
as a soldier in Captain Hoffman's company in 1716. Solomon 
married Claritje Westvaal and located at Minnisink. 

Solomon's son Johannes married Hester Lounsberry. His 
family Bible, dating back to 1749, was in the possession of his 
great-great-grandson, Nathan M. Freer, late of Chicago. 

Johannes' son, John J., was a soldier in the Revolution and 
died at New Paltz in 1828. The Bible afterwards came into 
the possession of John J.'s son, Elias, who died at Lockport, 
111., in 1868, and then passed into the possession of his son, 
S. C. Paine Freer, a prominent citizen of Chicago and father 
of Nathan ]\I. Freer, lately deceased. 

William, son of Abraham, married, in 1729, Maryanette 
Van Kuykendall of Minnisink. He is set down as living at 



364 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

New Paltz. Their sons were Benjamin, Jacob and Abraham, 
PhiHp moved to Dutchess county, and in 1735 married Catha- 
rine Scharp of Claverack. Abraham, Jr., in 1720, married, at 
Kingston, Janitje Degraff. He then lived at New Paltz. In 
1734 he married at Poughkeepsie (where he evidently then 
resided) as his second wife, Johanna Louis, widow of Peter 
Van Bome. They had a son, Johannes (in English John) 
baptized in 1739. This we formerly thought to be John Freer 
who commanded the 4th Dutchess County Regiment in the 
Revolution. Abraham, Jr., had another son, Thomas, bap- 
tized in 1747, in Poughkeepsie. The Freer family increased 
in numbers in Poughkeepsie, and a portion of that city was 
called Freertown down to modern times. At Rhinebeck also 
the names of a number of Freers are recorded in the church 
record. 

Jacob, Son of Hugo the Patentee 
Jacob Freer, son of Hugo the Patentee, was born in 1679. 
He married, in 1705, Aritje Van Wagen. He owned land at 
Bontecoe, in 1730, on the west side of the Wallkill, adjoining 
the tract belonging to the Fans and still known as the Half 
Moon, and he probably lived there. His name appears as one 
of those who built the old stone church at New Paltz in 1720; 
also as one of the soldiers in Capt. Hofifman's company in 171 5, 
and as one of the freeholders in the town in 1728. Jacob's 
sons were Abraham and Isaac (twins) ; Jacob, born in 1723; 
Daniel and Cornelis. The son, Jacob, Jr., lived in the same 
neighborhood. His name appears on the tax list of the pre- 
cinct of New Paltz, in 1765, for £12. In the building of the 
second stone church at New Paltz, in 1772, Jacob Freer, Jr., 
contributed £12 and Jacob J. Freer £3 los. In 1775 the name 
of Jacob Freer, Jr., appears as one of the consistory of the 
New Paltz church. His wife was Sarah Freer. 



HISTORY OF -NEW PALTZ 365 

Jean, Son of Hugo the Patentee 

Jean, the youngest son of Hugo Freer, the Patentee, was 
born in 1682. He married Rebecca Van Wagenen about 1707. 
He was a resident of Kingston in 1720, as is shown by a bond 
given by him to his brother, Hugo, Senior, in that year, now 
in possession of the writer. Jean's name does not appear in 
the hst of those who built the first stone church at New Paltz 
in 17 1 8, nor in the Hst of freeholders of the town in 1728. 
He doubtless moved to Kingston when a young man and con- 
tinued to reside there. 

The children of Jean Freer and Rebecca Van Wagenen were 
Sara, born 1708; Gerrit, born 1711; Jannitje, born 1714; 
Marytje, born 1716; Jacob, born 1719; Rebecca, born 1726. 

Gerritt's name appears on the list of foot soldiers in Kings- 
ton, in 1738. He married, jn 1735, Elizabeth \^an Vliet. They 
had one son, William. 

Jacob married, in 1754, Annitje Van Aken of Kingston. In 
the record on the church book Jacob is said to have been of 
\\'ag"ondahl (the old name for Creek Locks). The children 
of Jacob Freer and Annitje Van Aken were Jan, born in 1755 ; 
Jacob, born in 1758; Peter, baptized Oct. 12, 1760 (located at 
Troy) ; Gerrit, born in 1765; Annitje, born in 1776. 

A certain Peter Freer, whom record in the old family bible 
of his great-granddaughter, I\Irs. Mary Goodrich of Chicago, 
shows that he was born in 1759, was among the early settlers 
of Troy, N. Y. He is quite surely the Peter, above mentioned, 
though we have no evidence as yet of his removal from Ulster 
County to Troy. 

Gerritt married, in 1786, Gertje Van Vliet. Both are set 
down in the marriage as then residing in Kingston. They 
resided at New Salem, where their son, John G., afterwards 
lived and carried on the milling business. 



366 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

The children of Gerritt J. Freer and Geritje Van VHet were 
StHtje, born in 1787; Lidia, born July 3, 1791 ; Jan (in Eng- 
Hsh John), born March 29, 1793; Blondini, born 1796; Gerrit^ 
born in 1798; Cornelia, born in 181 1; William, born in 1804. 
John wrote his name John G. He married Dina Rose and 
resided on the farm of his father at New Salem. He was. 
engaged with his father in the milling business in his early 
years near New Salem, in the town of Esopus, and also owned 
the Eddyville ferry. In 1826 he built a stone house still 
standing. 

The children of John G. Freer and his wife Dina Rose were 
Gitty Ann, Garret I. Jr., William H., Jacob R., Isaac Fair- 
child, Eliza M., Johannes V., Hiram J., and Cornelia K. 

The son Jacob R., married Phebe J. Townsend. Their sons 
Watson and Charles L. were very extensively engaged for a. 
time in the manufacture of railroad cars in Michigan. Charles 
L. having retired from business some years ago now lives in 
Detroit. He has been one of the most liberal contributors to 
the purchase of the Huguenot Memorial House and the erec- 
tion of the monument to the Patentees at New Paltz. 



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THE ABRAHAM HASEROUCK HDUSE IN THIS VILLAGE. 



368 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 



CHAPTER XXXI 

The Faj^iily of Abraham Hasbrouck, the Patentee 

Abraham Hasbrouck, the Patentee, has a numerous Hne of 
descendants in Ulster, Orange and Dutchess 'counties. 

The two brothers, Abraham and John (in French Jean) 
Hasbrouck (or Broecq, as the name was sometimes written), 
were natives of Calais. Like others of the Paltz patentees, 
they emigrated to Manheim, in the Palatinate, which was in 
those days the great harbor of refuge for the Huguenots fly- 
ing from persecution in I'rance. Abraham Hasbrouck, like- 
wise, probably resided in Holland. Quite certain it is that he 
lived for a time in England and served in the English army. 
He received his commission as lieutenant of a company of foot 
for New Paltz and Kingston, August 30, 1685. In 1689 he 
was appointed as "captain of foot at Ye Paltz, Ulster county." 

Under the date of 1700 in a foot company appear the names 
of the following officers : Abm. Hasbrouck, captain ; Moses 
Quantin, lieutenant; Lewis Bevier, ensign. 

In the records of the Kingston church, under date of 1676, 
appears the following marriage entry: 'Abraham Hasbroocq 
of Calls and Maria Deyo (of) Moeterstat in Duyslant." 

Before coming to New Paltz, and while residing at Hurley, 
he was appointed Justice. 

Tradition states that Abraham Hasbrouck served in the 
English army with Gov. Edmund Andross, and that it was 
owing to his influence with the Colonial Governor that the 
Huguenots obtained the grant of so large and fine a tract of 
land at New Paltz. 



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HISTORY OF N E TV P ALT Z 369 

In the diary of Col. /\braham Hasbrouck of Kingston, who 
was a grandson of Abraham Hasbrouck the Patentee, it is 
stated that his grandfather left Mannheim, where he resided 
Avith his father, went to Rotterdam and thence to Amsterdam, 
Avhere he embarked for England in April, 1675. From Eng- 
land he sailed to IJoston, from thence he proceeded to Esopus, 
where he found his brother Jean, who had come to America 
three years before. 

Quite possibly Abraham may have served in the English 
army and then gone back to his home in Mannheim before he 
left that jjlace for the new world. Abraham reached Esopus 
in July, 1675. The next year he married, at Hurley, Maria 
Deyo, daughter of Christian Deyo, a young woman with whom 
he had been acquainted in the Palatinate and who was one of 
the passengers with him on the passage across the ocean to 
America. 

Abraham died March 17. 1717, in an apoplectic fit. His wife 
died March 27, 1741, in her 88th year. They left a family 
of five sons, Joseph, Solomon, Daniel, Jonas and Benjamin, 
and one daughter, Rachel, who married Louis DuBois, Jr. 

Joseph married Ellsje Schoonmaker and located at Guilford. 
Solomon married Sarah A^an \\^agenen and located about i^ 
miles north of this village. Daniel married Wyntje Deyo and 
kept his father's homestead. Jonas probably died young. 
Benjamin married Jannitje DeLong and moved to Dutchess 
county. 

The home of Abraham the Patentee, in this village, was built 
directly across the street from the present Reformed (Dutch) 
church. The old stone house, still standing, was possibly built 
by Abraham, but perhaps by his son Daniel, in whose line it 
has come straight down. There is no date on the old stone 
house to mark the time of its erection. Like other of the 
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370 HISTORY OF N EW P ALT Z 

ancient houses in this village, it had formerly a sub-cellar, 
which has been filled in during the last century. 

The house is about sixty feet in length and thirty in width. 
It has evidently been erected at dififerent times, the northern 
part at a later date than the other portion. There are initials 
on the stones at the northeast and southwest corners of the 
building, but so worn by the elements that it is impossible to 
decipher them. This house has not been modernized since its 
erection. The chimney in the north end is built in the wall. 
There is a cellar kitchen in this portion of the building. One 
or two rooms have been finished ofif in the loft. It is one of 
the most antique in appearance of the old houses in our vil- 
lage. It is still occupied and still a comfortable house. 

Daniel, Son of Abraham the Patentee 

Daniel, born in 1692, kept his father's homestead in this 
village. We find his name in the list of freeholders in 1728, 
also in the list of slave owners in 1755. He did not marry 
until in 1734, when 42 years of age. His wife was Wyntje 
Deyo, daughter of Abm. Deyo of this village, who was the son 
of Pierre Deyo the Patentee. Daniel had a large family of 
sons and daughters and the name Daniel has been handed down 
in this branch of the Hasbrouck family until the present day. 
Daniel died in 1759. His widow long survived him and con- 
tinued to occupy with her six sons the old stone house, still 
standing, opposite the Reformed church. Daniel Rose, who 
is a descendant of Daniel Hasbrouck, has in his possession an 
abstract of his will, dated January 26, 1754. The will gives 
to each of his sons, Jonas, Josaphat, David, Isaiah, Benjamin 
and Zachariah, one-sixth of his property ; to the daughter, 
Elsie, who married Peter Smedes, three milch cows and £200 



HISTORY OF N E IV P A LT Z 371 

of New York currency. The will directs that the widow shall 
retain possession of the property, both real and personal, as 
long as she remains a widow, but that if she marries again she 
shall give up possession of the property to the children. In 
the tax list of 1765 we tind the property all assessed to Wyntje 
Hasbrouck, and she was one of the wealthiest residents of the 
community. The old homestead in this village passed into 
the possession of Daniel's son, Isaiah, wdio married Mary Be- 
vier, who, like her mother-in-law, was left a widow with a 
large family of children. The children of Isaiah Hasbrouck 
were Ezekiel, Isaiah, Josiah, Noah, Elsie and Alary. The last 
named, who did not marry, owned the old homestead until her 
death, about 1880. The brothers, Isaiah and Josiah, settled in 
Sullivan county. Noah lived where his son-in-law, Abm. R. 
DuBois, afterwards resided. 

From Mary Hasbrouck the old homestead passed into the 
possession of Isaiah Hasbrouck, who now owns it. 

Josaphat, another of the sons of Daniel Hasbrouck, married 
Cornelia DuBois and left four sons : Daniel, Zachariah, Simeon 
and Andries. Zachariah and Simeon did not marry and lived 
in the Clintondale neighborhood near their brother Andries 
who married Elizabeth Hasbrouck and left one son, Daniel 
A., father of Daniel A. of this village. Zachariah lived to a 
vigorous old age. Daniel, eldest son of Josaphat and Cor- 
nelia DuBois, married Margaret Freer. They had six chil- 
dren ; Jonas, Garret, Josaphat, Rachel, Catharine, Cornelia. 
The eldest son, Jonas, married Maria Winfield, and lived on 
the farm at Tuthill. Jonas' son Daniel W. afterwards resided 
at Galeville. Jonas, son of Daniel (i), lived west of tlie 
mountains and married Catharine DuBois ; he left 

three sons, Josaphat, who married DuBois ; Daniel, 

who married Alargaret Schoonmaker, and Isaiah, who mar- 



^72. HIST R Y OF N E IV PAL T Z 

ried Elizabeth Westbrook and lived where Perry Deyo lately 
resided. Daniel I., of Gardiner, is their son. 

Daniel's son David married Maritje Houghland. They lived 
in what is now the Lewis H. Deyo house, near Butterville. 
They had but one son, \\'illiam, who married Rachel, daughter 
of Josaphat Hasbrouck. David died March, 1806, and is 
buried in the southwest portion of the old graveyard in this 
village. In the same portion of the graveyard and enclosed 
in an iron railing, are the graves of his nephews, Daniel and 
Isaiah, and their wives, ]\Iargaret Schoonmaker and Elizabeth 
Westbrook, the last named of whom died in 1864, aged 75 
years. This was the last interment in the old graveyard. 

Zachariah, another of the six sons of Daniel Hasbrouck and 
Wyntje Deyo, married Rebecca Waring. They had sons 
Charles and Richard E. who resided near Clintondale. 

Benjamin, the remaining one of the six sons of Daniel 
Hasbrouck, married INIary Bevier. They lived on the farm 
now owned by their grandson, Daniel Rose, about one mile 
from this village on the Modena road. Benjamin left but 
one son, Daniel B., who kept the homestead, and one daughter, 
who married Peter Rose. Daniel B. left no children. 

Solomon, Sox of Abraham the Patentee 
Solomon was born in 1686 and married Sarah Van Wagenen 
in 1 72 1. They lived in a stone house about i^ miles north 
of this village and a quarter of a mile east of the Springtown 
bridge. This house, after being unoccupied for many years, 
tumbled into ruins about i860. There is a barn near by and 
about 100 yards south is a large old graveyard. Solomon had 
a large family of sons as follows : 

Abraham, Jr., Jacobus, John, Daniel, Simon, Petrus and 
Elias. Of Abraham, Jr., Daniel and Simon we have no 
account except that the first named married Rachel Sleight. 



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HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 373 

Jacobus' son Benjamin owned what is known as the Simon 
L. DuBois farm near Springtown. He gave a Hfe estate in 
the farm to his son Abraham E., who left four sons : Jacob, 
Benjamin, John W., and Jonas. 

Of Petrus, John and EHas w^e have quite a complete 
record. 

Petrus lived in the old stone house now owned by Air. A. 
Neal, at Middletown. This house was built for Petrus ; his 
wife was Sarah, daughter of Abm. Bevier. In Revolutionary 
times Petrus was second lieutenant in the second company of 
New Paltz militia, serving in Col. Johannis Hardenburgh's 
regiment, which regiment served from October 25, 1775, till 
1782 and saw much fighting. 

Petrus' children were Roelif, who lived at Springtown; 
Simon, who lived in the old homestead and died unmarried; 
Samuel, who married Lydia Crispell and inherited the old 
homestead ; Jeremiah, wdio married a Bruyn and moved to 
Elmira; Mathusalem, who married Maria Deyo and moved to 
Binghamton ; Solomon, who married Magdalen LeFevre and 
lived at Centerville; Abram, who married Alary Blanshan and 
lived on what is now the Dr. Green farm at Bontecoe. Rcelif, 
the eldest son, was twice married. His first wife was Jane 
Elting. They had four children — all girls, Sarah, who mar- 
ried Wm. W. Deyo ; Catharine, who married Jacob Rose ; 
Dinah, who married Jonathan LeFevre ; Magdalen, who mar- 
ried Daniel DuBois. 

Roelif's second wife was Maria DeWitt. They had three 
sons, DeWitt, Clinton and Charles B. The last named long 
carried on the mercantile business in this village in the build- 
ing afterwards occupied by his nephew, Oscar C. Hasbrouck. 

Petrus' son Samuel was the father of Aliss Cornelia Has- 
brouck and Mrs. Elihu Schoonmaker of this village, from the 



374 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

latter of whom we have our information in regard to this 
branch of the Hasbronck family. 

Elias Hasbrouck, the brother of Petrus Hasbronck, moved 
to Kingston, where he engaged in the mercantile business, his 
store being located on the corner of Wall and ]\Iain streets, 
opposite the First Reformed church. Elias commanded a 
company of rangers in the Revolutionary war and saw much 
active service. He was with Gen. Richard Montgomery in 
the attack on Quebec, in which Montgomery lost his life. He 
named one of his sons Montgomery in honor of his old com- 
mander and to his son, as well as all other sons of his old com- 
rades who were named for her husband, Gen. Montgomery's 
widow made a present of a gold ring. This ring passed from 

Montgomery Hasbronck to his daughter, Mrs. Keator, 

who long resided with her son-in-law, Mr. Chas. Drake, in this 
village, and preserved the ring as a precious heirloom. From 
her we have full information of the family of Elias Hasbronck. 
When the British burned Kingston, in the time of the Revolu- 
tionary war, the store of Elias Hasbronck was consumed. 

After the war he went to Shandaken Valley, in Woodstock, 
where he bought a piece of land at what is now Lake Hill. 
Elias Hasbrouck's wife was Elizabeth Sleight of Esopus. They 
had a family of two daughters and five sons, Elias, John, Dan- 
iel, Montgomery and Peter. The last named moved to Kings- 
ton. The other brothers all settled on the tract purchased by 
their father in Woodstock, where they had farms adjoining 
each other. Two of Montgomery's sons, Daniel, late of Mo- 
dena, and John W., of Middletown, Orange county, have 
taken an active interest in the family history. 

Going back now to John, the brother of Elias and Petrus, 
we find that he kept \he homestead of his father, Solomon — 
that is the old stone house, afterwards owned and occupied by 



HISTORY OF NEW F A LT Z 375 

Charles Elting, standing a few rods west of the late residence 
of Jas. Ean, which tumbled down about i860. 

John Hasbrouck left two sons, John and . John was 

the only one who married. John's wife was a- daughter of 
Wm. McDonald, a Scotchman, who had a tannery about where 
the eastern end of the Springtown railroad bridge now is. John 
and his wife had four sons, Andrew, ^^'illiam, Philip and John. 
Andrew and William emigrated in their youth, the last named, 
we believe, to Florida. John went to Indiana and left a large 
family of children. Philip resided m the neighborhood all his 
life, his residence being directly across the street from the 
school house. For a great number of years he held the ofifice 
of justice of the peace and was usually called "Squire." He 
had three sons: Washington, Peter and Evert. The first 
named was a very prominent educational man, was the founder 
of the Hasbrouck Institute at Jersey City and was for a num- 
ber of years principal of the New Jersey State Normal school 
at Trenton. 

This ends the history of the descendants of Solomon, son 
of Abraham Hasbrouck, the patentee. 

Joseph, Son of Abraham the Patentee 

We will now proceed to the history of Joseph, the eldest son 
of Abraham the Patentee, who was born in 1684. Joseph 
Hasbrouck, and his wife, Ellsje Schoonmaker, are buried in 
the graveyard in this village, but for a great number of years 
they have had few descendants permanently residing in the 
town of New Paltz. Nevertheless none of the New Paltz 
Huguenots have left a more honored line of descendants and 
none have taken greater interest in the history of the place. 

Joseph and his wife, Ellsje Schoonmaker, were married in 
1706. They located at Guilford, on a tract of 2,000 acres, 



376 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 




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TOMBSTONE 



i OF JOSEPH HASb'rOUCK IN THE OLD GRAVE YARD IN THIS VILLAGE 



HISTORY OF NEW P A LT Z 2,77 

which had been granted by patent in 1685 to James Graham 
and John Delavall. The original parchment is now in the 
possession of Joseph Hasbrouck, Jr., who is the owner and 
occupant of the farm where his father, Joseph L., his grand- 
father, Col. Joe, and his great-grandfather. Gen. Joe., lived 
before him. Gen. Joe.'s father. Col. Abraham, lived in Kings- 
ton in Revolutionary times and his father is the first Joseph 
in the line. 

The parchment, on which the grant of the Guilford tract is 
written, is in a good state of preservation. About i860 the 
family residence was burned down and a number of papers 
burned, but this patent being in the safe was preserved. 

The following is a copy, the quaint spelling of certain words 
being given as in the original : 

" Thomas Dongan, Lieutenant Governor and vice admirall 
of New Yorke and its dependencyes under his majesty, James 
the Second, by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France 
and Ireland, King, Defender of the faith, Supreme Lord and 
proprietor of the colony and province of New Yorke and 
dependencyes in America. To all to whom this shall come 
sendeth greeting. 

Whereas Phillip Wells, esquire, surveyor general, hath by 
virtue of my warrant, bearing date the i6th day of December, 
one thousand six hundred and eighty-five, surveyed and laid 
out. for James Graham and John Delavall, a certain tract of 
land, being situate and lying upon both sides the Walls River, 
of the New Palls and known by the Indian name Nescatock 
and now by the name of Guilford, in the county of Ulster 
beginning on the east side the river and att the south end of a 
small island, off the mouth of the River ' Chauwangung and 
stretching into the woods by a line of marked trees, east, south- 



378 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

east, five degrees and thirty minutes, southerly fifty one chains 
and a halfe and then in length north by east six degrees and 
forty five minutes easterly one hundred and ninety chains and 
then in breadth to the River west, northwest, five degrees and 
thirty minutes northerly, by a line of marked trees, fifty one 
chains and a half to the pauls River and so crossing the River, 
to a tree marked with three notches, and a cross on them, 
standing off the mouth of a small run and so continues by a 
line of marked trees, fifty one chains and a halfe over a small 
hill and then in length south southwest two degrees and thirty 
minutes westerly, one hundred and seventy six chains, to a tree 
marked near the River Chauwangung and from thence east, 
southeast to the said River and so by the River to the aforesaid 
small island, including the said island, containing in all wood- 
land and meadows two thousand acres as by the Rowenty of 
the survey Remaining on record in the secretary's office may 
more fully and att large appear : NOW KNOW YEE that I, 
the said Thomas Dongan, by virtue of the power and authority 
to me devised from his most sacred majesty, and in pursuance 
•of the same have given, granted, ratified, released and con- 
furred, and by these presents, do give, grant, ratify, release 
and confirme unto the said James Graham and John Delavoll, 
all the aforesaid tract and Parcell of land and Island lying and 
being scituated within the limitts and bounds aforesaid, to- 
gether with all the woods, underwoods, timber, swamps, mead- 
ows, pastures, fields, islands, waters, lakes, ponds, Rivers, 
Rivulets, Runns, Creeks, Quarries, Mines, Mineralls, fifishing, 
hunting, hawking, ffowling and all other Royalties, Proiifits, 
Commodities, hereadaments to the said tract and parcell of 
land, island and premissess with their appurtenances, belong- 
ing or in any wise appertaining (silver and gold mines only 
excepted) to have and to hold all the aforecited tract and par- 



HISTORY OF NEW P A LT Z 379 

cell of land Island and premises with all and everything" appur- 
tenances, unto the said James Graham and John Delavall, their 
heirs and assigns, to the sole and proper use, beneffitt and be- 
hoof of them the said James Graham and John Delavall, their 
heirs and assigns, forever, without any lett, hindrance or moles- 
tation, to be had or Reserved upon (word illegible) or joynt 
tenancy or survivorship, any thing contained herein to the con- 
trary in. any wise, notwithstanding, to be holden of his most 
sacred majesty, his heirs and successors in free and comon 
Soccage, according to the tenure of east Greenwich, in the 
county of Kent, within the Realms of England yielding, ren- 
dering and paying therefor yearly and every year, unto his 
said majesty, his heirs and successors or to such officer or 
officers as shall be empowered to receive the same on the five 
and twentieth Day of March, att the city of New Yorke six 
bushels of good, winter, merchantable wheat, as an acknowl- 
edgment or quit rent, in lieu of all services and demands 
whatsoever. 

In Testimony, whereof, I have caused these presents to be 
recorded in the secretary's office and scale of the province to 
be hereunto affixed, this eleventh day of September, Ann Dom 
one thousand six hundred and eighty six, and in the second 
year of his majesty's reign. 

THOMAS DONGAN. 

Recorded in the Secretary's office for the province of New 
York in Liber A\'. S. book of Pattents begun 1684, pages 
546, 547, 548. G. I. Sprague, Sec. 

J\Iay it please your honor, the attorney-general hath perused 
this patent and finds nothing contained therein prejudicial to 
his majesty's interest. Ja. Graham. 

Exam. August, 1686. 



38o HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

We do not know very much about the first Joseph Has- 
brouck, except that he was one of the Justices of the County 
of Ulster in 1722, and his name is mentioned in a record of 
that date as having proceeded with two other Justices and an 
Indian to locate definitely the southwest corner of the Paltz 
patent at Moggonck. 

The diary of Joseph's son, Col. Abraham Hasbrouck, says 
he was "a gentleman much respected by those with whom he 
was acquainted and he served in several public stations in 
Ulster county. He was very affable and agreeable in company,, 
eloquent in speech, spoke French, Dutch, and very tolerable 
English." 

Joseph Hasbrouck is buried in the old graveyard in this vil- 
lage and the stone which marks his last resting place bears 
the oldest date of any in the graveyard. It is of brown sand 
stone, such as was used at that period. At the top of the 
stone is an angel's head and wings. The inscription is as 
follows: "Here lyes the Body of Joseph Hasbrouck, Esq., 
aged 40 years, 3 months and 18 days, deceased, January 28, 
172^." The fraction ^ marks the date in Old Style. By 
the side of this grave is another similar stone with the in- 
scription: "Here lies interred the Body of Ellsje Hasbrouck, 
widow of Joseph Hasbrouck, Esq., deceased ye 27 day of July 
1764, aged 78 years, 8 months and 3 days." 

Joseph's widow, as will be noted by these inscriptions, out- 
lived her husband forty years. We may suppose the stones 
were put up by her sons after their mother's death. Quite 
certainly no gravestones of brown sandstone were used in the 
graveyard here at so early a period as 1723. 

At just what date Joseph Elasbrouck moved from his 
father's home in this village and located at Guilford we can: 
not say. It was probably shortly after his marriage in 1706. 



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In our previous sketches of the early settlers of New Paltz 
"vve have noted various instances of a widow being left at a 
comparatively youthful age with a large family on her hands. 
We have noted the additional fact as appearing in the early 
history of New Paltz that, wdiere there was a large family of 
sons the record of the mother was that of an exceedingly able 
Avoman. 

Joseph Hasbrouck's wife lost her husband when she was 
about thirty-seven years of age, and was left with ten children 
on her hands, wdiile her oldest, Abraham, was only about sev- 
enteen years of age. It requires little imagination to see that 
this woman, in the wilderness five miles from tlie little settle- 
ment at New Paltz, with no houses on the way except those 
of Louis DuBois, Jr., on the county house plains, and Solo- 
mon DuBois, where Air. Blake now lives, must have had a 
dreary time, and had she not possessed a brave heart, would 
have succumbed to the hardships of the environment. But 
she did not give up the fight nor move back to New Paltz. 
She raised her family of six sons and four daughters. In her 
later years, wdien neighbors increased, she kept a store in 
the house. Nine of her children married. Her family scat- 
tered widely and rose to eminence. 

The sons of Joseph Hasbrouck and his wife, Ellsje Schoon- 
maker, were Col. Abraham, who married Catharine Bruyn and 
located in Kingston; Isaac, who married Antje Low, widow 
of John Van Gasbeck, and located a short distance east of old 
Shawangunk church ; Jacob, who married Mary Hornbeck 
and moved to Marbletown ; Benjamin, who married Eledia 
Schoonmaker and located at what is now the Borden residence 
at Wallkill ; Cornelius, who did not marry ; Col. Jonathan, who 
married Catharine DuBois and located at Newburgh. There 
were also four daughters, all of whom married. 



382 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Col. Abraham, Son of Joseph 
The oldest son, Abraham, married Catharine Bruyn, daugh- 
ter of Jacobus pjruyn, who hved a few miles south of Guilford,, 
and in 1735, fourteen years after the death of his father, 
moved to Kingston and left the otlier children to help their 
mother to carry on the farm. We may consider that the boys 
who were left at home under care of their mother did good 
service in clearing up the forest land, for in 1765, one year 
after her death, we find the farm assessed to Abraham, the 
oldest son (who had bought it) at a higher rate than any other 
farm in the whole precinct of New Paltz. 

For thirty-one years Abraham carried on the mercantile busi- 
ness in Kingston. In 1776 his store was destroyed by fire. 
He then moved, and in his later years had his residence in the 
large stone building, well remembered by people of the present 
generation as Schryver's Hotel, on East Front street, destroyed 
by fire about 1876. He is usually called "Colonel," but was 
not engaged in active service in the Revolutionary army, being- 
an old man when the war commenced. He was a lieutenant- 
colonel of militia, was for twenty years member of the Provin- 
cial Assembly and was a member of the State Senate in 1781. 
In 1775 he was elected colonel of the ist Northern Ulster 
County Regiment and the next year was elected commander. 
During a long term of years he kept a diary, which contained 
more authentic information probably than any other record 
of that time in the county. This diary is quite a large volume 
and is now in the possession of the family of his great-grand- 
daughter, Mrs. Geo. H. Sharpe. Col. Abraham Hasbrouck, 
though residing in Kingston, continued to take a great interest 
in the affairs at New Paltz^ and in the feud between the Has- 
broucks and the Eltings, which formed so important a part 
of the history of those times, he bore quite a conspicuous part. 



HISTORY OF N E W PALTZ 383 

The origin of the fend was, as nearly as we can ascertain, 
the attempt on the part of Noah Elting and Nathaniel LeFevre 
to obtain from the Colonial government a patent for 3,000 
acres of land lying on the south of the Paltz patent. This was 
strongly opposed by Col. Abraham Hasbrouck and others in 
behalf of the balance of the Paltz people, alleging that the 
original Paltz patent covered a part of this tract. To make, 
the fight more bitter an action was commenced against Noah,, 
who resided where the late Edmund Eltinge lived, and it was 
claimed that the land he occupied and which his father pur- 
chased of Solomon and Louis DuBois, Jr., in 1726, was also 
a part of the Paltz patent and that therefore his title to it was 
not valid. Finally the matter w^as settled w'ithout coming into, 
court. In 1755 Col. Abraham, together with Louis Bevier 
of Marbletow^n and Jacob Hasbrouck, obtained a grant of 
2,000 acres of land south of the New Paltz patent and in the 
neighborhood of the present Clintondale depot. 

Col. Abraham Hasbrouck of Kingston left four sons, Joseph, 
Daniel, Jonathan and James. The oldest son, Joseph, when 
he became a man moved back to the old homestead at Guil- 
ford. Daniel located at Wallkill, Orange county, and left twa 
sons, neither of whom married, and four daughters. 

Jonathan lived in Kingston and is well remembered as 
"Judge Jonathan," and was the father of Hon. A. Bruyn Has- 
brouck, than whom Ulster county has had no more honored 
son. James occupied his father's house, subsequently the 
Schryver hotel property, at Kingston. 

We will now go back with Col. Abraham's son, Joseph, to 
the homestead at Guilford. Having been placed by his father 
on the farm he worked it on shares for several years. In 1773, 
when thirty years of age, he married Elizabeth Bevier. Joseph 



384 H ISTO R V OF NEW P ALT Z 

was a brigadier-general of militia and is usually spoken of as 
"General Jo." During the Revolutionary war his farm was a 
depot of supplies for the federal army stationed at New Wind- 
sor and other places and these supplies were forwarded as 
needed. The book with his account of these transactions is 
still in possession of the family at Guilford. During the Revo- 
lutionary war he was lieutenant-coloned in Col. Cantine's regi- 
ment. His title as general was probably for militia service 
after the war. He was a member of the Assembly in 1786 
and a member of the State Senate in 1793-96. He died in 1808. 

Gen. Jo. left one daughter and a large family of sons as 
follows : Abraham, Louis, Daniel, Joseph, Philip, James and 
Luther. 

The oldest son, Abraham, who was born in 1775, moved to 
Rondout when a young man, and for half a century carried on 
a general mercantile business, being known among his old 
neighbors in Southern Ulster as "Abraham Hasbrouck of the 
Strand." He was in the freighting business, as well as the 
mercantile business, accumulated a large amount of property, 
and was a member of Congress in 1813-15. His wife was 
Helena Jansen. Their children were Jansen, Helena, wife of 
Henry Sharpe and mother of Gen. George H. Sharpe; Eliza- 
beth, wife of Dr. Richard Elting; Catharine, wife of Judge 
G. W. Ludlum ; Maria, wife of Robert Gosman. Jansen, the 
only son, was a very prominent citizen of Rondout and until 
shortly before his death was president of the Rondout bank. 

Beside Abraham "of the Strand," the other sons of "General 
Jo." of Guilford, as we have said, were Louis, David, Joseph, 
Philip, James and Luther. Louis located at Ogdensburgh, 
where his descendants still live. 

David became a doctor and settled in Utica. He left at 
least two sons, William and John L., the latter the well-known 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 385 

New York merchant. Gen. Jo.'s sons Philip and Luther mar- 
ried, but left no children. Philip Hved where his nephew, 
Philip B., lived in Gardiner. The two remaining sons, 
James and Joseph, located in the vicinity, Joseph retaining the 
old homestead at Guilford and being sometimes called "Colonel 
Jo." James lived west of the Guilford church. His last sur- 
viving sons were Louis of Libertyville and Philip B. Col. Jo., 
who kept the old homestead, left a family of four sons, Abner, 
Oscar, Dr. Alfred, who settled in Poughkeepsie, and Joseph 
L., who kept the old homestead. 

About i860 fire destroyed the old stone mansion, and some 
of the ancient papers, but a portion of the most valuable ones 
were in the safe unharmed. A brick house of modern pattern 
took the place of the stone house. On the death of Joseph L, 
Hasbrouck the property came into the occupancy of his only 
surviving son, Mr. Joseph Hasbrouck, Jr. 

Louis Hasbrouck (son of Joseph, son of Abraham, son of 
Joseph, son of Abraham the Patentee), who settled at Ogdens- 
burgh, was born April 22, 1777, and was baptized May 11, 
1777, at Shawangunk by Rev. Regnier Van Niest. He was 
educated at Princeton and graduated in 1797. He studied law 
in the office of Josiah Ogden Hoffman in New York city and 
was admitted to the bar in 1801. Shortly afterwards he re- 
moved to Ogdensburgh, N. Y. He was the first County Clerk 
of St. Lawrence county, Postmaster of Ogdensburgh, Member 
of the Legislature and State Senator. He died August 20, 
1834. 

He married Catharine Banks, daughter of Justus Banks. 
They had several children, of whom one son, Louis, born in 
1814, and two daughters, Sarah Sophia and Louisa, married. 
One daughter, Jane, is still living. Louis, the second of the 
name at Ogdensburgh, was twice married. His first wife was 
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386 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Louise Seymour Allen and his second wife was Sarah Maria 
Hasbrouck, daughter of Levi Hasbrouck of New Paltz. By 
the first marriage there were three children, two of whom, a 
son and daughter, are. now living, the son, who is named Louis,, 
being a prominent lawyer at Ogdensburg. By the second mar- 
riage there were three children, two of whom, Levi and Laura 
Maria, are still living. 

Isaac, Son of Joseph and Grandson of Abraham the 
Patentee 

Isaac Hasbrouck, second son of Joseph and grandson of 
Abraham the Patentee, was born March 12, 1712, and in 1766 
married Antje Low, widow of John Van Gaasbeck, settled in 
Shawangunk about a mile south of Tuthill and built the house 
still standing, owned by Richard Hardenberg and his children 
for seventy years. His lands joined the Wallkill on the east 
for nearly a mile and extended west to where the Shawangunk 
church stands and probably extended a little farther to the 
Shawangunk kill. When the Shawangunk church was organ- 
ized in 1737 he gave the land where the bviilding stands. 

Isaac Hasbrouck was Supervisor of the town of Shawan- 
gunk in 1 75 1 and 1752. 

Isaac and his wife had three children — Joseph I., Elsie and 
Jane. Elsie did not marry. Jane married John Crispell and 
they had two sons, Peter and DuBois ; both became physicians. 
DuBois settled and died in Kingston, Peter died in Hurley, 
A granddaughter of Joseph I., Mrs. A. M, Ronk, has in her 
possession an old family Bible with the following record: 

"Joseph I. Hasbrouck, born October 11, 1767, died March 
24th, 1842. Married Cornelia Schoonmaker of Pa-ca-na-sink, 
bom February i8th, 1766, died July 14th, 1814." Their chil- 
dren were Sarah B., born August 28, 1788, married Daniel 



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Tuthill; Maria, born May 23, 1790, married Thomas Ostran- 
der; Catharine, born August 17, 1792, married Samuel John- 
son; Dr. Stephen, born April 24, 1794, married Elsie Schenck 
of Fishkill ; Levi, born December 21, 1795, married Manj 
Decker; Jane, born January 27, 1798, married Cornelius De- 
Witt of Marbletown; Geo., born January 26, 1800, married 
Maria Johnson; Joseph Osterhoudt, born December 23, 1801, 
married Eliza Ray; Abel, born December 16, 1803, married 
Ruth Winfield ; Augustus, born September 20, 1809, married 
Jane V. W. Eltinge, daughter of Rev. Wilhelmus. 

Joseph I. located and built on a portion of his father's lands 
about half a mile south of the old homestead and some dis- 
tance by lane from the main road to the banks of the Wall- 
kill. This has sometimes been mistaken for the old homestead. 

Joseph I., of Shawangunk, was Supervisor in 1797-9, 1813-4 
and in 181 7. 

Joseph Osterhoudt Hasbrouck, son of Joseph I., owned a 
mill, store and blacksmith shop at Tuthill. He exercised great 
influence in the Democratic party and the creation of the town 
of Gardiner in 1853 was altogether his work. 

Jacob A., Sox of Joseph of Guilford 

Jacob A. Hasbrouck, son of Joseph of Guilford and grand- 
son of Abraham the Patentee, was born in 1717. He married, 
in 1746, Maria Hornbeck and located at Kyserike in the town 
of Alarbletown. At about the same date Isaac Hasbrouck, son 
of Jacob, son of Jean the Patentee, moved from what is now 
the ^Memorial House in this village and likewise settled in the 
town of Marbletown. Both of these Hasbrouck families have 
ever since had representatives in the town of Marbletown and 
elsewhere, but there is a great disparity in the number of de- 
scendants bearing the Hasbrouck name for the reason that 



388 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

while Isaac had six sons and a goodly number of grandsons, 
Jacob had but one son, and boys have since been few in 
numbers in his hne of the Hasbrouck family. 

Capt. Jacob L. Snyder, of High Falls, whose wife is a 
daughter of Calvin Hasbrouck and great granddaughter of 
Jacob A., has in his possession a number of valuable old 
papers, which have come down in this line of Hasbroucks 
and which make clear the family history. The oldest of 
these papers are two deeds for land at Kyserike from Ellsje 
Hasbrouck, of Guilford, widow of Joseph, to her son, Jacob 
A. Hasbrouck. In one of the deeds, dated in 1747, considera- 
tion is love and affection and £300. In the deed for the other 
tract at Kyserike the consideration mentioned is love and 
affection and £540. The latter deed is dated in 1754. 

The children of Jacob A. Hasbrouck and his wife, Mary 
Hornbeck, were Anitje, Elsie, Mary, Joseph and Rachel. In 
his will, also in possession of Capt. Jacob L. Snyder, Jacob A. 
gives to his son Joseph all his land in the towns of Marble- 
town and Rochester, but requires him to pay £400 to his 
sisters, Anitje, Elsie and Mary. 

Joseph Hasbrouck, son of Jacob, occupied his father's 
homestead, known in modern times as the Lodewyck Has- 
brouck place. 

In the war of the Revolution Joseph's name appears as 
ensign in the company of which John Hasbrouck, of Marble- 
town, who had married Joseph's sister, was captain. Subse- 
quently he received from Gen. Geo. Clinton a commission as 
lieutenant in the Levies and his name appears as lieutenant 
in the Fourth Orange County Regiment, Col. Hathorn, of 
which his cousin, Joseph Hasbrouck of Guilford, was lieu- 
tenant-colonel. His commission is dated July i, 1780. At a 
later date, after the close of the war, in 1787, he received a 



HISTORY OF NEIV PALTZ 389 

commission as captain. The will of Joseph Hasbrouck, which 
was probated May 6, 1802, together with the other valuable 
papers mentioned are now in the possession of Capt. Jacob 
L. Snyder, having come to him from his father-in-law, Calvin 
Hasbrouck, who was the son of Joseph. Calvin resided at 
High Falls and was for many years superintendent on the 
Delaware & Hudson canal. 

Benjamin, Son of Joseph and Grandson of Abraham the 

Patentee 

Benjamin, born in 17 19, son of Joseph and grandson of 
Abraham the Patentee, located at what is now Wallkill and 
built the stone house, still standing, and which forms a part of 
the present Mrs. John G. Borden residence. Benjamin mar- 
ried Elidia Schoonmaker and had three sons, Benjamin, Cor- 
nelius and Joseph, the second named of whom kept the home- 
stead, and the son Joseph took the south part of the farm. 
Cornelius' farm was left to his son, Benjamin C. and Joseph'^ 
farm went to his son Thomas. The descendants of the three 
sons of Benjamin Hasbrouck, the first of the name at Wall- 
kill, are thus stated by Mr. A. M. Ronk : 

Benjamin married Elizabeth Dickerson, daughter of Wil- 
liam. Their children were Eliza, who married Stephen Ronk ; 
Lydia did not marry ; Isaac married Delia Newman ; Jacob 
married Charlotte Thorn ; Elsie married Jabez Ells ; Henry H. 
married Ruth Constable ; Catharine married William Johnson ; 
Jane, Joseph, Mary did not marry. 

Cornelius married Jane Kelso. Their children were Wm. 
C, married Mary E. Roe; Benj. C, married Louise Lyon; 
Margaret, married Captain Eli Perry. 

Joseph married Rebecca Kelso, a sister of Cornelius' wife. 
Their children were Thomas, did not marry ; John, moved to 



390 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

Alichigan. married Rachel Ann Traphagen ; Maria Jane, mar- 
ried Nathaniel Roos ; Catharine Ann married Halsey Lyon ; 
Rebecca, married Linus Esterly; Sarah, married John Titus. 

Wm, C. Hasbrouck, son of Cornelius, son of Benjamin, the 
first at Wallkill, was born August 23. 1800; married Mary E., 
daughter of William Roe, June 28, 183 1 ; died November, 
1870; had three sons, viz.: Wm. H., Henry C. and Roe, and 
three daughters : Maria H., Emily A. and Blandina. He grad- 
uated at Union College at the same time Wm. H. Seward was 
an undergraduate, and soon after removed to Franklin, Tenn., 
where he became principal of the academy founded by Bishop 
Otey. Returning to the North, he became principal of the 
Farmers' Hall Academy, at Goshen, in 1822, and commenced 
there the study of law with Mr. Wisner. He completed his 
legal studies with Wm. Ross, in Newburgh ; was admitted to 
the bar in 1826, and rose rapidly to rank in his profession. 
He was elected to the Assembly of 1847 and was chosen 
Speaker of that body ; he was a man of high bearing, spotless 
character, and a chivalric sense of honor and duty. His sec- 
ond son, Henry C, graduated at the West Point Military 
Academy, May, 1861 ; served as lieutenant under Captain 
Griffin, 5th Artillery, U. S. A., in first Bull Run, also at 
Miner's Hill and Newport News ; promoted captain 4th Ar- 
tillery, and in service in the Modoc campaign. 

Henry C. was for some time in command at Fortress Mon- 
roe, holding a commission as lieut.-colonel in the regular army, 
and in the war with Spain was appointed brigadier-general. 

Col. Jonathan, Son of Joseph and Grandson of Abraham 
THE Patentee 

Jonathan, the youngest son of Joseph and grandson of Abra- 
ham the Patentee, was born in Guilford April 12, 1722, and 



HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 391 

died July 31, 1780. Jonathan married May, 1751, Tryntje, 
daughter of Cornelius DuBois of Poughwoughtenonk. Jona- 
than located at Newburgh, purchasing, in 1747, the property 
■on which he built, in 1750, part of, the house known as Wash- 
ington's Headquarters. Subsequently he built an addition to 
this house and here he resided until his death. He was the 
first Supervisor of the precinct in 1763. He held at different 
times commissions as ensign, captain and colonel, his commis- 
sion to the latter office being issued October 25, 1775. His 
regiment saw much active service in the Revolutionary war, 
but, owing to the ill health of its colonel, was much of the 
time commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Johannes Harden- 
tergh. On account of continued ill health Col. Jonathan Has- 
iDrouck resigned in 1777. The diary of his brother, Col. 
Abraham of Kingston, gives the following account of Col. 
Jonathan : 

"He was a loving husband to his wife, a tender and loving 
"father to his children, a loving brother to his brothers and sis- 
ters, an obedient and dutiful child to his parents, a kind 
master to his servants, a good neighbor, a hospitable man, a 
■good, industrious, sober man, and a very good liver, and a very 
good commonwealth's-man (whig). He was a pious worthy 
jnan, paid a good deal of reverence in hearing and reading the 
word of God. He was good natured, not soon ruffled or put 
in a passion, but with a great deal of forbearance. He had 
very good sense, and strong natural parts and understanding — 
especially in divinity, and very knowing in common affairs of 
life. He was a man of stature above six feet and four inches, 
well shaped and proportioned of body, good features, full 
visage of face, but of brown complexion, dark blue eyes, black 
hair, with a single curl, strong of body, arms, legs ; was in- 
clined to be corpulent and fat in his younger days, but meeting 



392 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

so many sicknesses and disorders he was not so fat the last 
thirty years of his hfe as he was in his youth. He had a great 
many good quaHties that I don't write down here. He died 
on Monday morning and was buried on Tuesday in the bury- 
ing place on his own land, between his house and the North 
River, lying along side two of his sons (Abraham and Joseph), 
who lay buried in the same ground." 

The other children of Jonathan were Cornelius, Isaac, Jona- 
than, Mary and Rachel. The son, Cornelius, born in 1755, 
espoused the cause of the king and removed to Canada where 
he founded a creditable family. The son Isaac, born in 1761, 
died in 1806, married Hannah Birdsall and continued to reside 
at Headquarters. The daughter Mary, born in 1763, married 
Capt. Israel Smith and during the Revolutionary war resided 
with her father's family at Headquarters, at the time that Gen. 
and Mrs. Washington were there. A cloak presented by Lady 
Washington to little Mary Smith is still treasured up as an 
heirloom. The son Jonathan did not marry. The daughter 
Rachel married her cousin Daniel, son of Col. Abraham of 
Kingston, and located at Montgomery, Orange county. 

Col. Jonathan's son Isaac, who occupied the Headquarters 
after his father's death, left a family of three sons and three 
daughters as follows : Jonathan, Israel, Eli, Sarah, Rachel, 
Mary, all of whom were born at Headquarters. Sarah, who 
married Walter Case, was the only daughter who married. 
Jonathan, the oldest son of Isaac and grandson of Col. Jona- 
than, married Phebe Field and left a large family of sons and 
daughters, all of whom were born at Headquarters. 

Eli, son of Isaac and grandson of Col. Jonathan, married 
Harriet Belknap and left a large family of children, six of 
whom married and left children. Eli's second son, Charles H., 
deceased, was for many years cashier of the Quassaick Bank. 



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Rachel, daughter of Col. Jonathan, married her cousin Dan- 
iel, son of Col. Abraham Hasbrouck of Kingston, and located 
at Montgomery, Orange county. They left a family of two 
sons, Asa and Samuel, neither of whom married, and four 
daughters who married as follows : Margaret, married Severyn 
Bruyn of Bruynswick ; Betsey, married Edward Wait of 
Montgomery ; Clara, married Nicholas Evertson of Newburgh,. 
and Elsie, married Dr. Hornbeck. 

Rachel Hasbrouck's Ride from Newburgh to Guilford 

One of the most romantic stories that we hear of the Revo- 
lutionary times is thus related to us by Mrs. Peter Miller of 
Montgomery, Orange county (who is a daughter of Edward 
Wait), and was told to her when a child by her grandmother,, 
who is the heroine of the tale : 

The British were approaching Newburgh ; we presume it 
was Vaughn's expedition to relieve Burgoyne. Whatever else 
the red coats might spare if they stopped at Newburgh it was 
a plain case that the family plate of so noted a rebel as Col. 
Jonathan Hasbrouck would not be left at its owner's home. 
So Rachel, who was eighteen years old, mounted a mare called 
Firefly and with the family plate in the saddle bags the brave 
girl started alone for the old home of her grandfather, Joseph,, 
at Guildford. Part of the way the route was only to be found 
by the marks blazed on the trees. At the foot of a mountain 
on the route she was stopped by tories. But the leader of the 
band declared with an oath that she was too pretty to be mo- 
lested. While the members of the party were debating the 
question Rachel struck Firefly with the whip and flew on. 
The tories fired at her, but she was not hit by the bullets and 
arrived safe at the ancestral home at Guilford. 



394 HISTORY OF NEW P'ALT Z 

Until quite recently Mrs. Miller owned the saddle in which 
her grandmother made this famous ride. Other Revolutionary- 
reminiscences related to Mrs. Miller by her grandmother are 
that when the British sailed past Newburgh on the way to help 
Burgoyne the family of her father, Col. Jonathan, took refuge 
in the cellar, expecting that the British ships would cannonade 
the house. They were not disappointed, but the cannon were 
aimed too low and the balls struck below the house, in the 
ground. When Washington had his headquarters at this house 
he and Mrs. Washington boarded with Col. Jonathan's family. 
Part of the time while Washington was at Newburgh the 
Marquis de La Fayette and his wife were their guests. La 
Fayette was a very large, heavy man — so large that his wife 
was obliged to use five needles in knitting his stockings, and 
when he went out his valet would take an extra horse along 
for his use. When Washington said good bye to the head- 
quarters Lady Washington presented Rachel Hasbrouck with 
a chair, which is now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Eager of Great 
Bend, Pa. Another daughter of Col. Jonathan was likewise 
presented with a chair by Lady Washington. 

Benjamin, Son of Abraham, the Patentee 

Benjamin, the youngest son of Abraham the Patentee, born 
in 1696, located in Dutchess county about 1720. His wife was 
Janitje De Long, whom he married February 13, 1737. In 
1755 Benjamin built a stone house, which is still standing near 
Hopewell, in which he resided until his death, in 1763. Ben- 
jamin had a family of five sons and tw^o daughters: Abra- 
ham, Daniel, Benjamin, Jacob, Mary, Heiltje and Francis. 

Benjamin did not marry. Daniel married Van Vl6cken 

and had four sons, Tunis, Benjamin, John and Daniel; also 



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two daughters, Catharine and Rachel. Tunis hved in the town 
of Fishkill, where he left two sons. John married Mary- 
Backus and moved to Onondaga county. Benjamin married 
Hannah Green and left a large family of children, eleven in 
all. Daniel did not marry. 

Francis, son of Benjamin (the first in Dutchess county) 
married Elizabeth Swartwout and they had four children, 
Benjamin, Abraham, James and Gilbert. All died young, 
except the oldest son, Benjamin. He was a private in Capt. 
Abraham BrinkerhofT's company, in Col. John Cantine's Ulster 
County Regiment. During his lifetime he occupied the old 
stone house of his grandfather, Benjamin. He married Rachel 
Storm. Their children were Francis, Sarah, Catharine, Eliza- 
beth, Caroline and Isaac. 

Abraham, son of Benjamin, youngest son of Abraham 
the Patentee, married Mary Horton and had three sons : 
Abraham, John and James. Abraham married Fanny 
Lightfoot and as his second wife, Mrs. Taylor. He died 
at Louisville, Ky., in 1838. John married Maria Vail. 
He died in 1820 at Fishkill. James, son of Abraham, was 
a clergyman, married Miss Owen, settled at Louisville, 
Ky., and died in 1847. The ones who went to Louisville 
are a wealthy, well respected family. Some of them have 
clianged the spelling to Hasbrook. 

This ends the history of the family of Abraham Hasbrouck, 
the New Paltz Patentee. 



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THE JEAN HASBROUCK HOUSE, NOW THE MEMORIAL HOUSE 



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CHAPTER XXXII 

The Family of Jean Hasbrouck, the Patentee 

Directly across the street from the site of the first stone 
church stands the house of Jean Hasbrouck, the Patentee, 
which was purchased by the New Paltz Huguenot Memorial 
Society in 1899, to preserve the memory of the early settlers 
and as a store-house of relics and ancient documents. 

This is the largest and finest of all the old houses, except the 
DuBois house, and that has lost a great part of its attraction 
from having been modernized many years ago. 

The house of which we speak bears the letters I. H., sur- 
mounted by a sort of crown, cut in a stone just above and to 
the left of the door. In the mortar, near one of the front win- 
dows, is the date 1712. The I in the olden time was the same 
as J, and the letters above mentioned are the initials of the 
builder. The date 1712 is found in two places on the building, 
and doubtless marks the date of its erection — thirty-five years 
after the date of the patent and seven years after the erection 
of the DuBois house, which still bears the figures 1705 in iron 
letters. The only other stone house in this village ever bearing 
a date of which we are aware is the original Bevier house, 
afterward the Elting store, which stands with its gable end 
to the street, opposite the DuBois house, and which bore on 
its chimney until about 1890 the date of 1735. 

The first houses were doubtless all of logs. As the settlers 
found time they were replaced by the stone edifices still stand- 
ing. Probably every one in the settlement assisted in the build- 
ing. The house we are describing is the only one in the village 



398 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

with an exceedingly tall and steep roof, nor do we recollect any 
other old stone house in all the country round with such a roof. 

Entering at the front door we find ourselves in the broad 
hall, extending through the center of the building. To the 
right and left are large rooms, with high ceilings, the great 
beams being about nine feet from the floor. 

The room to the right was used in Revolutionary times, and 
probably for half a century before, as a store where the few 
goods that were not produced in the place were sold to the set- 
tlers. In one side of the chimney is a closet with a door fitting 
so closely as to be almost unnoticed except by careful inspection. 
This, it is said, was the money drawer. High up on the gar- 
ret is a railing which was formerly in this room and was the 
bar, behind which stood the merchant of the olden time. This 
railing was not taken up on the garret until about 1850. Levi 
Hasbrouck, during his lifetime would not allow any important 
changes to be made in the appearance of the old homestead, 
and this is the reason why this bar railing was kept in this 
room so long after it was unused for mercantile purposes. 

The large room to the left, as we enter, was without doubt 
the living room of the family. In the rear is the kitchen. 

The kitchen chimney is about ten feet wide at the base, the 
mortar apparently of lime and clay — tough and firm. Stepping 
into the fireplace from the kitchen, the old trammels and pot 
hooks are still to be seen. These were in common use in the 
old stone houses before the day of cook stoves. These chim- 
neys, with their wide fireplaces, were meant to consume the 
great logs without the trouble of cutting them up. The mantel- 
piece is high up so as to be out of the way of the flames. The 
brick, of course, must have been hauled from Kingston and 
doubtless brought from Holland, as there were, we presume, 
no brickyards in this country at that early date. But what an 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 399. 

immense quantity of brick went into one of these old 
chimneys ! 

Everything about the house is evidently hand-made. The 
nails in the doors, the bolts and hinges are made by the home 
blacksmith, and their appearance shows that they were ham- 
mered out. The wood work was made before the day of saw- 
mills and shows the hand planing of the home carpenter. 

The work is all substantial. There was evidently no slight- 
ing of the work by mechanics in those days. The old settlers 
meant to stay, and they meant that their houses should be for 
their descendants as well as themselves. 

Descending to the cellar we find a higher ceiling than in the 
other old houses. There is one dark room, without a window, 
in the cellar, but we do not find the sub-cellar which two or 
three of the other stone houses in the village had and which we 
are informed was to store liquor in or to put things in for 
safe keeping, to have them out of the way of the slaves. 
Doubtless this dark room and the sub-cellar in other old build- 
ings were for the same purpose. Part of the cellar is paved 
with stone, part of it with brick, an evidence of comfort we 
have not seen in other old houses. 

Ascending to the upper portion of the building, we find the 
airy loft. Here in olden times the grain was stored in hogs- 
heads. Even in the memory of the people now living, this 
custom was continued in this building. The light streamed in- 
through the windows with their little panes of glass. This 
was not the only one of the old houses in which the grain was 
stored in the loft. Doubtless that custom was universal in the 
early settlement. 

From cellar to garret the house is full of quaint reminders 
of the olden time — over two centuries ago, when the country 
around- was a wilderness and New Paltz a little hamlet in its- 



400 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

midst, where a handful of French Huguenots, fleeing from per- 
secution, had found a home and a refuge, where they might 
worship God in peace and rear their famiUes in comfort. 

Jean Hasbrouck, the Patentee, left three daughters, Mary, 
who married Isaac DuBois ; Hester, who married Peter Gu- 
maer, and Elizabeth, who married Louis Bevier of Marble- 
town. He also had three sons, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 
The first went to England and never returned. Isaac died 
before his father. His name appears in the list of members 
of Capt. Wessell Tenbrouck's company that marched to the 
invasion of Canada in 171 1. He probably lost his life in this 
campaign. Jacob married Hester Bevier and kept the old 
homestead. Jacob left three sons, Jacob, Isaac and Benjamin. 
Jacob, who wrote his name Jacob, Jr., married Jane DuBois, 
daughter of Cornelius DuBois, Sr., and sister of Cornelius 
DuBois, Jr., of Poughwoughtenonk. He continued to reside 
in the homestead. Isaac married Maria Bruyn. Benjamin 
was killed by a falling tree in 1747. Isaac is the ancestor 
of the Stone Ridge Hasbroucks. 

Jacob, Jr., of New Paltz, who lived in the old homestead, 
was Supervisor of the town in 1762-5 and again in 177 1-6. 
From a tax list of the town, dated 1765, we find that Jacob 
Hasbrouck, Jr., Josiah Elting and Cornelius DuBois of Pough- 
woughtenonk, were the three wealthiest men in the town and 
each possessed of about an equal amount of property. 

Jacob, Jr., was captain of the Second New Paltz Company, 
Third Regiment of Ulster County Militia, in Revolutionary 
times, his commission being issued October 25, 1775. He was 
promoted subsequently to the position of major in the same 
regiment, February 21, 1778. We have no account of any 
battles in which he was engaged, but there is good evidence 
that he was with the army when Kingston was burned. 



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HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 401 

Jacob, Jr., left two sons, Josiah and Jacob J., Jr. ; also one 
daughter, Hester, who married Dr. George Wirtz, the ancestor 
of the Wurts family at New Paltz. On the tombstone in the 
old graveyard marking the spot of her interment is the in 
scription, "daughter of ]\Iajor Jacob Hasbrouck." 

In his old age, Jacob, Jr., built and perhaps moved to the 
old stone house in the north bounds of the present corporation, 
where his great-grandson, Abm. ]\I. Hasbrouck, now lives. 
The son Josiah kept the old homestead. He carried on the 
mercantile business in this ancient house after the Revolution 
and accumulated a very large amount of property. He was a 
Member of Congress in the 8th session in 1803-5, was Member 
of Assembly in 1796, 1802 and 1806, and Supervisor of the 
town in 1784-6, 1793-4 and from 1799 to 1805. Josiah was 
commissioned as second lieutenant in the Second Company, 
Third Regiment of Ulster County Alilitia in 1780. He was 
usually called Colonel. Perhaps that rank may have been be- 
stowed during the war of 181 2. We know nothing of his 
military record. 

In his old agg Josiah moved from the old family residence 
in this village to the Plattekill. His wife was Sarah Decker. 
They had three daughters, Elizabeth, Jane and Maria, and one 
son, Levi, who occupied the Plattekill residence during his 
lifetime, as did his only son, Josiah, who died about 1885. 

Col. Josiah's daughters married as follows : Elizabeth was 
Josiah DuBois' first wife, Jane married Joseph Hasbrouck of 
Guilford and Maria married Christopher Reese of Newburgh. 

We have said that Col. Josiah had one brother, Jacob J., Jr. 
After his father's death he continued to occupy the house 
where Abm. M. now resides until in middle age when he gave 
up this house to his son, Maurice, and moved to Bontecoe and 
built the brick house which his grandson, Luther, now owns. 



402 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

He was twice married. His first wife, Margaret Hardenbergh, 
died young, leaving one son, Louis, who went to Sullivan 
county when a young man and was never seen again. The 
second wife, Anna DuBois, left a large family of sons and 
daughters, as follows: Catharine, Alaurice, Jacob J., DuBois, 
Huram, Asenath, Albina. 

Coming back now to the village and to the ancient house 
wdiich is now the Memorial House, we note that after Col. 
Josiah's removal to the Plattekill, near Jenkintown, the old 
homestead was occupied for a time by his son-in-law, Josiah 
DuBois, who had previously carried on the mercantile busi- 
ness in partnership with him, but discontinued it after a time, 
and about 1820 built the brick house now owned by W'm. 
H. D. Blake. After that date the old stone house, until its 
purchase by the Huguenot JNIemorial Society in 1899, was 
occupied by tenants. 

Col. Josiah Hasbrouck was quite certainly the richest man in 
New Paltz, perhaps the richest man in the county. His father 
before him was a rich man for those days. Yet it must be 
noticed that although this old house was for successive gene- 
rations the residence of wealthy people it was a very plain 
edifice. 

The people of those old days did not put all their money 
into houses. They lived, we dare say, in comfort, but had 
not as yet learned to be discontented with the plain, old stone 
houses of their ancestors. 

The Stone Ridge Hasbroucks 

Isaac Hasbrouck, son of Jacob, son of Jean the Patentee, 
was born in 1722. He married, in 1745, Mary, daughter of 
Jacobus Bruyn of Shawangunk. They moved to the town of 
Marbletown and lived in the house in which their son, Sev- 



HISTORY OF N E W P A LT Z 403 

er}'!!, afterwards resided, which is still standing, about a mile 
east of Stone Ridge and now owned by James Pine. 

Isaac Hasbrouck and his wife, Mary JJruyn, left a large 
family of children, as follows : Jacob I., John, Jacobus Bruyn, 
Severyn, Alaria, Esther, Catharine, Benjamin and Louis. 

The names of three of these sons appear as soldiers in the 
Revolutionary war : John, as captain, Severyn and Louis as 
privates. The name of Jacob L appears among the signers 
of the Articles of Association, and so does that of Jacobus 
Bruyn. 

Jacob L, the oldest son, who was born in 1746, married 
Sarah, daughter of Cornelius DuBois of Poughwoughtenonk, 
in the town of New Paltz. They located at the place, still 
known as the Colabargh, about a mile north of Stone Ridge. 
The property remained in the family for several generations, 
passing from Jacob L to his son Josiah, and then to Josiah's 
son DuBois, and then to his son Dr. Josiah Hasbrouck, who 
was an only son, as was his father DuBois. On removing to 
Port Ew^en he sold the farm to Lucas E. Schoonmaker. 

Jacob L had another son, Cornelius D., who married Hannah 
Van Wagenen, studied medicine and became a doctor. In the 
division of the estate of his maternal grandfather, Cornelius 
DuBois, Senior, of Poughwoughtenonk, he received the old 
stone house and about 120 acres of land. Dr. Hasbrouck 
moved to this tract about 1820, tore down the stone house, 
which had been built about 100 years before by Solomon Du- 
Bois, and built the frame house still standing and now occupied 
as a residence In- the present owner of the farm, LeFevre Du- 
Bois. Dr. Llasbrouck resided on this place and practiced medi- 
cine about twenty-five years. He left one son, Hiram, who 
went to Michigan, and one daughter, Eliza, who married 
Peter Barnhart and lived on the place until in old age. 



404 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Other children of Jacob I. Hasbrouck and Sarah DuBois 
were: Isaac, born in 1769; Margaret, born in 1773 (married 
Dr. Wm. Peters) ; W'ilhehnus, born in 1775 (was the owner 
of Kingston Point); Jacobus, born in 1777; Cornehus, born 
in 1778; Jacob I., Jr., born June 7, 1780; Louis I., born 1785; 
Abraham, born in 1787; Maria, born in 1789. 

Of this numerous family we have additional account of the 
following: Louis L married Margaret Van Vleck. Maria 
married Dr. Matthew Dewitt of Stone Ridge and left no chil- 
dren. Jacob L, Jr., married, November 18, 1809, Catharine 
Knickerbocker. They had a large family of children, as fol- 
lows : Cyrus (killed in the civil war), Rufus, Sarah DuBois, 
\\'m. I'eters, Matthew Dewitt, Annie Ligraham, ^laria Dewitt, 
]\Iargaret Peters, Josiah Lewis, Anna Chittenden. The daugh- 
ter, Margaret Peters, married James C. Cornish. Rev. Marion 
Cornish of Kingston is their son. DuBois F. Hasbrouck, the 
noted artist, is the son of Josiah Lewis. 

Benjamin, son of Isaac, wrote his name Benjamin I. He 
was born in 1764 and located at Kyserike, his old stone house, 
which is still standing, being on what is now the Matthew Steen 
place. Benjamin was twice married. His first wife was 
Catrina Smedes. After her death he married Rachel, daugh- 
ter of David Hasbrouck, whose home was what is now the 
Louis H. Deyo place, near Butterville. By the second wife 
there were four daughters, one of whom married Stephen 
Stilwell ; one married James Tamney and one Daniel Has- 
brouck. The farm passed into the possession of his son, 
Alexander, W'ho was a child by the first wife. 

John, son of Isaac, the first Hasbrouck at Stone Ridge, mar- 
ried Mary, daughter of Jacob A. Hasbrouck of Kyserike, who 
w^as the son of Joseph Hasbrouck of Guilford. John located 
about one mile south of Stone Ridge at what was called Rest 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 405 

place and here he built a stone house. In the Revolutionary 
war he served as captain in the Third Ulster County Militia, 
of which John Cantine was colonel. The name of John Ilas- 
brouck, Jr., perhaps the same person, ap])ears as a private in 
the Third Regiment of the Line, commanded by Col. Jas. 
Clinton. From one of the family, Airs. James Oliver Ilas- 
brouck, residing in extreme old age at Washington, D. C, 
comes the following account of the services of Capt. John Has- 
brouck and his family in the Revolutionary war : 

Capt. John inherited a homestead from his father, which 
was located in the county of Ulster, town of Marbletown. On 
it he built a stone house. When the war broke out he went 
himself and gave everything except his homestead for free- 
dom's cause. On this homestead or farm he left his wife and 
four small children ; and she, taking up the burden of both 
man and wife, worked the land, which was in a splendid state 
of cultivation. Finally the Indians and Tories, who were all 
around them, became so troublesome and dangerous that it 
was necessary to have a fort for the safety of the families. 
So Capt. John's wife offered her house, winch was turned into 
a fort. It had to be guarded day and night by the soldiers — ■ 
even men who worked in the fields had to have a guard with 
them or they w^ould be shot while at work. At this fort the 
people were cared for and given a place where they could 
sleep in safety, and besides the table was always on the floor 
for those that were hungry. The homestead was handed down 
from generation to generation until it came to Gross Has- 
brouck, grandson of Capt. John. Capt. John Hasbrouck's 
descendants likewise have an account of his presence at the 
capture of Burgoyne's army, also in Sullivan's expedition 
against the Indians. 

Severyn, son of Isaac Hasbrouck, the first of the name at 



4o5 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Stone Ridge, was born in 1756. He lived about a mile east of 
Stone Ridge on what is now the James Pine place. He was 
twice married. 15}' his first wife, Alaria Depuy, he had one 
son, Isaac S., born in 1786. By his second wife, Maria Conk- 
lin, he had one son, Henry C, and one daughter, Maria. Isaac 
S. studied for a doctor and practiced medicine for a time, and 
afterwards carried on the mercantile business at Stone Ridge. 
His wife was Matilda Barnes. Their children were Severyn, 
Edgar, Charlotte and Alatthew. The two first named sons 
continued their father's business as merchants at Stone Ridge. 
Henry C. Hasbrouck lived on a farm about a mile east of 
Stone Ridge. His wife was Nancy Barnes. Their children 
were Lorenzo, who died when a young man, and Elmira, who 
married Abm. V. N. Kiting of New Paltz. 

Jacobus Bruyn, son of Isaac Ilasbrouck, the first of the 
name at Stone Ridge, was born in 1753, married Ann Abeel. 
They resided at High Falls. Their children were: Neltje who 
married Abraham Sahler, Anthony who married Rachel De- 
puy, Isaac L. who built Norton's cement mill at High Falls, 
David who married Rebecca Brodhead, Jacob R. who mar- 
ried Catharine Davis, Anna M. who married Robert ]\IcKay, 
Catharine who married Joseph Bevier, Maria B. who mar- 
ried Jacob S. Bloom. 

Louis, the youngest son of Isaac, was born in 1767, mar- 
ried Catharine Decker of Shawangunk, and located at Stone 
Ridge. They had sons as follows : Garret who lived in New 
York, Corneluis who lived at Stone Ridge, Benjamin who 
occupied the homestead, and Jacob who lived at Monticello 
and was a doctor. The homestead at Stone Ridge was occu- 
pied by Benjamin during his life time and after his death by 
his son John C. Hasbrouck who greatly enlarged and im- 
proved it and resided there until his death. 



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HISTO R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 407 

CHAPTER XXXIII 

The LeFevre Family in America 

Among the FInguenots who settled in America at an early 
date we have accounts of six different families of LeFevres, 
namely at New York, in New Paltz, in New Jersey, in Penn- 
sylvania and at New Rochelle. We have no certain evidence 
that these families were related, although it is quite probable 
that Isaac LeFevre, the ancestor of the Pennsylvania tribe, 
was the nephew of Andre and Simon LeFevre, of New Paltz, 
and quite possibly all these Huguenot families bearing the 
name of LeFevre were nearly related. 

For our account of the LeFevre family outside of Ulster 
county we are mainly indebted to the researches of Mrs. C. A. 
AA'eber Lindsay, of Pittsburg, Penn. 

The first LeFevre in America of whom we have any record 
was Peter LeFevre, who was in New Amsterdam in 1653. 
His name appears on the records at subsequent dates during 
the next few years in New York and Brooklyn as an owner 
of real estate. It is thought that he or his widow moved to 
New Jersey. Hippolytus LeFevre settled at Salem in western 
New Jersey and was one of John Fenwick's council in 1676. 
He had brothers, Jean and Jacques, residing in the vicinity. 
Fie became a large landholder and his descendants are believed 
to have been engaged in navigation, as nearly half a century 
afterward vessels bearing the name of members of the LeFevre 
family were running from this part of New Jersey to the New 
England coast. "In 1683 another LeFevre, Isaac by name, 
crossed the ocean and settled in New Jersey. His son, Myn- 
dert, in 1731, advertised his father's farm for sale, between 



4o8 HISTO R V O F N E W P ALT Z 

Perth Amboy and New Brunswick. These New Jersey Le- 
Fevres have moved to other states or become extinct in the 
male Hne, as the name has beerl lost a long time in that country. 
Isaac, the ancestor of the Pennsylvania LeFevres, has a 
numerous line of descendants and the family history has been 
carefully traced. A brief statement is as follows : Isaac was 
born in France in 1669. When he was a youth of fourteen 
his parents, brothers and sisters were massacred on account of 
their religion. He escaped and fled to the Palatinate, carrying 
witli him the family Bible, which is still in existence and is now 
the property of Samuel T. LeFevre of Iowa City, Iowa. It 
is about 300 years old, was printed at Geneva and contains the 
name of Isaac's brothers and sisters, but not of his parents. 
Isaac fled from France to the Palatinate in company with the 
family of Madam Ferree and married the daughter, Catharine 
Ferree. One son, Abraham, was born to them in the Pala- 
tinate. In 1708 they emigrated to America and in 171 1 were 
in Kingston, when their second son, Philip, was baptized April 
I, 171 1, Isaac DuBois and Rachel DuBois, both of New Paltz, 
being sponsors. In 17 12 Isaac went with his wife and two 
sons to Lancaster county (then Chester county), Pa., nine 
miles from the present town of Lancaster, where he made pur- 
chases of land amounting to 2,200 acres, and here in 1713 their 
son Daniel was born, being the first white child born in the 
Pequea Valley. Philip's son George, born in 1739 served as ah 
officer of distinction in the Revolutionary War. After the war 
he with other Huguenot friends left Lancaster County and 
settled in Cumberland County, [Maryland, and his son Jacob 
moved to Lebanon. O. Isaac LeFevre, of Pennsylvania, 
has a highlv respectable line of descendants. In 1896, an 
organization of the LeFevre and Ferree families was 
formed for historical purposes. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 409 

The New Rochelle LeFevres came to this country at a much 
later date than the others of the name. They are descended 
from John LeFevre, a native of Havre de Grace in France, 
who went from his native country to vSt. Domingo. His son 
John, born in 1752, died in 1837, emigrated to New Rochelle, 
N. Y. John left a family of seven children, of whom the 
eldest was the late Peter E. LeFevre, captain of one of the 
Atlantic .^tcamers sailing from New York. 

With this brief notice of other families of Huguenot descent 
bearing the name of LeFevre we take up the history of the 
two brothers, Andre and Simon, who settled at New Paltz. 

The LeFevre Family at New Paltz 

The old people, in noting the family characteristics of the 
LeFevres, said they lacked the energy of the Hasbroucks and 
DuBoises ; they would not work hard themselves, nor make 
their slaves work hard ; they were not so noted for book learn- 
ing as the Beviers ; they could not talk well ; but on the other 
hand they knew when to keep the mouth shut. This is a most 
important quality, meaning prudence and oftentimes good sense 
and judgment. Th.e LeFevres certainly held their own very 
well among the other settlers ; when the church sought release 
from Holland rule and when the country sought release from 
British rule they were on the right side ; in building each 
of the old stone churches they contributed a full share, and in 
the war of the Revolution did not waver ; no feuds or family 
quarrels are reported among the LeFevres in the olden days. 

Simon and x\ndre LeFevre, after leaving France, resided in 
the Palatinate. They arrived at Kingston at an earlier date 
than most of the New Paltz Patentees and united with the 
church at that place in April, 1665. The LeFevre family has 
a large share of well-preserved traditionary lore and ample 



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H I STO R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 



documentary evidence concerning its later members, but of 
these two brothers we have little knowledge. Probably they 
were mere boys when they came to Kingston, and that is the 
reason their names do not appear on the records for the next 
twelve years, and that would also explain w^hy there have been 
found no certificates of their church membership in the Pala- 
tinate, as have turned up in the case of others of the Patentees. 
We have been' told that Grandfather Peter LeFevre had a 
French testament and, according to the best recollection of our 
informant, the word "Lyons" was on the flyleaf. This testa- 
ment can not now be found. Wq think it probable that the Le- 
Fevre brothers were of the kindred of Jas. LeFevre, the great 
French Reformer and Bible translator, who was born at Calais, 
from whence came the Hasbrouck brothers. Lille, the home of 
Louis DuBois, was not far off. Louis Bevier was a cousin of 
the Hasbroucks. It is probable that all the Patentees were 
from the same portion of France. In 1635 Adam LeFevre, 
wdio may have been a relative, went from Calais to Leyden. 
Thirty years afterwards Andre and Simon are in Kingston, 
but probably we shall never know the place of their birth or 
who were their parents, as the baptismal records of Hugue- 
not families were destroyed by order of Louis XIV. 

At the granting of the New Paltz Patent in 1677 the names 
of the LeFevre brothers appear with the other Patentees. 
Simon married Elizabeth Deyo, daughter of Christian, the 
Patentee. Their first born child, Abram, who died young, was 
baptised at Kingston in 1679; their son Isaac, the ancestor of 
the Bontecoe tribe, was baptised at New Paltz, October 28, 
1683, ^^'^ their son Jean (Jan in Dutch, John in English) was 
baptised October 28, 1685. We find no record of the baptism 
of the son Andre (in English Andrew, in Dutch Andries). 
He is first mentioned as joining the church here in 1700. 



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HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 411 

Of Simon and Andre, the Patentee, we find but little account 
in the early records of New Paltz. Neither of them lived very- 
long after the settlement here. In 1680 Andre sold to Ilyman 
Albertson Rosa a house at Hurley, which he had bought of the 
executors of Cornelius Wynkoop. In 1681 his name appears 
as godfather at the baptism of Andre, son of Louis Bevier, 
and in 1694 as godfather at the baptism of Daniel, son of Abra- 
ham Hasbrouck. Andre was the only one of the Patentees 
who did not marry. He doubtless made his home with his 
brother, whose children at his death inherited his property. 
He certainly outlived his brother, but we can not give the date 
of his death. An ancient tombstone in the old graveyard, 
bearing simply the initials A. L. F., marks the grave either of 
the Patentee or of his nepliew who bore his name. 

Simon, the Patentee, built his house in the northern part of 
the present churchyard, where it stood until the present church 
was built, in 1839. In 1678 Simon, acting for his father-in- 
law, Christian Deyo, transferred a house at Hurley to Cornelius 
Wolverson. In 1689 the names of the LeFevre brothers and 
the other Patentees, except Christian Deyo (who was dead), 
appear in the list of persons taking the oath of allegiance. 

The only family paper in existence, so far as we know, re- 
lating to Simon is an agreement between the son and four sons- 
in-law of Christian Deyo in 1687 for an equitable division of 
his property. Simon must have died about 1690. His widow 
married Aloyse (Moses) Cantain, a French Protestant, whose 
wife had died on the passage to America. In 1693, May 21, 
they had a son, Peter, baptised and he is the ancestor of the 
Cantine family. 

Cantain occupied the house until the LeFevre boys were 
grown and then moved to Ponckhockie. In 1700 we find his 
name as lieutenant in a military company, the rest of whose 



412 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

officers were New Paltz men. He probably left our village 
shortly after that date. In the tax list of 1712 the property is 
assessed to "Andre LeFevre & Co.," meaning, of course, the 
three brothers and their sister Mary, who married Daniel 
DuBois, son of Isaac, the Patentee. 

The LeFevre property in this assessment roll is valued at 
£270 and is the largest assessment on the roll, except those 
of Louis Bcvier and Abm. DuBois. 

In 1713 a division was made among the children, who had 
until that date jointly owned the one-sixth of all the lands in 
the patent, which they had heired from their father Simon 
and their uncle Andre, and likewise the one-fifth of the share 
of Christian Deyo, which had come to them from their mother. 
The paper containing the apportionment to the sister j\Iary, 
who had married Daniel DuBois, has come down among the 
papers of that family and is as follows, certain portions being 
illegible and marked with stars : 

To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall 
or may come Andre Lefevre of the town of new palls in the 
County of Ulster and provirice of New York in America Isaac 
Lefevre of the same place Jean Lefevre of the same place the 
heires of Andre Lefevre and Symon Lefevre both late of the 
new palls Deceased Send Greeting Whereas the said Andre 
Lefevre and Symon Lefevre in theire lifetime were possessed 
& seized of two-twelfths and of the one-fifth part of a twelfth 
part of all the land and appurtenances * * * within the 
bounds and limmitts of the Pattent of the Town * * afore- 
said and whereas the Partners of the said lands of the * * 
by theire certain deed or instrument in writing under their 
hand * * the twenty-fifth day of Jany anno Domini * * 
Did convey unto the said Andre LeFevre Isaac Lefevre Jean 
Lefevre and INIary Lefevre * * now wife of Daniel Du- 



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Bois of the new palls aforesaid all their lotts and parts of the 
Lands within the bounds and Limmitts of the new palls afore- 
said as in and by the said deed or instrument in writing there- 
unto being had doth and * appear and whereas by the 
division of the said parts and lotts of the said new palls afore- 
said The Lotts and parts hereafter in these presents more par- 
ticularly mentioned and expressed are fallen unto the said 
Daniel DuBois and Mary his wife Now for a confirmation of 
the same unto them the said Daniel Dubois & Mary his wife 
their heirs and assigns forever Know Yee that the said Andre 
Lefevre Isaac Lefevre and Jean Lefevre Have given granted 
conveyed assured Ratified Released and confirmed and by these 
presents for themselves and their heirs Do freely and Clearly 
give grant convey assure Release Ratifie and confirme unto the 
said Daniel Dubois and Mary his wife & to their heirs and 
assigns forever all that certain lott lying and being on the 
north side of the palls creek on a certain piece of land call 
avienjer or piece of oates Between the lotts of Jean Hasbrouck 
and the said Daniel Dubois and also a certaine lott lying on 
the north side of the palls creek on a piece of land called 
pasture between the lotts of Jean Hasbrouck and Abram Du- 
Bois allso a certaine lott of land on the northeast of the high 
bridge so called between the lotts of Daniel Dubois & Lewies 
Bevier and also a certaine lott of land lying on the north of 
the palls creek on a piece of land called the Little bontekow 
between the lotts of the said Daniel DuBois and Pieter Doyo 
and also a home lott and pasture land thereunto adjoining 
lying in the Town of the new palls on the east side of the 
* * Lewies Beviere being in length from the street to the 
pas — * * Lefevre equal with the said lotts & pastures 
in length * * Beviere and also to a certain parcell of land 
lying to the north * * of the new palls and to the east of 



414 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

the waggon path between the * * Dubois and Jean Has- 
brouck and also to a just fourth part of '^' * two twelfth- 
parts & one fifth part of a twelfth part of said * * new 
palls aforesaid which is nott yett devided and layd out to 
have and to hold the said lotts parts and parcels of lands with 
all and singular the " appurtenances thereunto belonging or 
in anywise appertaining unto them the said Daniel DuBois 
and Mary his wife their heirs and assigns forever to the sole 
and only proper use benefit and behof of them the said Daniel 
Dubois and Alary his said wife their heirs and assigns forever 
they paying rendering" and yielding yearly and year forever 
the just fourth part of the quit Rent due to her majestic for 
the above mentioned two twelfth parts & one fifth part of a 
twelfth part of the said land in the new palls in witness 
whereof the said Andre Lefevre Isaac Lefevre and Jean Le- 
fevre have hereunto put their hands and seals this twenty- 
second day of October annoy domini 1713. 

Andre le Fevre 
isaac le Fevre. 
jean le Fevre. 

Sealed and delivered in the presence of us 

Joseph Hasbrouck. 
Solomon hasbroucq. 
Jacob hasbroucq. 

In the presence of me Joseph Hasbrouck justice of the peace 
W. Nottingham Clerk. 

Recorded in libra ''' * 

W. Nottingham Clerk. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 415, 

It is interesting to note that the names of "httle (in Dutch 
klein) bontekow"' and "avienjer," which have come clown to 
the present day, were at that early date applied to certain tracts 
of land along the Wallkill, "little bontekow" being the Beaver 
place, near Springtown, and "avienjer'' a piece of land on the 
west side of the Wallkill a short distance from our village. It 
is also worthy of note that the name Bontekow, applied to 
lowland along the \\ allkill, is at a date when the French lan- 
guage is still the common speech of the people. This would 
seem to indicate that the name was of French origin, and 
in that case it means "neck of good land," if written "Bon- 
ter-cou." 

Jean LeFevre, son of the Patentee, was one of the volun- 
teers who marched to the invasion of Canada in 171 1. The 
next year, November 20th, he was married by Dominie Peter 
Vas at Kingston, to Catharine Blanshan of Hurley. They 
located on the Paltz Plains. 

Isaac was married at Kingston, May 16, 1718, by Dominie 
Peter Vas, to Marytjen Freer, daughter of Hugo Freer, Sen. 
They located at Bontecoe, about four miles north of this 
village. 

Andre married Cornelia Blanshan. We do not find the 
marriage recorded in the church records either at New Paltz 
or Kingston. Their eldest child, Simon, was baptised in 1709. 
Andre kept his father's homestead in this village. 

The names of the three sons of Simon, the Patentee, are 
found in the list of those wdio built the first stone church in 
1718 and in the list of those who were assigned seats in the 
church in 1720. At the later date it is noticed that their sister 
Mary, wife of Daniel DuBois, was dead. 

Andre, son of Simon, the Patentee, who married Cornelia 
Blanshan and kept the homestead in this village, had a family 



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TOMBSTONE IN -THE OLD DUUYING GROUND IN THIS \TLI.A(;E 



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of two sons, Matthew and Simon, and seven daughters, who 
were known as the "seven sisters." 

In the hst of miHtia officers in Ulster county, in 1717, we 
find Andre's name as sole lieutenant in Capt. Hoffman's com- 
pany, which embraced New Paltz and Shawangunk. In the 
same list the names of his brothers, Isaac and Jean, appear as 
privates. 

Isaac's name appears in 1738 as corporal in Capt. Zacharias 
Hoffman's company, and at the same date appear as privates 
the names of his eldest son, Isaac, Jr. (who died unmarried 
when a young man), and of his nephews, Abraham and Na- 
thaniel, sons of Jean, and of his nephew Simon, son of Andre. 
The name of Matthew, the other son of Andre, does not ap- 
pear and he had probably moved from New Paltz the previous 
year when he married. 

Matthew moved to Bloomingdale in the northern part of 
the town of Rosendale and the history of his family is given 
under that head. 

Simon married Petronella Hasbrouck and kept the old home- 
stead in this village. They had but one son, who was named 
Andries, Junior, born in 1740. Simon died young and his 
widow, who long outlived him, in 1771 sold to the Reformed 
church the southern part of the present churchyard, where 
the second stone church was shortly after erected. The "seven 
sisters" married as follows : Elizabeth married Jonathan Du- 
Bois of Nescotack, Mary married Conrad Vernoy of Wawar- 
sing, Sarah married Samuel Bevier of Wawarsing, Maritje 
married her cousin Nathaniel LeFevre on the Plains, Cathi- 
rintje married Simon DuBois, Magdalen married Johannes 
Bevier and Rachel married Johannes Bevier of Wawarsing. 

Andries, Jr., who was the only son of Simon and Petronella 
LeFevre, kept the old homestead in this village and married 
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4i8 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Magdalena LeFevre. They had no children. Andries is re- 
membered by the old people under the name of "Flaggus" or 
"Uncle Flaggus." He died in 1811, at the age of 71 years, as 
is shown by the tombstone still standing in the old graveyard. 
After his death the old homestead became the property of 
Andries DuBois of Wallkill and his wife, Elizabeth LeFevre, 
who was a sister of "Flaggus." The DuBoises occupied the 
house until the present brick church was erected, in 1839, when 
it was torn down and the stone went into the church foundation. 
This ends our account of the family of Andre, the eldest son 
of Simon, the Patentee, the male line of the son Simon having 
• become extinct and the line of his son ]\Iatthew beino- o-iven 
under the head "Bloomingdale LeFevres." 

The Homestead on the Plains 

Jean (in Dutch Jan), the third and youngest son of Simon, 
the Patentee, married Catharine Blanshan and built his house 
on the Paltz Plains, between the present cemetery and the rail- 
road track. The old stone house was torn down about 1885. A 
clump of old locust trees marks the site and the cellar remains. 
In this house we may suppose that Jean lived from the time of 
his marriage, in 1712, until his death, in 1744. Jean left one 
daughter, Margaret, who married Jacob Hoffman of Shawan- 
gunk, and three sons, Nathaniel, Abraham and Andries. The 
history of the two last named is given under the head "Kettle- 
borough LeFevres." Nathaniel, who was born November 2, 
1 718, married his cousin, Maritje LeFevre, and kept the home- 
stead on the Plains. In the list of slaveholders, in 1755, he is 
set down as the owner of two slaves. In the tax list of 1765 
he is assessed for £23 and his mother at £3. Nathaniel and 
his brother Abraham of Kettleborough were both members of 
the building committee when the second stone church was- 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 419 

erected, in 1772, and the initials of his name, with those of 
other memhers of the buikhng committee, are still to be seen 
in a large stone, which was doubtless the corner stone of that 
church, under the horse block at the south end of the present 
portico. Nathaniel's subscription to the building of the church 
was ii8. 

In 1748 X'athaniel obtained, in partnership with his neighbor, 
Noah Eltinge, a grant for a tract of 3,000 acres adjoining the 
Paltz patent on the south. This grant led to a long dispute, 
it being claimed that part of the tract belonged to the Paltz 
patent. After a few years the matter was settled and Noah 
and Nathaniel retained the land. Nathaniel kept a store at 
his home on the Plains, as did his brother Andries at Kettle- 
boro. 

Nathaniel left a family of three sons, ^Matthew, John and 
Jonathan ; also two daughters, Margaret and Catharine. John 
was baptised at Shawangunk in 1746, Margaret at Kingston in 
1743, Matthew at Kingston in 1749 and Jonathan at Shawan- 
gunk in 1753. Margaret married Daniel Deyo, the first of the 
name at Ireland Corners. Catharine married Daniel Jansen of 
New Paltz, John married Eglie Swart, widow of Capt. Simon 
LeFevre of Bloomingdale and moved to Owasco, where he was 
probably one of the first settlers and where he had descendants 
living at a recent date, but none we believe in the male line. 

Matthew retained the family homestead on the Plains. He 
married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel LeFevre of Bontecoe. 
The name of Matthew LeFevre appears as a lieutenant in the 
First Company, Third Ulster County Regiment, Col. John 
Cantine. The other officers of the company are New Paltz: 
men. The name Matthew LeFevre also appears as a lieuten- 
ant in the Fourth Ulster County Regiment, in the Revolution, 
Col. Johannes Hardenbergh commanding. The only other 



420 HISTO R V OF NEW P ALT Z 

Matthew LeFevre was the one who moved many years before 
the Revolution to Bloomingdale. Probably one was a lieu- 
tenant in the Third and the other in the Fourth Regiment. 
The name Matthew LeFevre also appears as a private in the 
2nd New Paltz company. There was no other person at New 
Paltz of that name. He was probably a private at first and 
afterwards promoted. 

The names of Matthew's brothers, John and Jonathan, appear 
as privates in the Second New Paltz Company, Capt. Abm. 
Deyo, Third Ulster County Regiment, Col. John Cantine. 

The names of the three brothers, Matthew, John and Jona- 
than, appear in the list of those who, in 1775, signed the famous 
"Articles of Association," in which so many citizens of Ulster 
county and other parts of the State expressed their hatred of 
British oppression and their determination never to be slaves. 

We have stated that Matthew kept the homestead on the 
Plains and John moved to Owasco. The youngest brother, 
Jonathan, who married Catharine Freer, located on a portion 
of the patent which his father had obtained and his house was 
built some distance east of the old homestead and some distance 
west of the present residence of his grandson, Hon. Jacob Le- 
Fevre. Matthew, the oldest son, who married Elizabeth Le- 
Fevre and kept the homestead, had a family of six children, 
Moses, Simon, Catharine, Nathaniel, Gitty and Magdalen. 
Nathaniel married Margaret Jansen and- kept the old homestead 

for a time, but afterwards sold it to Ackerman and 

located on the New Paltz turnpike, about one-fourth of a mile 
east of Ohioville, where Dr. Maurice Wurts long afterwards 
resided. Nathaniel left no children. Matthew's son Moses 
married Margaret Vernooy and located on the turnpike, in the 
town of Lloyd, where his grandson Moses lately lived. His 
children were Elizabeth, Cornelia, Matthew and Cornelius, 



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HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 421 

the last named of whom kept his father's house on the turnpike, 
and the other three spent a great portion of their days on the 
Paltz Plains not far from the old stone house of their ancestors. 

^Matthew's daughter Catharine married Roelif S. Elting 
and her sister Gitty made her home there until in old age, 
when she removed to the residence of her niece, Mrs. F. S. 
McKinstry, where she died about 1885, aged nearly 100 years, 
and retaining until extreme old age the vivacity and kindly 
interest in the welfare of others, which we love to think 
formed a delightful trait in the character of our Huguenot 
great-grandmothers. The family Bible of Daniel LeFevre of 
Bontecoe passed to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of IMatthew 
LeFevre, and then to their daughter Gitty, who retained it 
during her long lifetime. Since her death it has been placed 
in the ^Memorial House in this village. It is in Dutch, was 
printed in 1741, and contains the family record of Daniel 
LeFevre in English, commencing with his marriage to Cath- 
arine Cantine in 1751. 

Simon, the remaining son of Matthew, married Elizabeth 
Deyo. They had their home at what is now the LeFevre Deyo 
place, on South street. Simon was a captain in the army in 
the war of 181 2, but his company was stationed on Long Island 
and did not do any fighting. Simon left a large family of chil- 
dren, as follows : Gitty, Eliza, ]\Iatthew, Philip, Nathaniel, 
Magdalen, Maria, Moses and Andrew. Nearly all of these 
children located at New Paltz or at New Paltz Landing. Gitty 
was Jacob Elting's first wife. Eliza married Clinton Has- 
brouck. ]\Iagdalen married Nathaniel J. LeFevre. Maria 
married C. Wynkoop. Nathaniel lived at New Paltz. Mat- 
thew located at Wurtsboro. The other brothers, Moses, Philip 
and Andrew, engaged in navigation on the Hudson, Philip and 
Andrew long running a barge from Highland to New York in 



422 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

partnership, and Moses passing a great portion of his Ufe on 
the river as mate or captain of a vessel. 

Going back now once more to the old homestead on the 
Plains, we will take up the line of Jonathan, son of Nathaniel. 
His wife was Catharine Freer. The house in which he resided, 
some distance east of the old homestead, was torn down about 
1845. Jonathan left two sons, Garret and Jonathan J., and 
one daughter, Mary, who became the wife of Smith Ransom. 
Garret continued to till the ancestral acres and Jonathan lo- 
cated at Middletown. Garret's son, Jacob, resided all his life 
on the old homestead. He was president of the Huguenot 
Bank for a period of about thirty years and served two terms 
as congressman. 

The Kettleborough LeFevres 

The Kettleborough LeFevres are descended from Andries 
and Abraham, sons of Jan, who was one of the three sons of 
Simon LeFevre, the Patentee. Jan settled on the Paltz Plains, 
in a house between the cemetery and the railroad, torn down 
about 1885. 

Jan LeFevre's name appears in the papers, at the State 
library at Albany, as one of the volunteers in the Ulster county 
company that marched to the invasion of Canada in 171 1. This 
Ulster county company was commanded by Capt. Wessel Ten- 
broeck, and with the exception of Jan LeFevre and Isaac Has- 
brouck almost every name in the company is Dutch. In 1728 
Jan LeFevre's name appears in a list of freeholders of New 
Paltz. Jan died May 27, 1744, as stated in the family record 
of his son Andries. Jan's son Nathaniel retained his home- 
stead on the Paltz Plains and his other sons, Andries, born in 
1722, and Abram, born in 1716, located in Kettleborough on 
a tract of 1,000 acres, being a part of the Thomas Garland 
tract. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 423 

The Thomas Garland patent was granted January 26, 1721. 
This patent included, likewise, a tract of 500 acres at Ireland 
Corners, on which Daniel Deyo, son of Abram Deyo, settled. 

This patent, sometime after it was granted to Thomas Gar- 
land, became the property of Garret Kettletas, whose name 
appears as a freeholder in the precinct of New Paltz in 1728. 

Subsequently this tract became the property of John, Abram 
and Peter, sons of Garret Kettletas, and of Cornelius and 
Henry Clopper. There is no reason to suppose that any of 
these parties moved to Ulster county. The Kettletases resided 
in New York and were merchants or mariners. The Cloppers 
were merchants. Though they did not move to Ulster county 
themselves, they sent a man who located where the farm of 
Asa LeFevre now is. This man, whose name we have not 
learned, did not make a success at farming, and in 1742 1,000 
acres of the tract were sold to Jan (in English John) LeFevre, 
whose brother-in-law, Daniel DuBois, went on the bond with 
him, as is shown in the following paper: 

Know all men by these presents that I John Lefever of the 
Newpaltz In the County of Ulster and Colony of New York 
am Held and firmly bound unto Daniel Duboys of the Newpals 
In County and Colony as aforesaid In the sum of sixteen hun- 
dred pounds current money of the Colony of New York as 
aforesaid to be paid to the said Daniel Duboys his certain 
attorneys Executors Administrators or assigns for the which 
payment Well and truly to be made and Done I do bind my 
Self and heirs Executors and administrators and Every of 
them firmly by these presence Sealed with my Seal Dated this 
Twenty first Day of March In the Sixteenth Year of His 
Majestes Reign annoq Domini 1742-3. 

The condition ot this obligation is that whereas the above 
named Daniel Duboys at the .Special Instance and Request of 
the above named bounden lohn Lefever and for his onlv debt. 



424 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Duty, matter and Cause, together with the said John Lefever 
is jointly held and firmly bound Unto Gerret Keteltas of the 
City of New York In and by three obligations In the pennell 
sum of Eleven Hundred and Eighty pound Conditioned for 
the true payment of five hundred and ninty pound Current 
money of the Colony of New York unto the Said Gerret Ketel- 
tas his Executors administrators or assigns on or before the 
first day of June one thousand seven hundred and forty three 
the sum of four hundred and ninty pounds and the sum of fifty 
pounds on the first day of June one thousand seven hundred 
and forty four and the Sum of fifty pounds the first Day of 
June then next following as by the said obligation and Condi- 
tion thereof (relation being there vmto Had) doth and may 
more fully appear If therefor the Said John Lefever his heirs 
Executors administrators Shall do well and truly pay or Cause 
to be paid to the above named Gerret Keteltas his Heirs Ex- 
ecutors administrators or assigns the just and full sum five 
hundred and Ninty pounds Current money and the Collony 
as aforesaid In Discharge of the above mention obligation, 
and also save harmless and keep Indemnified the Said Daniel 
Deboys heirs Executors administrators as above writing from 
all Cost, charges, Suits or troubles that may happen for or by 
reason of his being bound, as first above mentioned then this 
obligation to be void and of none effect as else to stand and 
remain In full force and virtue. Jean lefevre. 

Sealed and delivered In the presence of 
Benjamin Dubois. 
Simon Dubois. 

Andries' wife was Rachel, daughter of Nathaniel Dubois of 
Blooming Grove, Orange county, and granddaughter of Louis 
DuBois, Jr., of New Paltz. They were married October 20, 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 425 

1745. Andries' house stood near Andries A. DuBois' late resi- 
dence and was torn down about 1850. 

The traditions all agree that when the first settlers located 
in Kettleborough the gravelly soil of that region was consid- 
ered very poor. There was not sufficient stone for building 
purposes and an arrangement was made by which stone could 
be procured elsewhere. There was little timber on the eastern 
portion of this tract, as the Indians used to burn over the land 
and it was now just growing up in bushes, over which the deer 
leaped. In those old days wheat was the staple crop and a 
gravelly soil is not good wheat land. There was, however, a 
certain proportion of clay land, and when a farm was divided 
the son who took clay land was obliged to accept fewer acres. 
than the other. One of the stories told illustrating the hard 
lot of the Kettleborough farmer, on his gravelly acres in those 
old days, is that at a certain wedding the Kettleborough people 
were not invited and when the question was asked why they 
had been omitted the answer was made that they had enough 
hard times without being put to the trouble of attending 
weddings. 

We think the stories about the early settlers in Kettleborough 
being poverty stricken are much exaggerated. At any rate 
Andries LeFevre was a member of the Provincial Congress, 
which met in New York in 1775 and 1776, adjourning in May 
of the latter year. Andries likewise kept a store, as did his 
brother Nathaniel, on the Paltz Plains, and the Hasbroucks 
at Guilford at the same date. Andries' account book, as well 
as his family Bible with the family record in Dutch, are now 
in the possession of the family of his great-granddaughter, Mrs. 
Josiah P. LeFevre. The account book is also in Dutch and 
the items are quite interesting. After a while he discontinued 
the mercantile business, assigning as a reason that his money 



426 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

was "all in the bushes," that it scattered around and could not 
be collected of the neighbors who had bought his goods. 

Andries LeFevre lived to the extreme age of 90 years. He 
is buried in the family burying-ground now on the John H. 
Wurts farm. His grave is marked by a tombstone erected 
long afterwards by his son Johannes. 

Andries left a family of two sons and six daughters. These 
all married as follows : Nathaniel married Mary Deyo, Johan- 
nes married Elizabeth DuBois, Gertrude married Philip Deyo, 
Mary married Isaac LeFevre of Bontecoe, Catharine married 
Wessel DuBois, Elizabeth married Zachariah Bruyn, Cornelia 
married Solomon Elting, Sarah married Josiah R. Elting. 

It is quite a prevalent idea with the present generation that 
the New Paltz people in Colonial times did not work very 
much. This may have been true sometimes, but it was not 
always the case. Mother tells us the following story as related 
by her grandmother, Elizabeth DuBois, daughter of Andries 
DuBois : When she married her husband, Johannes LeFevre, 
and moved from Wallkill, then called New Hurley, to Kettle- 
borough, she "moved in" with the family of her husband's 
father, Andries LeFevre, who with his brother Abraham were 
the first settlers in Kettleborough. Her husband had six 
sisters, all of whom married sooner or later, but these young 
women before they married and left the Kettleborough home 
had learned to work, and to work hard — they would hurry 
up to get the washing out of the way in the forenoon in order 
that they might sort or pare apples in the afternoon, and then 
in the evening they would spin. The eldest of these sisters 
married Philip Deyo and the youngest married Josiah R. El- 
ting, and these alone have a large number of descendants in 
New Paltz, while the other four have a smaller number of 
great-grandchildren in this vicinity. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 427 

Andries' son Johannes (usually called Squire Hons) was 
baptized January 18, 1761. He lived at his father's homestead 
for a number of years, but built for his son Andries J. and 
finally lived himself in the house, now owned by his great- 
grandson, J. Elting LeFevre. Johannes was a young man in 
the time of the Revolutionary war and performed some service 
for the patriot cause by taking a load of arms from New Paltz 
to the army. 

Johannes left a family of two sons, Andries J. and Nathaniel, 
born November 5, 1786, and four daughters, all of whom mar- 
ried as follows : Andries J. married Hannah DuBois, Nathaniel 
married IMagdalene Hornbeck, Sarah married ^Matthew J. 
LeFevre, Rachel married James Jenkins, Petronella married 
Daniel A. Deyo and Cornelia married George Wurts. 

Andries J., son of Johannes, married Hannah DuBois, 
daughter of Cornelius DuBois, Jr., of Poughwaughtenonk. 
Andries J. occupied the house and farm now owned by his 
grandson, J. Elting LeFevre. The house was a very fine 
building for those old days and the farm is still considered the 
best in the neighborhood. Andries died at the early age of 
thirty-five and his wife about ten years afterwards. Their 
children were Cornelius D., who kept his father's homestead; 
Johannes A., who moved to Michigan; Andries A., who lo- 
cated near Alodena ; Gertrude, w-ho married Rcelif DuBois, 
and Elizabeth, who married Josiah P. LeFevre. 

Nathaniel, the son of Johannes, married Magdalen Hornbeck. 
They lived for a while in the old stone house of Andries, the 
pioneer, and afterwards built a new house a short distance south. 

They had a large family of sons and one daughter, as fol- 
lows : Johannes, C. Hornbeck, Luther, Andries, DuBois, Sarah 
M., James, Egbert, Matthew. Sarah AL married Joseph Has- 
brouck, Andries and Johannes emigrated to Kalamazoo county, 



428 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Mich., in their youth and Matthew in middle age. DuBois 
tills a portion of the ancestral acres, James was for many years 
a preacher of the gospel at Aliddlebush, N. J., Hornbeck and 
Luther are dead. Egbert died when a young man. 

Nathaniel, the son of Andries, the pioneer, located about a 
mile south of the residence of his brother Johannes. His wife 
was Mary Deyo. He kept a store, as his father had done be- 
fore him, and raised a large and robust family of sons, as 
follows : Andries, Jonas, Lewis, Abram N., Jacobus. 

Nathaniel is spoken of as an energetic man, who made 
money and saved it. As an evidence of the healthfulness of 
his family, it is said that the door of his house usually stood 
open in all sorts of weather. His house burned down about 
1825. Nathaniel's sons located as follows: 

Jonas located at New Hurley. He had one son, John, who 
married Nancy Ransom. 

Nathaniel's son, Abraham N., lived near ]\Iodena, where his 
son-in-law, Andries A. LeFevre, afterward resided. His wife 
was Sarah LeFevre, daughter of Isaac LeFevre of Bontecoe. 
They had three sons : Josiah, Nathaniel and Abm. A., and three 
daughters : Maria, who married Andries A. LeFevre ; Rachel, 
who married Andrew Brodhead, and Gertrude. 

Nathaniel's son Andries lived on what is known as the 
Jacob Westbrook place of late years. He had a large family 
of daughters, all of whom married. 

Nathaniel's youngest son, Jacobus, married Elizabeth Jan- 
sen. They lived on what is now known as the John H. Wurts 
farm. Their children were as follows : Maria, who married 
Josiah LeFevre; Blandina, who married Roelif Elting; Eliza, 
who married Deyo DuBois ; Margaret, who married Cornelius 
Wurts; Lewis, who married Christina Hornbeck; Daniel, who 
married Ellen LeFevre; Rachel, who married \\'m. Deyo. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



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THE HOUSE OF ABRAHAM LE FEVRE, ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS AT 
KETTLEBOROUGH 



430 HISTO R y OF NEW P ALT Z 

Nathaniel's son Lewis kept his father's homestead, an old 
stone house, which was burned down and rebuilt as a frame 
house many years ago. Lewis married Rachel Bell. They left 
but one child, Nathaniel, usually called "Sing" because he was 
often singing to himself. 

Going back now to Abraham, brother of Andries, the other 
pioneer settler at Kettleborough, we find that he was born in 
1 716, married Maria Bevier and located at Kettleborough 
about 1742. His stone house is still standing and is now the 
tenant house on the Solomon Van Orden farm. Abraham left 
a family of six sons, John, Solomon, Noah, Nathan, Samuel, 
Philip, and four daughters, Catharine, Magdalene, Margaret 
and Rachel. Catharine marrietl Daniel DuBois, Rachel mar- 
ried Johannes DuBois, Margaret married Vernoy and 

after his death Abm. Bevier. Magdalene married Andries Le- 
Fevre, usually called "Flagus," and lived with him in the old 
LeFevre homestead at New Paltz village. They had no children. 

We find that the names of four of Abraham's sons, John, 
Solomon, Noah and Philip, are recorded as soldiers in the 
Revolution. Of the army record of Noah we have this brief 
account : He was a sergeant in Brodhead's Company, Hathorn's 
Regiment, Orange County Militia. He was at the battle of 
Stillwater — not under fire, but stationed in the reserve, within 
hearing of the battle, expecting every moment to get the order 
to advance. However, night came on before they were needed, 
and the battle was not renewed the next day. He was, we be- 
lieve, a three months man and returned home shortly after this 
battle and was never again engaged. Solomon was a private in 
the same company with his brother Noah. The two other 
brothers, John and Philip, were privates in Col. John Cantine's 
regiment. Philip was stationed at one time in the fort at 
Wawarsing. 



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John, the eldest son of Abraham the pioneer, married Mary 
LeFevre. He lived in the stone house in which Johnston Has- 
brouck now resides. This house passed from John to his son 
Matthew, who married Sarah LeFevre, and from him to his 
son John ]\I., who resided in his old age at Peekskill. Mat- 
thew had one brother, Abraham, who lived at Ireland Corners. 

Noah married Cornelia Bevier of New Hurley. He lived in 
a house built by his father Abraham, the pioneer, where Na- 
thaniel Deyo now lives. Noah left two sons, John N. (Capt. 
Hans) and Jonas N., and four daughters, one of whom mar- 
ried Cornelius DuBois of Marlborough. The first named son 
married Sarah DuJjois, daughter of Cornelius DuBois, Jr., of 
Poughwoughtenonk. He remained with his father-in-law for 
several years, until the death of the latter, when in 1817 his 
father purchased land of Charles Brodhead, to which he moved 
and there he resided on the place where his son Josiah lived 
until he removed to this village. Jonas N. married Catharine 
Budd and after her death Jane W'estbrook, widow of Luther 
Hasbrouck. He occupied the homestead until his death. 

Philip, the youngest son of Abram the pioneer, occupied his 
father's homestead, and had twice as much land as his brothers 
each had, as he heired the entire portion of his brother Solo- 
mon, who did not marry. Philip's farm comprised the present 
farms of his grandsons, Abram and Asa LeFevre, and the 
Solomon Van Orden farm. 

Philip's wife was Elsie DuBois of Wallkill, sister of the wife 
of his neighbor, Johannes LeFevre (Squire Hans). Their 
children were Abraham P., Andries P., Solomon P., Magda- 
lene, who married Mathusalem Elting; ]\Iaria, who married 
Abraham Van Orden, and Sarah. 

Abraham P. married jMargaret, daughter of Daniel Jansen, 
and occupied his father-in-law's farm after his death. His 



432 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

second wife was Maria Elting, widow of Dr. Bogardus. An- 
dries P. married Magdalene, daughter of Philip Elting. He 
lived in the house built for him by his father, where his son 
Asa now lives. Solomon P. married Sarah, daughter of Philip 
Deyo, and after her death Jane, daughter of Ezekiel Elting. 

There are two LeFevre burying-grounds at Kettleborough, 
in one of which Andries and his descendants are interred. In 
the other the descendants of Abraham are buried. Andries' 
grave is marked by a stone erected some time after his death 
by his son Johannes. The burying-ground has been kept in 
good order. 

In 1820 there were eleven families of LeFevres living in 
Kettleborough. The heads of the families were as follows: 

Johannes (Squire Hans), Nathaniel, Lewis, Jacobus, John 
N., Philip, Solomon P., Andries P., Noah, Jonas N., Matthew J. 

The LeFevre Family at Bontecoe 
On the banks of the Wallkill, four miles north of this village, 
on the farm of Simon LeFevre, stand two old stone houses. 
A little farther up the Wallkill is the cellar of another, which 
was torn down about 1825. The locality is dear to the writer 
as the home of his childhood. The first half dozen years of 
his life were spent in the northernmost of these houses. Here 
father and grandfather and great-grandfather and great-great- 
grandfather tilled the soil. 

The surroundings have changed considerably since the days 
of childhood. But the house is there and the Wallkill is there, 
and a portion at least of the old grove of pear trees on the 
bank of the stream. The well is unchanged, and the low cellar 
with its immense beams, and the old loft, and the curious little 
closets and carved chimney front, where the Franklin used to 
stand in old days. The Franklin is gone and most of the orch- 



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arc! is gone and tlie kitchen has been torn clown, but most in- 
teresting of all, there still remains the "Slazvboiik" — the square 
bunk, let down from the chimney side in the living room of the 
house, open in the evening and closed up in the day-time. 
Here, when the writer was a little fellow, three brothers lay 
side by side. Here, father tells us, when he was a boy also 
three little children lay side by side. 

The "rift" in the Wallkill is not the same as of old, for the 
hateful "rebel" weeds have found a foothold there, but the 
swimming place is unchanged. 

But from a description of the place we must pass to our 
account of the houses and the people that lived in them. 

The old houses have been occupied by tenants for half a 
century. For the same period there has been but one family 
of LeFevres in the neighborhood. 

But, next to New Paltz. Bontecoe is perhaps the oldest set- 
tled place in this vicinity, and many years before the Revolu- 
tion there were three families of brothers — sons of Isaac Le- 
Fevre, living at this locality. Scattered over Ulster county and 
elsewhere there is now quite a numerous tribe that can trace 
their ancestry to one or another of these three brothers. 

Simon LeFevre, the Patentee, left tliree sons, named Andre, 
Jean and Isaac. The first named kept the homestead in this 
villag:e ; Jean lived in tlic house on the Plains, torn down about 
1885, and IsaaC;, who was born in 1683-— half a dozen years 
after the first settlement of the place — moved to Bontecoe, four 
miles north of the village. The date of his settlement at Bon- 
tecoe was about 1718, when he was married and was 35 
years old. His wife was Maria, daughter of Hugo Freer, 
Senior. 

The original house in which Isaac LeFevre first lived at 
Bontecoe was on the bank of the Wallkill a few rods north of 
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434 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

the southernmost of the two old stone houses of Simon Le- 
Fevre, now standing. 

■^^is pioneer house was destroyed by fire when Isaac's chil- 
dren were quite small — the oldest about ten years old. The 
parents had gone to the Paltz on a winter's evening visit to 
friends, leaving the little children, four sons and a daughter, 
at home and with the doors locked. 

The house caught fire in some manner not related. The 
oldest son, Isaac, was sometimes able to unbolt the cellar door, 
but at otiier times his strength was not sufficient. In this case 
he was able to move the bolt and the little ones escaped and 
found .shelter at an outbuilding — a bee house. Here their 
parents found them on their return from their visit, safe and 
unhurt. 

The house which had been burned was replaced by a new 
one at about the same site. Here we may suppose that Isaac 
LeFevre lived and died in peace. No Indians troubled the 
settlers. Bontecoe land in those early days was noted for the 
production of wheat. Although four miles from the old set- 
tlement at the Paltz, we may suppose that the family of Isaac 
r^eFevre was not lonesome, lor the whole community of 
settlers had a joint ownership and cultivated in common the 
"Bontecoes" — necks of good land, of which there were at least 
four lying in the bends of the Wallkill between New Paltz 
and Isaac's house. 

There is still in existence an ancient paper, written in Dutch, 
which is the quit claim from his brotliers and sisters to Isaac 
for their interest in the property at Bontecoe. 

It must be noted that these first settlers cared nothing for 
the upland, and it was not until the last century that much of 
the upland was cleared off. So late as 1810 there were but 



HISTORY OP NEW P ALT Z 435 

two clearings east of the old homestead in all the Gerhow 
neighborhood. 

There are no tales of encounters with Indians, and no very 
exciting ones of wild animals. ..In. one case the story goes that 
two of the sons of Isaac LeFevre found the tracks of a "pan- 
ther" around the house in the morning, after a heavy fall of 
snow. They followed the tracks and, after a weary tramp, 
found the animal in a tree. 

One of the brothers laid his gun over the shoulder of the 
other to get a good aim, then fired and killed the. savage beast. 

It is related of Isaac LeFevre, that being in Albany once on 
some business, he ran a foot race and that while the race was 
in progress his friends to cheer his drooping spirits cried to 
him in the French language, "Courage Isaac." He won the 
race. One son of Isaac, who bore his father's name, went to 
the Potomac, lived there a while, then returned home and died. 
He was never married. Four other children, three sons and 
one daughter, married and left families. The oldest son, 
Petrus, was born in 1720, December 25th. He died in 1806,' 
aged 85 years. He married Elizabeth \'ernooy and occupied 
his father's homestead. The next son, Johannes, was born in- 
1722, October 10th. He married Sarah \^ernooy and for him 
a stone house was built about 150 yards farther up the Wall- 
kill. Daniel, the youngest son, was born in 1725, November 
8th. He married, in 1750, Catharine Cantine, who was the 
granddaughter of Moses Cantine, who married the widow of 
Simon LeFevre, the Patentee. The house in which Daniel 
lived was about 150 yards down the Wallkill from the one in 
which his father had spent his days and which the oldest son, 
Petrus, continued to occupy. 

Besides these three sons mentioned, Isaac LeFevre had one 
daughter, Mary, who married Col. Johannes Hardenburgh, Jr., 



436 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 




HOUSE BUILT BY MAJ. ISAAC LE FEVKE (IX THE SITE OF THAT (IF HIS 
GRANDFATHER ISAAC 



For a number of years one of the most interesting relics in the 
Memorial House has been a pair of skates on which Maj. Isaac 
LeFevre skated, about 1795, from the Strand at Rondout to 
Albany, returning in time for supper in company with Peter 
LeFevre, who was the son of the Major's cousin Isaac, who lived 
close by. This Peter afterwards moved from Bontecoe to Green- 
field in the town of Wawarsing, where he lived to be a very old 
man. His picture has been placed in the IMemorial House. The 
two young men had not meant to come back from Albany that 
day but a snow storm threatened and they were afraid of being 
storm staid. Probably they did not have money enough in their 
pockets to pa\' for a week's board at Albany or to pay their way 
back home b\^ stage. The distance from Rondout to Albany is 
about 60 miles; so the two young men must have skated 120 miles 
that day. 



HISTORY OF N E IV FALTZ 437 

of Esopus, who owned a large tract of country at Swartekill 
and saw much active service in the Revolutionary war. Isaac 
LeFevre died October 31, 1752, aged 69 years. He was buried 
in the Freer burying-ground about two miles north of his house. 

Petru-s, the Oldest Son and His Descend.\nts 

The oldest son, Petrus, occupied his father's house during a 
long life. Tradition says that Petrus LeFevre could have 
claimed the entire estate, under the old English law, but that 
he shared it equally with his brothers. 

Petrus died in 1806, at the age of 85. and is buried in the 
old family burying-ground on the farm of Simon LeFevre. 
Petrus left a large family of sons and daughters, as follows: 
Jacob, Isaac, Cornelius, John P., Sarah, Jane and Ann. Jacob, 
the oldest son, married Lydia Deyo. and lived near this village, 
on the other side of the W'allkill, where Jacob W'urts now lives. 
He was the father of Christopher LeFevre and Tjerck. 

Christopher's family lived after his death in this village, in 
the house now owned and occupied by Josiah J. Hasbrouck. 

Petrus' next son was Isaac, Major Isaac, as he was called. 
He married Catharine Burhans. He built a new house where 
his father had lived. This was the third house on that site 
and is still standing. It was a fine house in its day. He wa.^ 
a noted man and a famous surveyor. 

Major Isaac afterwards moved to Rifton and built a large 
frame house, which is still standing. The Major was one of 
the best remembered men of that period. He was a member 
of the Legislature in 1803. and Supervisor of New Paltz in 
1807 and 1808. 

After moving to Swartekill he was Supervisor of the town 
of Esopus from 1820 to 1825. He was at one time a State sur- 
veyor, going on this business a jjreat distance iroin home. 



438 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

About all the surveys in this vicinity for a long period were 
made by him. His children were: Eliza B., Peter E., William, 
Jane Catharine, Anna Maria, Henry, Alfred, Salley Margaret 
and Elias. 

Petrus" next son was Cornelius, who married ]\Iaritje Van 
W'agenen and moved to Creek Locks or LeFevre Falls. He 
was the father of Peter C, Isaac C. and Washington. 

Cornelius was Supervisor of the town of Hurley from 1839 
to 1841. Hurley at that time included a considerable portion 
of the town of Rosendale, which was not created as a town 
until 1844. 

The other son of Petrus, John P., settled at first at Swarte- 
kill and afterwards exchanged property with his brother Isaac 
and moved to the old Bontecoe homestead. His widow, whose 
maiden name was Mary Hardenburgh. long survived him and 
occupied the old homestead with her family until it was sold, 
about 1840. 

Besides these sons, Petrus left three daughters, one of whom 
married Samuel DuBois of New Paltz, another Charles Har- 
denburgh of Esopus, and another married Elias Bevier and 
moved to Broome county. 

This ends the history of the most central and oldest of the 
three stone houses, as far as it was owned by the family who 
built it. It passed into the hands of strangers about 1840, 
and from that time to the present has frequently changed 
hands. It is now owned by Simon LeFevre. 

We will now take up the history of the northernmost of the 
three houses, which was built for Daniel LeFevre, the great- 
grandfather of the writer. 

Daniel LeFevre was born November 8, 1725, and died Feb- 
ruary 10, 1800, aged 74 years. He is buried in the old family 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 439 




TREE NEAR CELLAR OF JOHANNES LE FEVRE S HOUSE 



440 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

burying-ground, and the spot is marked by a stone of the 
.species of brown sandstone used in those days. Daniel always 
lived in the house which is still standing — the northernmost of 
the three. Slavery existed in New York in those days, and in 
his will Daniel disposed of four slaves. We have no record of 
any notable events in his life, and believe that he lived as a 
quiet citizen. Not long ago we looked over his will and, from 
the expressions contained therein, we doubt not that he was a 
pious, God-fearing man. The north room, now standing, was 
added to the house in Daniel's day. 

Daniel had two brothers-in-law, Johannes Hardenburgh. Jr., 
and John Cantine, who were colonels in the patriot army, and 
another brother-in-law, Matthew Cantine, who was a member 
of the Council of Safety, but he did not serve himself in the 
army and was too old in fact. Daniel's Bible in Dutch, con- 
taining the family record in English, is in the Memorial House 
in New Paltz, likewise his old arm chair. 

Daniel left but one son, Peter, born in 1759, February 10, 
and two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Mary married Jona- 
than Deyo and lived with him near the place where his great- 
grandson. Perry Deyo, lately lived, near the village. Elizabeth 
married ^ilatthew LeFevre and lived with him in the old 
homestead of Jan LeFevre, on the Paltz Plains. 

Peter LeFevre continued to occupy the old homestead of 
his father Daniel. By his father's wall he received that por- 
tion of his estate lying west of the Black Creek swamp. 

Johannes LeFevre's House 

We will leave for the present the history of the descendants 
of Daniel LeFevre, who continued to occupy his homestead, 
and pass to the other brother, Johannes, who lived all his life 



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HISTORY OF N E IV P A L T Z 441 

in the stone house farthest up the W'allkill, of which the cellar 
is still seen but the house has been long torn down. 

We have stated that Johannes was born in 1722, and that he 
married Sarah \'ernooy. Johannes died June 27, 1771, at the 
comparatively early age of 49 years, and was buried in the old 
family burying-ground, on the farm of Simon LeFevre. Jo- 
hannes left but one child, a son named Isaac, who married 
Mary LeFevre, daughter of Andries, the first settlers in Kettle- 
borough. Isaac occupied his father's homestead all his life. 
He died in middle age, leaving a large family of children. His 
widow married again, her second husband being Capt. Abm. 
Deyo, who was a widower at this time, living in the old Deyo 
homestead in this village. She did not move to her second 
husband's home, but continued to reside at Bontecoe. She bore 
one son as the fruit of this second marriage. This child was 
named Abram. His mother died when he was an infant, only 
a few days old, and he was taken on a pillow to his mother's 
brother, Johannes LeFevre, at Kettleborough. Afterwards 
this infant became Judge Abram A. Deyo of Alodena. 

The family of Isaac LeFevre, after the death of their 
mother, scattered. Both parents were dead. The farm was 
sold to Benj. Deyo, who afterwards traded it with Jacob J. 
Hasbrouck, who thus became owmer of the old homestead, and 
sliortly afterwards moved to Bontecoe and built the brick house 
which his grandson Luther now owns. Soon afterwards, 
about 1830, this old stone house was torn down. 

This Isaac, son of Johannes, was an only child, but his 
family was large enough to make ample aiuends. His children 
were Jolm I., Andries, Rachel, Peter, Daniel. Sarah and ( iitty. 
These children scattered far and wide. Daniel settled in Dela- 
ware county, and two of his sons afterwards carried on busi- 
ness in Johnstown. Fulton county, and afterward they both 



442 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

resided in Albany. John I. settled at Elmore's Corner, and 
afterwards at Highland. Andries, Peter and Rachel located in 
the town of W'awarsing — the two boys at Greenfield, on land 
coming from their grandmother Vernooy— Rachel married 
John Brodhead at Lurenkill, father of Henry, Andrew and 
others. Sarah married Abram N. LeFevre and lived near 
Modena in the house now occupied by H. B. LeFevre. Gitty 
married Dr. John Bogardus, who was a leading citizen of New 
Paltz in 1830. John I., the eldest son, who settled at Elmore's 
Corners and afterwards moved to Highland, carried on busi- 
ness on the dock. He ran for State Senator once, but was 
beaten by Wells Lake. He w^as Supervisor of New Paltz in 
1816 and 1817. He left but one son, Alexander, who for many 
years was on the barge running from Highland. 

This completes the history of the third house and the family 
who built it. 

The northernmost of the three old stone houses still remained 
in the family and Grandfather Peter LeFevre remained the 
sole representative of the old settlers' stock. He was of pure 
French blood, and was a tall, spare, dark-complexioned man. 
Being an only son, he was well educated for those days. He 
was a lad of seventeen at the time of the Declaration of Ameri- 
can Independence. He did some service in the patriot cause 
as a teamster, going with a load of arms to the American army. 
Part of the time during the war he had charge of the ferry of 
his uncle, Moses Cantine, at Ponckhockie. 

He married, in 1789, Magdalen, daughter of Roelif J. El- 
ting. Grandfather had something of a taste for politics. He 
was Supervisor of the town in 1797-8, and a member of the 
Legislature in 1799. We have seen the curious-looking old 
knee breeches worn by him when in the Legislature. For a 
long time he was one of the associate judges of Ulster county, 



HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 443 

and in tliat capacity transacted a great amount of business. 
The book in which he recorded a summary statement of the 
cases which were tried before him is still in the possession of 
the family. He also performed a great amount of business in 
the way of drawing up wills, deeds and legal papers generally. 
We believe that most of the papers of that nature in New Paltz 
were written by him. The desk on which this work was 
done about 1800, is now^ in possession of the writer. 

Peter LeFevre left four sons, Daniel, Ralph, Moses P. and 
Josiah P.; also four daughters: ]\Iaria ( vvife of Jacob Jansen), 
Jane, Elizabeth ( second wife of Jacob Elting) and Magdalen, 
who was the last survivor. Daniel, the eldest son, married 
Mary Blanshan, widow of Abm. Hasbrouck, and settled on 
a portion of his father's estate, where his sons Peter D. and 
Silas afterwards lived, in the present town of Rosendale. 
Daniel was a general of militia in the old times, and a Mem- 
ber of Assembly in 1834. He was a short, stout-built, black- 
eyed man, a surveyor as well as a farmer. Although a strong, 
robust man, he died at the early age of forty-five. 

Ralph, the second son, married Rachel Elting. He lived 
on the portion of his father's estate in the present town of 
Rosendale, where his son Josiah R. afterwards lived, near his 
brother Daniel. Afterwards he moved to the farm in Lloyd, 
where his sons, Peter R. and Josiah R., afterwards lived. 

Closes married Jane Brodhead and had one son, Peter, and 
one daughter, ]\Iagdalen. 

Josiah P. married Elizabeth LeFevre and had one daughter, 
Jane, and six sons, Johannes, Peter A., Ralph, Isaac, Moses 
and Simon. Josiah P. was a colonel of militia in the old days 
and a number of years Supervisor of the town. 

We have alluded to the practice of the old people of bestow- 
ing names upon the clearings wdiich they opened in the forest. 
The name "Vaiityiitje" (spring field) still is borne by one of 



444 



H I STO R y OP N E IV P ALT Z 




IN THIS HOUSE THE AUTHOR SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS. IT WAS OCCUPIED 

BY HIS FATHER^ JOSIAH P., HIS GRANDFATHER PETER AND 

HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER, DANIEL LE FEVRE. THIS 

HOUSE IS NOW OWNED BY THE AUTHOR 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 445 

the best fields 011 the old farm. The name "Maugcrstuck" 
(poor field) has been dropped for the more pretentious one of 
flat meadow. A sandy knoll on the land of Abram Ean, a 
short distance south of the Lel-'evre burying-ground, is still 
called by the Eans Dauii FazTc's bozucry. At some distance 
east of the public highway a clearing of perhaps twenty acres 
was made about 1815, but the rest of Daniel LeFevre's land 
east of the highway remained a forest until a comparatively 
recent period. 

Farming in Bontecoe and at Xew Paltz in those days was 
very much as it had been for the hundred of years preceding. 

Some of the old people, instead of having a farm in one 
body, had a piece of land here and another there. This came 
from dividing the land among the children. 

The highways were not fenced until perhaps 1825. There 
was but little travel in those days, and when people journeyed 
they had to stop and open the gates. 

We spoke of Major Isaac LeFevre building the southern- 
most of the stone houses still standing. He also built a barn 
on the same premises, which was torn down about 1850. 
Part of the timber of this old barn was of yellow pine and was 
hauled all the way from Greenfield, in the town of Wawarsing, 
where his mother, who was a Vernooy, owned land. This 
barn was torn down by Josiah P. LeFevre, and some of this 
yellow pine lumber put into his barn which he was then build- 
ing where he afterwards resided. We can not imagine why 
it was considered necessary to draw the lumber so far. 

We must confess that as a general rule, the old people at 
Bontecoe or elsewhere were not apparently inclined to over- 
work themselves. Had they been bent in that direction, the 
cellars might have been dug deeper, so that one would not be 
obliged to stoop so much in entering them. Slavery, as it 



446 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

existed here and in the South, doubtless prevented the whites 
from exerting themselves as they do at the present day. What 
work great-grandfather Daniel LeFevre found for four slaves 
to do on no greater quantity of cleared land than he had we 
cannot guess. As an instance, perhaps exaggerated, of man- 
agement in the olden times, it is related that the well on the 
Petrus LeFevre place near by, not being in good order, in- 
stead of deepening it, or digging another, it was filled up, and 
thencefortfl, when drinking water was needed, some one of 
the family paddled out on the Wallkill and sank a jug down 
where the springs bubbled up in the stream. There was less 
necessity for hard labor in those old days than at present. 
There was little market for produce. The horses and cattle 
ran in the woods and stock was branded. Grandfather's 
branding iron is still preserved and is now in the Memorial 
House. We may imagine that snow fell to a greater depth 
then than of late years, for a pair of snow shoes of the olden 
times made of thongs of deer hide, intersecting each other 
and stretching from side to side of a wooden frame, is among 
the other old articles that we have seen. 

One of the undertakings, lOO years ago or more, was to 
build a wall a part of the way across the \\'allkill and put in 
timbers for the purpose of constructing a fish weir, just below 
Daniel LeFevre's house. But the wall raised the water in the 
stream so much that the project was abandoned. 

The building of the mill at Dashville about 1810 was another 
enterprise of considerable moment for those old days. The 
deed for this property was procured by grandfather of G. 
Hardenburgh, Jr., and the mill erected by him, in partnership 
with his brothers-in-law, Philip and Ezekiel Kiting. 'Before 
that time handmills had been in use although not in New Paltz, 



HISTORY OF NEW FALTZ 447 

and Levi Schryver informs ns that he has seen a handmill 
used at Swartekill to supply the neighborhood. 

As a general rule it must be confessed, perhaps, that the 
Bontecoe people in the Colonial period did not show any very 
remarkable degree of enterprise. But on the other hand, if 
they did not work themselves to death, at least they lived to- 
gether in harmony, none of them sold whiskey, they treated 
their slaves well, no family quarrels are recorded, they lived 
on good terms with their neighbors. None of them in those 
old days were as rich as certain members of the Elting or 
Hasbrouck family at New Paltz ; but on the otlicr hand, they 
were generally quite well to do — not poverty stricken by any 
means. 

Altogether they held their own among the old settlers very 
creditably, and it may do their descendants good to study their 
characters and revisit their old homes. 

The following are the names of old people of the LeFevre 
family interred in the graveyard on the farm at Bontecoe, now 
owned by Simon LeFevre : 

Johannes LeFevre, d. 1771, a. 49 years. 

Sarah A^ernooy, wife of Johannes LeFevre. 

Daniel LeFevre, d. 1800, a. 74 }ears. 

Catharine Cantine, wife of Daniel LeFevre, d. 1799, a. 72 
years. 

Petrus LeFevre, d. 1806, a. 85 years. 

Elizabeth 'v'ernoov, wife of Petrus LeFevre, d. 1807, a. 
74 years. 

Isaac LeFevre, son of Johannes LeFevre, born 1753. 

Peter LeFevre, son of Daniel, d. 1830, a. 71 years. 

Magdalen Eltinge, wife of Peter LeFevre, d. 1823, a. ^y 
years. 



448 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

John P. LeFevre, son of Petrus, d. 1810. a. 34 years. 
Mary Hardenburgh, wife of John P. LeFevre, d. 1841, a. 
59 years. 

Jane LeFevre, d. 1852, a. 52 years. 
Catharine LeFevre, d. 1834. a. 42 years. 
Zebedee LeFevre. d. 1836. a. t,!, years. 

The Bloomixgdale LeFevres 

The first settler at Bloomingdale, in the northern part of the 
present town of Rosendale, was undoubtedly Matthew Le- 
Fevre, who moved from the LeFevre homestead in this village. 

Matthew LeFevre was one of the two sons of Andre Le- 
Fevre, who w'as one of the three sons of Simon, the Paltz 
patentee. Matthew's location at Bloomingdale was on a tract 
of 700 acres, which was purchased for S700. We can not 
fix the date exactly, but it was about T740. at about which 
same time his cousins. Andries and Abram LeFevre. located 
at Kettleboro and about twenty years after his uncle. Isaac 
LeFevre, located at Bontecoe. 

Matthew's wife was a Bevier. His house is still standing 
at what is now called Rock Lock. It is of stone and w^as 
lately owned by Benj. Hardenburgh and occupied by tenants. 
Matthew had four sons. Conrad, Jonathan, Samuel and Simon. 
Each of these brothers married a Swart from Kingston and, 
we believe, they w^ere all sisters. 

Matthew w'as a lieutenant in the 3d Regiment of LHster 
County Militia. John Cantine, colonel, commissions being is- 
sued October 25, 1775. He subsequently became a captain. 
He was familiarly called the "Old Captain." and took his four 
sons w'ith him to the army, preferring to do so though the 
youngest was not more than fifteen or sixteen years of age. 



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One of the sons died from a wound received in the Revohi- 
tionary war. In the records at Albany appears the name of 
Matthew's son Jonathan as a private in Col. Cantine's regi- 
ment. The name of Simon LeFevre appears as a heutenant 
and subsequently a captain, commissioned in 1779, in the ist 
Ulster County Regiment. This was Matthew's son Simon. 
Moses P. LeFevre recalls one or two incidents in regard to 
Matthew's record as captain, as related by his grand-mother's 
brother, Col. Cantine. 

^latthew's four sons settled as follows : Conrad in a stone 
house, part of which is still standing in the forks of the creek 
(that is between the Wallkill and Rondout) not far from the 
powder mill. The house passed from Conrad to his sons, 
Moses, Adam and Jonathan (the last named of whom did not 
marry), and all three brothers continued to occupy the house 
of their father. They had one sister, Afifie, who married Dan- 
iel Blanshan and moved to Western New York. Lorenzo Le- 
Fevre, of Rosendale, was a son of Adam. 

Matthew's son Jonathan occupied the original homestead 
after his father's death. He left but one son, Levi, who mar- 
ried a Newkirk. Levi is the father of our informant. Garret, 
and of Jonathan J. LeFevre of Creek Locks, formerly justice 
of the peace, deceased. 

Matthew's son Samuel lived in a stone house built for him 
by his father on the top of the Bloomingdale hill. He died 
when a young man, it is said, from a wound received in the 
Revolutionary army. His widow married John LeFevre of 
the Paltz Plains and moved with him to Owasco, in western 
New York, being doubtless among the first settlers there. 
Samuel left one son, Simon, who married a Hendricks and 
left a family of three sons, one of whom, George, resided 
some years ago near Cold Spring Corner. 
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450 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Matthew (the first settler's) son, Capt. Simon, Hved in a 
stone house built for him by his father on part of his tract, 
about a mile northeast of the Quaker meeting house on the 
Rosendale Plains. Simon was one of the organizers and first 
elders of the Bloomingdale church, which was organized in 
1796 and was built on part of the LeFevre tract. Simon's 
children were Anna, who married Abm. DuBois (father of 
Simon L. and Daniel A.) ; ^Magdalen, who married Solomon 
Hasbrouck (father of Alexander) ; Samuel and Matthew, the 
last named of whom long kept the lower toll-gate on the Paltz 
turnpike. 

We have this additional information concerning Capt. 
Simon's Revolutionary record: In Col. Snyder's (Northern) 
Ulster County Regiment Capt. Simon commanded the Hurley 
company. (Hurley then included most of the present town, 
of Rosendale), having succeeded Gerardus (Gross) Harden- 
bergh in 1780. 

In a report to Col. Charles Dewitt concerning fathers of 
tories in his territory he says that there were only two, both 
of whom were so poor that the assessors did not have them 
on their list. 

All of the LeFevres of the first and second generations who 
settled at Bloomingdale are buried in the old burying-ground, 
on the Conrad LeFevre place, in the forks of the creek, now 
owned by Mr. Hardenbergh. ]\Iost of the original tract of 
700 acres has passed out of the family. Jonathan's place was- 
sold to Judge Jonathan Hasbrouck, of Kingston. 



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CHAPTER XXXIV 

The Auchimoody Family 

The ancestor of the Auchmoody family in Ulster county is 
Gemes Acmoidec, as the name is entered in the marriage 
record on the church book at New Paltz. The record is in 
French, translated thus: 1731 Oct. 8, Gemes Acmoidec mar- 
ried ]\Iari Doyo, daughter of Christianne Doyo and }^Iary Le 
Conte. The bans for this marriage appear in the Kingston 
church record as published Sept. 19, and the record is : Jeames 
Auchmoide, young man, born in Scotland, and Maria de Joo, 
young woman, born in New Paltz and both residing there. A 
few months earlier, in March of the same year, Mr. Auch- 
moody's name appears for the first time on the Xew Paltz: 
church records as godfather at the baptism of a child. There 
was no other person of Scottish nationality who settled in 
New Paltz in the early days. 

Mr. Auchmoody's house was built somewhere in the Bonte- 
coe neighborhood ; at least he owned land there. James Auch- 
moody and wife had three sons, David, Christian and Jacobus ; 
also three daughters, ]\Iaria, Elizabeth and Rachel. David 
married ]ylana DeGraff in 1764. At that time he lived in 
Dutchess county, but afterwards moved to Elmore's Corners in 
Esopus and finally located near Plutarch, where his grandson 
Jeremiah lived in modern times. The name of David Auch- 
moody appears as one of the enlisted men in the First Regi- 
ment of Ulster County Alilitia in the Revolution. Christian 
Auchmoody located in the present town of Rosendale, on a 
farm which passed to his son Abraham and then to Abraham's 



452 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

son Jonathan, who spent a long life there and was a highly 
respected man. Jacobus, the remaining son of Jeames Auch- 
moody, located on the farm now owned by Alonzo Neil, in the 
Middletown neighborhood, about three miles north of our 
village. He married Elizabeth Smith and afterwards Mar- 
garet Irwin. They had but one son, William, who did not 
remain at New Paltz. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 453 



CHAPTER XXXV 

The Budd Family at New Paltz 

Samuel Budd was a very prominent citizen of New Paltz 
for a long term of years about 1810. He had a wheelwright 
shop, procured the establishment of a stage line through our 
village and had an inn at the corner of Chestnut and North 
Front streets, where Luther Schoonmaker's hotel is now lo- 
cated and the fame of this inn extended far and wide. Sam- 
uel Budd's father, Thomas Budd, was surgeon on a ship. He 
had a grant for a large tract of land where the city of Mon- 
mouth, N. J., was afterwards located. From some technicality 
he failed to get or retain possession of this land, though even 
of late years efforts have been made to secure the property. 
Thomas Budd lost- his life, and the privateer vessel on which 
he served was sunk during an engagement with a British 
cruiser in the Revolutionary war. During the battle of Mon- 
mouth, the house and other buildings on the Budd property 
were burned by the British and Hessians and the family scat- 
tered to the winds. Samuel Budd, then a boy of ten, fled to 
the residence of an uncle in Philadelphia and did not see his 
mother until a considerable time afterwards. 

Samuel Budd's wife was Mary De LaRue. They were mar- 
ried in 1796. Five children of the Budd family grew up and 
married. They were Hiram, Wade Hampton, Catharine, Ger- 
trude and Laura. Hiram married Alaria Deyo, and as his 
second wife Catharine Ann Smedes. Catharine Budd mar- 
ried Jonas LeFevre of Kettleborough. Gertrude Budd mar- 



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tied Robert Lawson of Newburgh. Laura Budd married 
Joseph Harris. Wade Hampton married Martha J. Brundage. 
A pamphlet containing a history of the Budd family has 
been published. Two brothers, named John and Joseph, came 
to America from England about 1632. Another brother, 
Thomas, came to this country at a later date and settled in 
New Jersey. Samuel Budd, who lived in New Paltz, was 
descended from Thomas Budd. 



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CHAPTER XXXVI 

The Hardenbergh Family 

The Hardenbergh family has been one of the most respected 
and influential in Ulster county, its members occupying posi- 
tions of trust and responsibility in church and state, in peace 
and war. Of late years there have been comparatively few 
of the name in Ulster county. 

Dr. Corwin in his last edition of "The Manuel of the Re- 
formed Church" says : 

Sir Johannes (Hardenbergh) was knighted by Queen Anne 
at the recommendation of the Duke of Marlborough for gal- 
lantry at the decisive battle of Blenheim. With the order of 
Knighthood he also received the patent which bears his name 
and which comprised a considerable portion of what now 
constitutes the counties of Ulster, Delaware and Sullivan in 
the state of New York. 

In signing his name, Johannes Hardenbergh sometimes 
simply signed "Hardenberg" as was the custom with those 
in England who held titles. 

The Hardenbergh family is of German origin and the ruins 
of the Hardenbergh castle are still pointed out near Nordheim, 
in Germany. Gerrit Jans Hardenbergh, the progenitor of the 
family in Ulster county, came to America with his father from 
Maarden, near Utrecht, in the Netherlands. He first appears 
on record at Albany in 1667. His wife w^as Jeapie Schepmoes, 
Their son Johannes became an owner of real estate in the vil- 
lage of Kingston in 1689, was commissioned high sheriff of 



456 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Ulster county by Gov. Leisler in 1690, and again by Gov. 
Lovelace in 1709. He was commissioned as major in the 
Ulster county regiment in 1728, and was afterwards a colonel 
in the same regiment. He was one of the patentees in the 
great or Hardenbergh Patent, by which an immense tract, 
estimated at 2,000,000 acres in the present counties of Ulster, 
Orange, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan was granted by Queen 
Ann in 1708. There was considerable dissatisfaction among 
the Indians for a long term of years at the granting of so 
large a tract, but they became satisfied on the payment of an 
additional sum. 

By his wife, Catharine Rutzen, he had a large family of 
sons and daughters. Two of the sons married New Paltz 
women and settled within the bounds of the New Paltz con- 
gregation, although but one of them, Abraham, lived in the 
New Paltz precinct, his home being at Guilford. The 
brother Johannes lived at what is now Rosendale village. 
Other members of the family located elsewhere. 

Abraham, who was born in 1706, married Marytje Roosa, 
daughter of Nicholas Roosa, who had moved from Hurley to 
New Paltz. After her death he married, in 1752, Mary, 
daughter of Joseph Hasbrouck of Guilford and widow of 
James Gasherie. Abraham Hardenbergh's house was bviilt on 
the Wallkill, a short distance below Tuthill and commanded 
a fine view of the stream. A very large tract of land in this 
vicinity had been granted to Jacob Rutzen, the father of 
Abraham's mother. The portion of the tract on which the 
house stood descended in the Hardenbergh family for several 
generations to Mrs. Crines Jenkins. The old stone house has 
now tumbled into ruins. The land is owned by Josiah LeFevre. 

Abraham Hardenbergh was a man of wealth and influence. 
He was Supervisor of the town of New Paltz from 1751 to 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 457 

1761 and again in 1770. He was one of the Justices of the 
Peace of the county in 1766. In the list of slave-holders in 
1755 he is set down as the owner of seven slaves, a number 
only equalled by one other resident of the town, Solomon Du- 
Bois, who likewise owned seven slaves. In the tax list of 1765 
Abraham's name appears as Supervisor, and the amount of his 
assessment is exceeded only by that of Col. Abraham Has- 
brouck, of Kingston, for his Guilford farm, and by Josiah El- 
ting of the village. In 1759 he was an elder in the church. 

The children of Abraham Hardenbergh by his first wife 
were Johannes, baptized at Kingston in 1743, and Sarah, also 
baptized at Kingston. The children by the second wife were 
Nicholas, Elias, Maritje and Rachel, all baptized at New 
Paltz from 1753 to 1758. Abraham died 1771. His name 
does not appear on the subscription for the erection of the 
second stone church in 1771. but the names of his widow and 
son John A., appear. 

From Abraham Hardenbergh the farm at Guilford passed 
to his eldest son, Johannes, w^ho wrote his name John A. 
Elias married and had his residence somewhere within the 
congregation, as we find his name on the church book. Where 
the other children lived we do not know. John A. was a 
captain in the patriot army in the Revolutionary war, serving 
in the Third Ulster County Regiment, John Cantine, colonel. 
His name also appears as lieutenant in the Fourth Ulster 
County Regiment, of which his cousin, Johannes Hardenberg 
of Swartekill, was colonel a part of the time. His wife was 
Rachel, daughter of his neighbor, Hendricus DuBois. ' 

The children of John A. Hardenbergh and his wife. Rachel 
DuBois, were ]\Iarichie, born in 1771 ; Jacob, born in 1780; 
Charles, born in 1782; Alexander, born in 1784, and Abra- 
ham, born in 1777. The last named built on the ancestral 



458 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

estate the fine old brick house, near the Guilford church, long 
unoccupied and now commencing to tumble into ruins. Abra- 
ham, who wrote his name Abraham ]., married Margaret 
DuBois and his brother Jacob married Jane DuBois, both 
of whom were daughters of Cornelius DuBois, Jr., of Pough- 
woughtenonk. 

It is related that the parents wanted the last named young 
woman to marry another young man and that she jumped out 
of a window and then ran away from home in her every-day 
dress to marry the man of her choice. Her husband died 
young. Alexander became a doctor. He died from an acci- 
dent, his neck being broken by a fall from his horse, which 
stumbled over a log. Jacob left one son, Jacob, and one 
daughter, who married Crines Jenkins. 

The brother Charles became a minister, was settled at War- 
wick, N. Y., Bedminster, N. J., and was a colleague of Rev. 
Dr. Thomas Dewitt in the collegiate churches in New York. 
He was one of the trustees of Rutgers College. 

Abraham J. Hardenbergh, who built the brick house, w'as a 
member of the Legislature in 1813. In the war of 1812 he 
was a colonel of militia and was able to get part of his men 
across the Niagara river, which was more than some others 
did, when the invasion of Canada w-as made. 

It is a striking illustration of the lack of all interest in an 
honorable military career that was felt in the days of our 
grandfathers, that Abm. J. Hardenbergh subsequently had two 
butcher knives made out of the sword that he carried in the 
war of 181 2. What a contrast with the feeling of pride, with 
which the people of to-day look upon the military record of 
their ancestors ! 

The sons of Abm. J. Hardenbergh and his wife, Margaret 
DuBois, were Cornelius, Charles, David, Josiah and Ditmas. 



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HOUSE OF COL. ABRAHAM HARDENBERGH AT GUILFORD 



46o HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

The only daughter, Gertrude, married Aldert Schoon- 
maker and lived in this village. The son Charles became a 
doctor and settled at Port Jervis ; David went to ^Michigan ; 
Ditmas located at Ellenville ; Josiah settled on the farm of his 
father at Pecanisink in Shawangunk and there his father like- 
wise lived in his latter days. 

Col. Johannes Hardenbergh of Rosendale 

Going back now to Col. Johannes Hardenbergh we shall 
make but brief mention of his family, because he did not live 
within the precinct of New Paltz, although included in the 
congregation of the New Paltz church. 

Johannes Hardenbergh, of Rosendale, was Colonel of the 
First Regiment of Ulster County Militia for twenty years, 
was a member of the Colonial Assembly from 1743 to 1750, 
and of the State Legislature in 1781 and 1782, and he was a 
member of the First Provincial Congress. He repeatedly 
served as an elder in the New Paltz church, acting in that 
capacity as a delegate to the Conference in New York, when 
the differences betwen the Ccetus and Conferentie parties were 
harmonized. 

A few years before his death, when General \\'ashington, 
in June, 1783, visited the county of Ulster, Colonel Harden- 
bergh entertained the General and Mrs. Washington, with 
Governor and Mrs. Clinton, at his residence in Rosendale. 

The wife of Col. Johannes Hardenbergh, of Rosendale, was 
Maria DuBois, who was born in 1706 and was the daughter of 
Louis DuBois, Jr., of Nescatack, in the town of New Paltz. 
Their children were: Johannes, born in 1729; Lewis, born in 
1 73 1, married Catharine Waldron ; Charles, born in 1733, 
married Catharine Smedes; Jacob Rutze, born in 1736, mar- 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 461 

ried Dina \'anBergh, widow of Rev. John Frelinghuysen ; 
Rachel, born in 1739, married Rev. Hermans ]\Iyer, D. D. ; 
Catharine, born in 1741 ; Gerardus, born in 1744. married 
Nancy Ryerson. 

Jacob Rutze Hardenbergh became a minister of the gospel, 
settled first in New Jersey and afterwards over the churches 
at Marbletown, Rochester and Wawarsing. He was the first 
president of Queens, now Rutgers College. 

Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr., eldest son of Col. Johannes Har- 
denbergh of Rosendale, located at Swartekill, a short distance 
north of Rifton. His house we believe is still standing a short 
distance east of the highway. His wife was Mary LeFevre, 
daughter of Isaac LeFevre of Bontecoe. 

In the Revolutionary war he served a great portion of the 
time as lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Ulster County Regiment, 
of which Jonathan Hasbrouck of Newburgh was colonel. On 
account of the ill health of the colonel the regiment was a con- 
siderable portion of the time under the command of the lieu- 
tenant-colonel. In 1779 he received his commission as colonel. 

Sojourner Truth, the famous negro woman, who acquired a 
great reputation as a public speaker and died in Chicago about 
1870, after having long passed the century mark, was in her 
early days a slave in the family of Colonel Hardenbergh at 
Swartekill and related that she and a number of sheep were 
once sold for $100. 

There was a standing dispute between New Paltz people 
and the Hardenberghs as to the boundary line of the respec- 
tive patents. The Hardenberghs at Swartekill claimed the 
land up to about where Perrine's Bridge is located. The Paltz 
people claimed that the surveyor had been bribed by the 
present of a cow to run a false line and that the Paltz Patent 
really included the valuable water privilege at Dashville Falls. 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 463 

But the Hardenberghs retained Dashville Falls till about 1810, 
when the privilege was purchased by PVter LeFevre of Bon- 
tecoe of his uncle, Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr. Peter LeFevre 
proceeded with his brother-in-law, Ezekiel Eltinge, to build 
the mill torn down a short time ago. Some time previous the 
Hardenberghs had built a mill at Swartekill, which was one 
of the first in this county. The sons of Johannes Harden- 
bergh, Jr., of Swartekill, and Mary LeFevre, his wife, were 
Isaac, Peter, Charles and Louis. Peter moved to Pennsyl- 
vania, Isaac went to Catskill, where he became a merchant and 
was a prominent man. Charles resided in the neighborhood. 
He is the ancestor of the late Benj. F. Hardenbergh of Rock 
Lock. Louis was a blacksmith by trade. He lived part of 
the time on the paternal estate at Swartekill. Afterwards he 
had a shop at Bontecoe north of the lane leading to the old 
house of Ralph LeFevre. Louis had three sons, Richard^ 
Simon and John. Richard is well remembered by the old 
men of the present generation. He resided for a time at 
New Paltz and was the father of Hon. Jacob Hardenbergh 
and of Louis Hardenbergh of Gardiner, who until his death, 
two or three years ago, occupied the farm purchased by his 
father about 1830. 



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CHAPTER XXXVII 

The Wurts Family 

The Wurts family is of Swiss origin. The ancestor of the 
family at New Paltz was George Wirtz, M. D., who was the 
first physician in the place. He was a near relative of the 
Goetschius family, which was likewise of Swiss blood, three 
of whose members served the New Paltz church, acceptably 
in the early days, the first as a supply and the others as 
regularly ordained pastors. Maurities Goetschius, the second 
of the name to occupy the pulpit at New Paltz, served the 
people here as a physician, as well as pastor, and was known 
as the "doctor dominie." Dr. George Wirtz's name first ap- 
pears on the New Paltz records in 1773, when he married 
Esther, daughter of Major Jacob Hasbrouck. Rev. Stephen 
Goetschius succeeded his uncle. Rev. Maurities Goetschius as 
pastor of the church in 1775. Dr. Wirtz was on the ground 
at the time of the arrival of the new pastor, who was his 
cousin, and may have come before the death of his uncle, the 
"doctor-dominie," which occurred in 1771. He united with 
the church at the village of New Paltz in 1776 by certificate 
from the church at Shawangunk. It seems certain, therefore, 
that he must have lived at Shawangunk at least a short time 
before coming to New Paltz. His uncle had his home at 
Shawangunk and preached there, as well as at New Paltz. 

Dr. W^irtz was doubtless a busy man, with a large territory 
to travel over in visiting patients. So when he thought of 
selecting a partner for life he could not spend much time in 
courtship. The story, as we have heard it related, is that he 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 465 

made his proposal of marriage without preliminary and com- 
pleted it with the statement that if it was accepted he would 
take tea with the family. The proposal met with an affirma- 
tive response and the young doctor took tea with the family 
in the old steep-roofed house, now the "New Paltz Memorial 
House," in which they resided. 

Dr. W'irtz built as his residence the house at the foot of 
Main street, torn down about 1880, the site of which is now 
occupied by the Riverside Cottage. His name appears as one 
of the signers of the Articles of Association at the outbreak 
of the Revolutionary war. He was a deacon in the church 
in 1776 and an elder in 1797. 

The children of Dr. George \\'irtz and his wife, Esther 
Hasbrouck, were Jacob (born in 1776), Janetje, Catharine, 
Mauritius (born in 1784). 

Dr. Wirtz died in 1802. The tombstones in the old grave- 
yard marking the last resting place of himself and wife bear 
these inscriptions : 

In memory of George W'irtz, M. D., who departed this life 
April 20, 1802, aged 55 years, 5 months and 6 days: 

In memory of Esther Hasbrouck, daughter of ]\Iaj. Jacob 
Hasbrouck and relict of doctor George W'irtz, who died June 
4th, 1826, aged 68 years, 4 months and 26 days. 

The sons, Jacob and Maurities, both became doctors. The 
first named married Catharine DuBois. During his long life 
he attended to the duties of his profession as a physician, rid- 
ing about the country on horseback, according to the custom 
of those days, to visit his patients. He lived in the house 
which his father built until in middle age, when he built and 
moved into the house in the southern part of our village where 
his son Cornelius afterward lived. 

The children of Dr. Jacob Wurtz and his wife, Catharine 
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466 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

DiiBois, were George, born in 1798; Gertrude, born in 1803; 
Mathusalem, born in 1806; Gitty Jane, born in 1809; David, 
born in 1812; Maurice, born in 181 5. By his second wife, 
Mary Hornbeck, Dr. Jacob Wurts had one son, Cornelius. 

Maurities (in EngHsh Maurice), the younger son of Dr. 
George Wirtz, engaged in the practice of medicine, Hving for 
a while in Esopus and likewise for a time at Springtown, on 
the farm where his son-in-law, Gilbert Kiting, afterwards 
lived. His wife was Maria Jansen. He died in middle age, 
leaving two sons, John H. and Jansen, and two daughters, one 
of whom married Gilbert Kiting and the other Nathaniel 
Kiting. 

Dr. Jacob Wurts' sons David and Maurice became doctors, 
George and Cornelius became farmers, all living in this town 
all their lives, except that Maurice was at Plattekill for a 
time and sheriff at Kingston in 1855. Dr. Jacob Wurts' son 
Mathusalem moved to western New York. 



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CHAPTER XXXVIII 

Old Dutch Families at New Paltz and Vicinity 

The Dutch famihes residing at New Paltz and vicinity pre- 
vious to the Revolution for a greater or less length of time 
include the Eltings, the Lows, the Roses, the Clearwaters, the 
Van Wagenens, and the Ostranders of Plattekill. 

The Dutch element was always quite small at New Paltz. 

None of the Dutch families who located in New Paltz be- 
came permanent settlers here except the Eltings and the Van 
Wagenens, though the Lows remained through several genera- 
tions. 

There is this difficulty in tracing the ancestry of Dutch 
families: that is while the Huguenots all had surnames when 
they came to Ulster county nearly all the Dutch are first 
recorded on the church book by their Christian names alone, 
although some of them had surnames used in legal documents. 
The Jansens are descended from Jan Mattys, the Lows from 
Peter Cornells, the Clearwaters from Tunis Jacobse, the Roses 
from Albert Hymans, the Van Wagenens from Aaert Jacob- 
son, who was the son of Jacob Geritson. The Ostranders took 
the name from "east strand," where the ancestor of the family 
lived. The name Ean simply means "one." Where it is 
recorded in the church book by a French minister it is written 
"un" and when by a Dutch minister Ein or Een. 



468 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

CHAPTER XXXIX 

The Low Family at New Paltz 

The ancestor of the Low family in Ulster county is Peter 
Cornelius, who sailed from Holstein in 1659. He married 
Elizabeth Blanshan, daughter of Alatthew Blanshan and sister 
of the wife of Louis DuBois, the New Paltz Patentee, at 
Kingston in 1668. His name was entered on the church record 
simply as Peter Cornells, the surname of Low not yet having 
been adopted. Plis sons were Matthew, Peter, Cornelius, 
Jacob, born in 1683; Johannis and Abraham, born in 1688. 
Peter and Cornelius received land grants in Shawangunk and 
Wawarsing. 

Matthew married Jannetje \'an Heyning. His two sons, 
Peter, born in 1700, and Johannes, born in 1706, located in 
New Paltz. Peter married Catharine, daughter of Solomon 
DuBois of Paughwaughtanonk, in New Paltz, in 1722, and his 
name on the marriage register is set down as residing at New 
Paltz. He quite certainly lived on the southern part of the 
land of his father-in-law at Paughwaughtanonk and his de- 
scendants afterwards lived there for many years. 

The name of Peter Low appears as a freeholder in New 
Paltz in 1728 and again on the tax list of 1765 as still living 
in the Paughwaughtanonk neighborhood. His sons were Jona- 
than, born in 1724; Solomon, born in 1725 (located at Spring- 
town), and Isaac, born in 1730, who lived where his father 
had lived. When the Conferentia church was organized, in 
1767, Peter Low and his two sons, Solomon and Isaac, united 
with it. The Low family long had a blacksmith shop at 



HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 469 

Paughwaughtanonk and the name is found on one or more 
tombstones in the burying-ground near where the blacksmith 
shop stood on the farm now occupied by LeFevre DuBois on 
the County House Plains. 

Johannes, the brother of Peter, sometimes wrote his name 
Johannes AI. and sometimes Johannes, Jr. He located in New 
Paltz village, married, about 1735, Rebecca, daughter of Hugo 
Freer, Senior, and after his father-in-law's death occupied his 
house, the northernmost of the old stone houses, still standing 
on Huguenot street in this village, and here his descendants 
lived for many years. 

The children of Johannes AI. Low and Rebecca Freer were 
Johannes, born in 1736; Maria, born in 1738 (married Roelif 
J. Elting) ; Jacob, born in 1743; Lena, born in 1745; Simeon, 
born in 1747. Johannes M. Low still occupied the homestead 
in 1765. After his death it passed into the possession of his 
son Simeon, who married Christina McAIullen. The children 
were Ezekiel, born in 1777, David, Janitje, ]\Iaria, Jacob and 
Samuel. Jacob Low taught school in this vicinity for a long 
time. All of the Low family at New Paltz finally died out 
or moved away. 



468 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

CHAPTER XXXIX 

The Low Family at New Paltz 

The ancestor of the Low family in Ulster county is Peter 
Cornelius, who sailed from Holstein in 1659. He married 
Elizabeth Blanshan, daughter of Matthew Blanshan and sister 
of the wife of Louis DuBois, the New Paltz Patentee, at 
Kingston in 1668. His name was entered on the church record 
simply as Peter Cornells, the surname of Low not yet having 
been adopted. Plis sons were Matthew, Peter, Cornelius, 
Jacob, born in 1683; Johannis and Abraham, born in 1688. 
Peter and Cornelius received land grants in Shawangunk and 
Wawarsing. 

Matthew married Jannetje A'an Heyning. His two sons, 
Peter, born in 1700, and Johannes, born in 1706, located in 
New Paltz. Peter married Catharine, daughter of Solomon 
DuBois of Paughwaughtanonk, in New Paltz. in 1722, and his 
name on the marriage register is set down as residing at New 
Paltz, He quite certainly lived on the southern part of the 
land of his father-in-law at Paughwaughtanonk and his de- 
scendants afterwards lived there for many years. 

The name of Peter Low appears as a freeholder in New 
Paltz in 1728 and again on the tax list of 1765 as still living 
in the Paughwaughtanonk neighborhood. His sons were Jona- 
than, born in 1724; Solomon, born in 1725 (located at Spring- 
town), and Isaac, born in 1730, who lived where his father 
had lived. When the Conferentia church was organized, in 
1767, Peter Low and his two sons, Solomon and Isaac, united 
with it. The Low family long had a blacksmith shop at 



HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 469 

Paiighwaughtanonk and the name is found on one or more 
tombstones in the bnrying-ground near where the blacksmith 
shop stood on the farm now occupied by LeFevre DuBois on 
the County House Plains. 

Johannes, the brother of Peter, sometimes wrote his name 
Johannes M. and sometimes Johannes, Jr. He located in New 
Paltz village, married, about 1735, Rebecca, daughter of Hugo 
Freer, Senior, and after his father-in-Iaw^'s death occupied his 
house, the northernmost of the old stone houses, still standing 
on Huguenot street in this village, and here his descendants 
lived for many years. 

The children of Johannes AI. Low and Rebecca Freer were 
Johannes, born in 1736; Maria, born in 1738 (married Roelif 
J. Kiting) ; Jacob, born in 1743; Lena, born in 1745; Simeon, 
born in 1747. Johannes M. Low still occupied the homestead 
in 1765. After his death it passed into the possession of his 
son Simeon, who married Christina McAIullen. The children 
were Ezekiel, born in 1777, David, Janitje, Maria, Jacob and 
Samuel. Jacob Low taught school in this vicinity for a long 
time. All of the Low family at New Paltz finally died out 
or moved awav. 



470 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



CHAPTER XL 

The Klaarvvater (Clearwater) Family 

The Klaarwaters were one of the most ancient families in 
Holland. For centuries 'they owned and to this day own 
estates at Baarn, near Rotterdam. Its members were among 
the founders of the Dutch Republic, and achieved distinction 
in the wars of Holland. 

Theunis Jacobsen Klaarwater, the founder of the Clear- 
water family in America, was born at Baarn in 1624. He was 
a soldier of Holland and a graduate of the University of 
Leyden. He came from Holland to Niew Amsterdam, went 
to Esopus (Kingston) and subsequently to Bontecoe. 

In the year 1709 Queen Anne granted to him, to his son, 
Jacob Klaarwater, his brother-in-law, Hendrick Vernooy, his 
son's father-in-law, Abraham Doiau (Deyo), Rip Van Dam, 
Adolph Phillipse, Dr. Gerardus Beekman and Colonel Wil- 
liam Peartree a patent of 4,000 acres of land in this 
county. 

The patent is recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, 
in Book 7 of patents, at page 54. and embraces that tract in 
the present town of Shawangunk bounded by the Wallwill on 
the east, the Dwaarskill on the south and the Shawangunkkill 
on the west. 

Theunis Jacobsen was one of the founders of the Reformed 
Protestant Dutch church at Kingston, commonly known as the 
First Dutch. He was chosen by the citizens of Kingston 
commissioner to present to the British Crown their protest 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 471 

against the arrogant and illegal conduct of the com- 
mandant of the English garrison stationed at Kingston under 
the English rule, a duty discharged with ability and 
dignity. 

After his removal to Bontecoe he joined the Huguenot 
church at New Paltz. His son Jacob, who was born in Hol- 
land, married IMarie, daughter of Pierre Doiau (Deyo), one 
of the patentees. He was the first Dutchman to marry a 
daughter of one of the New Paltz Patentees. 

Theunis Jacobsen and Jacob were among the freeholders of 
the New Paltz Patent whose names appear upon the oldest tax 
list of the Patent now extant, that of 1712, which is preserved 
among the archives of the Memorial House. 

Theunis Jacobsen died in 171 5 and was buried in the 
orchard of his farm at Bontecoe, which is still owned by one 
of his descendants. 

A tablet, designed by Charles R. Lamb, the architect of the 
Dewey Arch, was erected on the anniversary of the Battle of 
Lexington, 1899, in the Dutch church at Kingston to his 
memory, and that of some of his lineal descendants by 
Judge Clearwater of Kingston, his descendant six degrees 
removed. 

The tablet is of white marble, framed by Corinthian pil- 
asters, with capitals and frieze supported by heavy corbels. 
Upon the frieze is a scroll, on which is carved a pair of 
crossed swords on the model of those used by the officers of 
the continental army, intertwined with oak leaves, the symbol 
of strength and heroism, surmounted by the words "In ]\Ie- 
oriam." At the base of the tablet is the inscription, "Fide 
Et Fortitudine," intertwined with ivy leaves, the svmbol of 
remembrance and longevity. Each capital is crowned with a 
scallop shell, the emblem of the Pilgrim. The inscription is 



472 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

of bronze letters executed in high rehef, and is as fol- 
lows : 

1624 THEUNIS JACOBSEX KLAARWATER 1715 
Whose ancestors were among the founders of the 

DUTCH REPUBLIC. 

A soldier of Holland. 

An early settler of Ulster County. 

1663 JACOB KLAAR\\'ATER 1747 

A native of Holland who fought in the wars of the 

American frontier. 

1699 ABRAHAM KLAARWATER 1782 

Sergeant in the provincial army during the 

Colonial Wars. 
Signer of the Articles of Association 1775. 
Dragoon in the Marbletown Troop of Horse during the 
war of the Revolution. 

1757 THO^L\S KLAARWATER 1830 

Signer of the Articles of Association 1775. 

Trooper in the Alarbletown Horse. 

Soldier in the Continental Army. 

1787 THOMAS TEUNIS CLEARWATER i860 

Soldier of the War of 1812 

The bronze is made of old cannon captured in battle during 
the American wars. The marble is from American quarries. 

The tablet is placed in the west wall of the church and is a 
fine addition to the beautiful interior of that stately edifice. 

Among the descendants of Theunis Jacobsen who will be 
recalled bv the readers of this volume are the Honorable Hiram 



HISTORY OF XEU^ PALTZ 473 

Clearwater, who for many years was the president of the 
Board of Education and the president of the Board of Water 
Commissioners of the city of Cincinnati ; the Reverend Charles 
Knapp Clearwater, now pastor of the old Reformed Protestant 
Dutch church of Xewton, L. I. ; Charles Hiram Clearwater, 
one of the pioneer manufacturers of Rosendale cement in this 
county; Colonel Alfred Clearwater., one of the leading citi- 
zens of Northern Pennsylvania, and the Honorable Alphonso 
Trumpbour Clearwater, LL. D., who three times has been Dis- 
trict Attorney and twice County Judge of Ulster county, and 
afterwards Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New 
York. During the two hundred and forty years the family has 
been settled here its members have intermarried with many of 
the old Dutch and Huguenot county families, and those inter- 
ested in tracing their descent from its founder should consult 
among other family genealogies, those of Beekman, Burger, 
Davis, DePew. DeW'itt, Deyo, DuBois, Elmendorf, Freer, 
Helm, Houghtaling, Hoffman, Kortright, Schoonmaker, Ter- 
williger, Trumpbour, \'an Leuven, \'an W'agenen. \"ernooy, 
Wood. 

The family always has been prominent in the American 
wars to every one of wdiich it has contributed more than its 
full quota of men, and always its members have taken a deep 
and warm interest in the Dutch Church and in the cause of 
education, and during the entire period the family name con- 
stantly appears among the founders of churches and schools 
in the neighborhood in which its members have lived. 



474 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

CHAPTER XLl 

The Ean Family at New Paltz 

There has been a question as to whether the Ean family- 
was of French or Dutch extraction. But this question seems 
to be settled by the Council Minutes of New York vol. 8, p. 
131, Sept. 7, 1699, where there is mention of a petition of 
Elias Ueen for assistance in consideration of his sufifering as 
a French Protestant. 

Elias Eign (spelled by the French Un or Yn) married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Anthoine Crespel, the Patentee. An- 
other daughter of Anthoine Crespel, the Patentee, named 
Maria (or Maria Maddaleen), also settled at New Paltz and 
married a Dutchman, Mattys C. Sleght. We have very little 
knowledge of Sleght or his children, although as late as 
1724 we find the name of Mattys Sleght, Jun., signed to the 
agreement of the 24 proprietors of the Patent at that time, 
authorizing the Duzine to give title to land. The Sleght 
family certainly did not long remain at New Paltz. Ean and 
his descendants always remained here. In the tax list of 1712 
he is assessed £35. In 1718 his name appears as the only per- 
son, not of the Patentees' families, who assisted in building the 
first stone church. In the agreement of the 24 proprietors in 
1724, authorizing the Duzine to give title to land, appear the 
names of Jan Een, Elizabeth Een, Sarah Een and Maria Mad- 
daleen Een. These were undoubtedly the widow and children 
of Elias. We have no means of determining whether he lived 
always in the village or moved in his later years to the home- 
stead at Bontecoe, where his descendants have lived ever since. 
In the tax list of 1728 the property is assessed to "Elias Fan's 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 475 



1 ^-m^h A 



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RUINS OF THE EAN HOUSE AT BONTECOE 



476 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

widow" at f20. Her father, x\nthony Crespel, always re- 
mained at tlurley, and in 1693 he sold a plot of land in this 
village, probably the lot assigned to him for a home to Hugo 
Freer, Sen., as is shown by the original deed, in the possession 
of the writer. 

Jan Ean, son of Elias, married, in 1735, Geesje Roosa. In 
the marriage record, recorded in the church book at Kingston, 
the bride is set down as being from Marbletown and the groom 
as born at Hurley and residing "at Mond-Albany, in the juris- 
diction of Paltz." The clerk who made the record undoubtedly 
misunderstood the name of the locality and should have written 
Bontecoe, where, on the farm about 3J.2 miles north of the 
village, Jan Ean lived and died and his grave is pointed out 
till the present day, and on this farm his descendants still live. 

The children of Jan Ean were Elizabeth, Margaret, Elias, 
Abraham (born in 1741) and Isaac. We have no account of 
these sons except Abraham. The others probably died in in- 
fancy or boyhood. In the old stone house, which has lately 
tumbled into ruins, on a stone beside the front door appear the 
inititials A. E. and J. E., showing that Jan Ean and his son 
Abraham together built the house. About two miles down the 
W'allkill a lot of about ten acres of fertile lowland in one of the 
great bends of the stream belonged to the Eans as early as 
1730, as shown by a paper in possession of the writer. It is 
called the Half Aloon in this paper and retains that name until 
the present day. It was owned by the Eans until about 1880. 
Jan Ean died before 1755 and in that year Geesje Ean, widow 
of Jan, is set down in the list of slave-owners in the town. In 
a map of the Patent, made in 1760 by Louis Bevier, the house 
of Geesje Ean is the only one set down. She was a woman of 
note in the community and is still remembered by the Le- 
Fevres, who owned the adjoining farm, for her help to the sick. 



HIS T O K Y OF N E W P ALT Z ^77 

Abraham Eaii came next in possession of the farm. In 1765 
Abraham was married, at Kingston, to Catharine Van Wage- 
nen, who was born at Hurley and resided at Wagondahl 
(Creek Locks) at the time of the marriage, as stated in the 
record on the church book. In the division in the church 
between the Ccetus and Conferentia parties Abraham seems 
to have sided with the latter party and his mother with the 
Coetus, as Abraham's name aj^pears as one of the subscribers 
to the Conferentia church then built, and in 1772 his mother's 
name appears as q contributor to the building of the second 
church in our village. 

In the Revolutionary War Abraham Ean served on the 
frontier as a member of Capt. xA-braham Deyo's company, 
Third Ulster County Regiment. 

The children of x\braham Ean and Catharine Van Wagenen, 
his wife, were Elias (born in 1768), Annetje, Rachel, Catha- 
rine and Peter (born in 1781). The three daughters all mar- 
ried and located directly across the Wallkill in the Springtown 
neighborhood. Rachel married David Deyo (grandfather of 
Rev. Paul T.). Catharine married Jonathan Deyo (grand- 
father of James E.). Armetje married Benjamin Hasbrouck. 
Peter, who was the younger son, occupied the farm during his 
long life. He married Maria Freer. From Peter the farm 
descended to Abraham Ean, who was an only son, and occu- 
pied the farm during his lifetime. 

Going back now to Elias, son of Abraham, we find that he 
married Elizabeth Hasbrouck of Springtown. He built the 
stone house at Middletown, which passed to his son, Elias, Jun., 
and in the next generation to James Ean. This house, still 
standing with its gable end to the road, bears, deeply cut in a 
stone in the southwest corner of the building, the date of erec- 
tion, 1789. and the initials of the builders, E. E. (Elias Ean) 



4/8 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

and R. H. B. (Roelif Hasbrouck). A peculiarity of this old 
house was that the stone oven, instead of being incorporated in 
the building as in other stone houses was built on a rock 
across the street, where it stood until modern times. Elias 
Ean was for a number of years an officer in the church and 
was a much respected man. His sons were Elias, who occu- 
pied the farm after his father's death, and Jacobus, who spent 
his days in the Middletown neighborhood. A daughter, Eliza- 
beth, born in 1807, married Snyder. She lived to the 

extraordinary age of 95 years. 

Tom Clip 

When our village boys and girls skate down the Wallkill 
in winter they have a landmark abovit a mile below Spring- 
town, which is known as Tom Clip, at the farm of the Misses 
Ean. Few know what the words Tom Clip mean. This is 
the explanation : Tom was a negro and "clip" is the Dutch 
word for a precipitous rock. There is a large rock in the 
Wallkill surrounded by deep water. On the land adjoining 
is a cliff of slate rock, which commands an extensive view. 
But Tom Clip is not the cliff on the shore. It is the large 
rock in the deep water. This is the history of the name: 
Long, long ago when there were slaves in this state the Ean 
family owned a negro named Tom. Tom had a custom of 
diving from this rock in the Wallkill and swimming a long 
distance under water. Sometimes he would not rise to the 
surface until nearly across the Wallkill. Once in the sight 
of spectators he dived from this rock as he had done before. 
But he did not rise to the surface as he had done at other 
times. He never rose to swim out to the shore and join his 
companions. Ever since that day the spot has been known 
as "Tom Clip"' in memory of the negro who here lost his life. 



HI ST OR y OF NEW F ALT Z 479 

CHAPTER XLII 

The Van Wagenen Family at New Paltz 

The first Van Wagenen at New Paltz was Petrus Van 
Wagenen, whose father Archa resided at Creek Locks (called 
by the old people Wagondahl) in a house near the residence 
of the late Washington LeFevre. 

Petrus married, at Kingston, June 15, 1760, Sarah Low, 
daughter of Simeon Low of New Paltz village. In the mar- 
riage record on the church book Petrus is set down as residing 
at Wagondale and his wife as residing at New Paltz. They 
probably took up their residence at New Paltz immediately 
after the marriage. Petrus' house, one mile northeast of the 
village, is still standing, but has not been occupied for many 
years. Part of the eastern wall has tumbled down. It is the 
most picturesque ruin anywhere in the vicinity of New Paltz, 
and the artist's brush of Air. A. Scott Cox has placed it on 
canvas in a very attractive manner. It stands in a field about 
half a mile northwest of Put Corners. 

In the tax list of 1765 Petrus is assessed £8 los. In 1767 
he, with other New Paltz people of Dutch descent transferred 
his membership from the church at Kingston to the newly- 
organized Conferentia church at New Paltz, which had just 
erected a house of worship about two miles from the village 
on the west side of the Wallkill. Petrus lived to the extraor- 
dinary age of 92 years. He was by trade a stone mason. His 
name appears as one of the enlisted men in the Third Ulster 
County Regiment in the Revolutionary war. 

Petrus and his wife had a large family of children. The fol- 
lowing are recorded on the church book at Kingston as being 



48o HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

baptized from 1761 to 1766: Jonathan, Daniel, Ezekiel, Levi. 
The following are recorded on the church book at New Paltz 
as being baptized from 1766 to 1778: Catharine. Lucas, Maria, 
Aert (in English Archa) and Sarah. 

In the Revolutionary war Daniel and Levi served in the 
stockade at W'awarsing and Daniel was in the stockade when 
it was attacked by Tories and Indians. Daniel left three sons, 
all of W'hom went west. Archa wrote his name x\rcha P. 
He married, in 1800, Maria Freer. They lived for a time in 
the old homestead and for a time on what is now the Abner 
DuBois farm at Middletown. Archa P. served in the war of 
1812 in the cjid Regiment. Heavy Artillery. He was on Lake 
Ontario and in the fight at Lake ]\Iills in Canada. He re- 
ceived 160 acres of land for his services in war, but it was 
afterwards sold for taxes. Archa P. left two sons, Jonas, 
who resided at Plutarch, and Alexander ; also one daughter, 
Magdalen, who married Jacob Bedford. 

Lucas A'an W'agenen, son of Petrus. married Cornelia Mar- 
kle. They lived in the house still standing just south of the 
present church-yard ; at least ]\Irs. Van Wagenen lived there 
after her husband's death, which occurred in 181 1, at the age 
of 41. The children of Lucas and Cornelia \'an Wagenen 
were Benjamin, born in 1796; Jonathan, born in 1798; Janetje, 
born in 1800; ]Maria, born in 1803. \\'e have no account of 
any of these children except Benjamin and one daughter, who 
married James Alitchell of Shawangunk. Benjamin married 
Catharine, daughter of Judge Jonathan DuBois of Springtown. 
They lived in the building now the Huguenot bank. Benjamin 
Van Wagenen was a very prominent citizen of our village in 
his day. There was no lawyer in New Paltz until long after 
that time and the legal business rec[uired in the place was done 
by Benj. Van Wagenen. 



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H ISTO R Y OF N EW P ALT Z 481 



CHAPTER XLIII 

The Eltinge Family in New Paltz 

The following account of the Eltinge family so far as it 
relates to Jan, the original Eltinge in Ulster county, was de- 
rived mainly from the researches of Jonathan W*. Hasbrouck 
and is given in his words : 

Jan Elten, the ancestor of all the Eltinges in Ulster county, 
was born in Holland, at Swichsaelen, a dependency of Beyle, 
in the province of Drenthe. on the 29th day of July (old style) 
1632. He was the son of Roelif and Aaltje Elten and known 
to be of a numerous and respectable family. The first mention 
I find on record concerning him I find in one of the volumes 
of the Transactions of the Dutch, at Albany, in a commission, 
issued Sept. 6. 1675, by authority of E. Andross, Governor, 
constituting and appointing Capt. Thomas Chambers to be a 
justice of the peace for Kingston, Hurley and Marbletown and 
dependencies in Esopus and also for him and George Hall, 
the sheriff^ Cornelius Slecht, \V. Nottingham, John Elten (or 
Jan Eltinge) and John Biggs, or any four or more of them to 
hold a court of sessions twice a year at Kingston, to hear and 
determine all appeals and causes, as a court of sessions, ac- 
cording to law. He must therefore have emigrated from Hol- 
land a considerable time prior to that date. In 1680 a certifi- 
cate, signed by the church officers at Beyle was executed for 
his benefit, in which he is commended by them to the favorable 
regard of all to whose knowledge its contents should be made 
known. This must have been sent to him years after his 
residence here. 
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482 H ISTO R Y OF N E W PALTZ 

Being associated, as above, with Cornelius Slecht, one of 
the first settlers of Esopus, he doubtless became intimate with 
him and his family, thus forming an ac(|uaintance with Cor- 
nelius' daughter Jacomyntje, whom he married about the year 

1677. The mother of Jacomyntje was Tryntje Tyssenbos. 
Jacomyntje had had two previous husbands, Jan Barentsen 
Kunst and Gerrit Foecken, by whom she had four children, 
one of whom by Gerrit Foecken, named Tryntje married 
Solomon DuBois of New Paltz. Jan Elten took out a patent 

for land in Hurley in . Jan Eltinge and his wife 

Jacomyntje had five children, as follows: Roelif, baptized in 

1678, who settled in New Paltz and married Sarah DuBois; 
Cornelius, baptized in 1681, who settled in ]\Iarbletown and 
married Rebecca Van Meeteren ; William, who settled in 
Kingston, and married Janetje Lesier ; Grietje, who married 
Thos. Hall of Somerset Co., N. J., son of Sheriff George 
Hall and Aaltje who married Aart Gerritse of Kingston, son 
of Gerrit Aartse. 

Jan Eltinge signed the treaty made by the Paltz Huguenots 
and the Indians, in the spring of 1677, as one of the witnesses. 
On the 8th of June, 1686, Jan Eltinge and Gerrit Aertson,. 
father of his son-in-law, and Arien Roosa bought a lot of 
land at Rhinebeck ; "Right over against the Rondout Creek" 
bv a small creek called Quaawanoss. This is now the home 
of Hon. Levi P. Alorton. The price paid for the land was 
6 suits of stremuater (a kind of coarse cloth), 6 duffels, 4 
blankets, 5 kettles, 4 guns, 5 hoes, 5 axes, 10 cases powder, 
10 bars of lead, 8 sheets, 8 pairs stockings, 40 fathoms wam- 
pum, 2 drawing knives, two adzes, ten knives, half an anker 
of rum (anker is ten gallons) and one frying pan. 

Jan Eltinge had a brother Bartlett and a sister ^laria. 



HISTORY OF N E IV P A LT Z 483 

RoELiF THE First Eltinge at New Paltz 
Rcelii, the eldest son of Jan Eltinge, was baptized October 
27, 1678, and married, in 1703, Sarah, daughter of Abm. Du- 
Bois, the Patentee, who was the son of Louis DuBois, the 
Patentee. Pie settled at Xew Paltz about 1720. We have 
reason to believe that Roelif lived for several years on Hugue- 
not street in this village, in a house which stood a short dis- 
tance south of the old stone house of L'^aiah Hasbrouck and 
was torn down in 1800. In his later days he located a short 
distance outside the south bounds of the Paltz patent, where 
Edmund Eltinge resided, on a portion of a patent of land, 
lying on both sides of the Wallkill, granted to the Patentee, 
Louis DuBois, and by him conveyed to his sons. Solomon and 
Louis, Jr., both of w^hom settled on a part of this tract lying 
on the west side of the Wallkill. The deed from Solomon 
and Louis DuBois to Roelif Eltinge was in the possession of 
Edmund Eltinge and is dated February 4, 1726-7. (The last 
two figures are written in a fractional form, customary in 
those days, to indicate the difference of old and new style.) 
Geo. ^'an Wagoner is one of the witnesses of this deed. On 
this tract, a short distance south of Edmund Eltinge's resi- 
dence. Roelif built a stone house and here ended his days. This- 
house was burned about 1820. Some of the stones of the old 
house are in the kitchen walls of the present residence. One 
of these bears the inscription "Anno 1742." This old stone 
house was erected at different periods and a part of it may 
have been erected by Roelif Eltinge at a still earlier date. 
Roelif had four sons, Noah, Josias, Abraham and Johannes, 
and three daughters, Jacomyntje, Alargaretta and Cattrina. 
We have little further knowledge of any of these children 
except Xoah, Josias and Margaretta. 

Tradition savs that when Roelif came from Kingston to 



484 HISTO R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 

New Paltz he had a belt, of gold around his waist. He was 
one of the justices of the county before moving to New Paltz. 
He became a man of much influence in the little settlement, 
and in 1728 was still one of the justices of the county. Roelif 
was an executor of the will of his father-in-law, Abm. Du- 
Bois, who died in 1731 and was the last survivor of the 
twelve patentees, as stated on his tombstone, still standing in 
the old burying-ground in this village. We can not state the 
exact date of the death of Roelif Eltinge or the place of his 
burial. His will, a copy of which is in the possession of Jacob 
Eltinge, is dated in 1745 and probated in 1747. It is in 
English. In this will, after provision is made for the support 
of the widow, the son, Noah, is given the homestead on which 
he afterwards resided and certain lands in the New Paltz 
Patent. The grandson, Roelif Elting, son of the testator's 
son Abraham, late of the Potomac, is given certain sums of 
money and land which is to be sold. His uncles, Josiah and 
Noah, are made his guardians until he arrives at the age of 
21 years. The testator's eldest son, John of Mormel (Marble- 
town), is given certain property and tan pits in the corporation 
of Kingston; to John and his sons, Peter and Roelif, are 
given a share in certain lands in the Paltz Patent. The will 
gives to the testator's son Josiah the property which he had 
purchased of his brother-in-law, Abraham DuBois, and a 
share in certain undivided lots in the Patent. The daughter, 
Jacomyntje, wife of Wm. Codebec, and the daughter Mar- 
garet, wife of Abraham Bevief, are given certain sums of 
money to be paid by their brothers. The sons, John, Josiah 
and Noah, are appointed executors. 

Roelif Eltixge's Children- 

Roelif's sons, Noah and Josias, settled at New Paltz. Noah, 
who was born in 1721, lived in the homestead of his father on 



HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 485 

the Plains, where his descendants have Hved ever since. He 
married his cousin, Jacomyntje Elting, October 16, 1742. They 
had but one child, Sarah, who married Dirck Wynkoop. 
Though his descendants are not numerous, we have more ex- 
tended information concerning Xoah than any man of that 
day. In 1748 he obtained, in conjunction with Nathaniel Le- 
Fevre, who lived in the old stone house some distance further 
north, torn down about 1885, a grant for 3,000 acres of land. 
This land has remained in the possession of the descendants 
of each, to a considerable extent, to the present day. This 
grant was comprised in three tracts, lying on both sides of the 
Wallkill. The whole, or at least a part of it, had been pre- 
viously granted to Capt. John Evans, but had been vacated 
for some cause and the title reassumed by the government. 
The patent for the 3,000 acres, written on parchment, wath the 
colonial seal, several inches in diameter, attached, was in the 
possession of Edmund Eltinge. This grant of the 3,000 acres 
brought a great deal of trouble. It was claimed that the orig- 
inal Paltz patent covered a part of the tract. Louis Bevier 
of Marbletown, Col. Abm. Hasbrouck of Kingston and Jacob 
Hasbrouck, Jr., in behalf of the descendants of the patentees, 
began proceedings, alleging, furthermore, that Noah had no 
good title to the homestead, where he resided and which had 
come to him from his father. Finally the matter was settled 
without being tried in court. Noah Eltinge and Nathaniel Le- 
Fevre retained their 3,000 acres, and for a very moderate sum 
(perhaps enough to pay the expenses of litigation) a release 
was signed, in 1754, by Jacob Hasbrouck, Jr., Louis Bevier 
and Col. Abm. Hasbrouck, confirming to Noah Eltinge his 
title to one lot of 179 acres and another of 22 acres, compris- 
ing, undoubtedly, the homestead. A full and lengthy account 
of these matters, drawn up by Noah, was in the possession of 
Edmund Eltinge. 



486 HISTORY Of N E W P A L T Z 

The old barn, still standing on this place, is thought to have 
been built by Roelif Eltinge. It was rebuilt in 1811. The 
timbers are of pitch pine, which formerly grew to some extent 
along the Plattekill. Noah was the first elder in the Confer- 
entia church at New Paltz, which was organized in 1767. In 
1773 he owned one-seventeenth of all the undivided land 
in the Paltz patent. The road from Pdattekill to New Paltz 
was laid out in Noah Eltinge's day, and among his docu- 
ments is one throwing some light on this matter. Noah El- 
tinge died in 1778, aged 57 years, and is interred in the old 
graveyard in this village. By his side is the grave of his 
wife, who died in 1790, aged 75 years. We have said that 
Noah Eltinge left but one child, a daughter named Sarah, 
who married Dirck Wynkoop and continued to occupy her 
father's homestead. Dirck Wynkoop was a prominent man. 
He was one of the delegates from this county to the conven- 
tion in Poughkeepsie which decided to adopt the Federal con- 
stitution. Mr. Wynkoop voted against the measure. During 
his lifetime he held various important public positions. Dirck 
and wife left but two children, both daughters, Gertrude, who 
married Alexander Golden and afterwards David Golden, and 
Gornelia, who married Peter Eltinge. Peter was the son of 
William, who was the grandson of William, who was the sec- 
ond son of the original Jan Eltinge of Kingston. Peter con- 
tinued to occupy the old homestead up to the time of his 
death, and it was afterwards occupied by his son Edmund 
Peter Elting's son Derick W., who inherited a large portion 
of the estate, and lived in the brick house on the Modena 
road, was the most extensive farmer in the town of New Paltz. 

The history of the family of Noah Eltinge being brought 
down to modern times, we will take up that of his brother, 
Josias (or Josiah), baptized October 12, 1712, and this should 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 487 

take more space, as his descendants are more numerous. There 
is no reasonable doubt that Josiah Hved in the old Eltinge 
house, still standing, on Huguenot street, nearly opposite the 
late residence of ]\Irs. Berry. This house bore on one of its 
chimneys till recently the date 1735. It was originally a Bevier 
house, but passed into the possession of the Eltings about 1740. 
Josiah married Helena, daughter of Solomon DuBois, July 15, 
1734. In a tax list dated 1765 Josiah's name appears as the 
wealthiest man in the town. To a list of owners of slaves, 
dated in 1755, Josiah's name is signed as captain. In the 
building of the Conferentia church his name and that of Hen- 
dricus DuBois appear as the most liberal subscribers. We do 
not know when Josiah Eltinge died. Doubtless he was in- 
terred in the old burying-ground in this village, and it is 
singular that no stone marks his grave. Josiah left one daugh- 
ter, Catharine, who married Jacobus Hardenbergh of Hurley, 
and four sons as follows : Roelif J., Abrani, Cornelius and 
Solomon. The last named left no children. Cornelius mar- 
ried Blandina Elmendorf and settled in Hurley, where he left 
a line of descendants. Abram married Dinah DuBois and 
located where his son Philip, his grandson, Mathusalem and 
his great-grandson, Sol. L. F., have since resided. Roelif J. 
married Maria Low, daughter of Johannes M. Low. He 1 
occupied his father's homestead in this village and carried on 
the mercantile business. 

The Eltixge Homestead 

We have a feeling of^pity for any one who does not love 
old houses, something akin to the pity we would feel for any 
one who says he does not love flowers or the song of birds. 
In the whole village there is no more interesting house than 
the one we are about to describe. There are none about which 



488 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 








THE ELiiNGE HOMESTEAD, ORIGINALLY THE BEVIER HOUSE 



HISTORY OF XEIV PALTZ 489 

cluster more associations and traditions, and there is probably 
no old house in the county that has sheltered beneath its roof 
the ancestors of so numerous a line of descendants, now liv- 
ing. What makes this old structure much more interesting is 
the fact that there has been no attempt to spoil it by modern 
improvements. This house is now the property of Jacob El- 
tinge's sons. It is about 50 feet in length and 25 feet wide. It 
has evidently been built at two dififerent periods — the rear or 
eastern end last. On this eastern end the chimney bore until 
a few years ago the figures 1735. The western end, which 
fronts on the street, is evidently the oldest portion of the build- 
ing, but there is no date to determine its age exactly. Before 
entering we must notice the well, which is about 20 feet deep, 
the water of excellent quality and the stones covered with moss 
and ferns all the way from top to bottom. Every Eltinge who 
visits the home of his ancestors must take a drink from this 
well. The house is shaded by locust trees, such as the old folks 
used to plant. On the north side of the building the roof pro- 
jects a dozen feet and the earth is paved with flat stones. Here 
we are told the people used to sit in the olden times on Sunday 
and chat until the bell summoned them to attend Divine ser- 
vice at church. Looking at the house we notice the gutters 
sustained in part on stones projecting from the wall ; also the 
old shutters, held open by long, twisted hooks. Xo regulation 
style of architecture seems to have existed in the early days of 
the settlement. In this house the window above the door with 
its ten small panes was doubtless considered quite an attempt 
at style in its day. The main window by the side of the door 
is very grand with its 30 panes of 7x9 glass. Entering at the 
front door we find a room which in the old times has been 
about 16x24 and this is undoubtedly the room in which the 
merchant's wares were kept. From floor to beams above 



490 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

is a distance about eight feet and the great beams are about 
10x15. In the chimney still hangs the crane. 

Descending to the cellar we find the most interesting portion 
of the building. Here is a sub-cellar, which now exists in 
none of the other old houses. This sub-cellar is under the 
other cellar and is about four feet deep and walled all round, 
the mortar being made of loam and the floor of the cellar 
proper resting on these walls. Although there is no drain the 
ground is dry as dust owing to its porous, gravelly nature. 
The chimne)' is about ten feet wide in the cellar and on the 
east side there has been evidently an oven. In the cellar is a 
fireplace and an outside door. The sub-cellars, where they ex- 
isted in the old houses, were, we understand, for wine cellars, 
to be used in the storing of liquors. Ascending now to the 
first floor we notice the huge door frames, of pitch pine tim- 
ber, 12x6 inches and fastened together by wooden pins. The 
nails used in the building are hand-made and the work of the 
home carpenter is to be seen in the planing of the timbers. 
Ascending the back stairs by the original staircase we notice 
that it has no banister, and doubtless many children and prob- 
ably some grown people have got a tumble in descending it. 
One room on the stairs has been finished ofl^. but in the rest 
of the house there is nothing overhead but the roof and rafters. 
The rafters are very heavy — about 6x4 inches. The floor 
boards are of pitch pine, about 15 inches wide. The bricks 
in the chimneys are of the same length as modern brick, but 
only about i^^ inches thick. Probably they were brought 
across the ocean as ballast and hauled from Kingston. The 
mortar used in the building is of loam, lime and chopped 
straw. The stone in the walls are only such as a farmer 
would use in building an ordinary stone fence, but the ex- 
cellence of the mortar has held the stones together until the 
present day. 



H I S TO R V F N E W PAL T Z 491 

So ends our description of the house of the richest man in 
the town in 1765, for as such do we find Josiah Eltinge's name 
in a tax list of that date. From Josiah Eltinge the old home- 
stead passed to his son, RoeHf J., who owned it during the 
Revolutionary period. In the contest between the Coetus and 
Conferentia parties in the church a few years before the Revo- 
lutionary war, which doubtless shook the little community to 
its center, Roelif sided with the latter party, attended their 
church when erected, near Mr. \Vm. H. D. Blake's, and when 
after a few years the quarrel was settled and the church had 
stood, unused for awhile, he removed it to this village. 

Roelif J. Eltinge is buried in the old graveyard in this vil- 
lage and his tombstone, of dark sandstone, states that he died 
on the 2 1st of July, 1796, aged 58 years, 6 months and 4 
days. By his side is another tombstone, stating that "Mary 
Louw wife of R. Elting, departed this life Aug. 24th, 1800, 
aged 62 years and 7 days." This couple left five sons: Josiah, 
Ezekiel, Solomon, John, Roelif ; also four daughters : Magda- 
len, Sarah, Catharine and Maria. Each of these nine children 
of Roelif J. married and settled in this vicinity and each one 
raised a large family of children. 

Josiah, the eldest son, married Sarah LeFevre and settled 
on the Turnpike where his grandson, Philip L. F., now lives. 
Josiah had eight children, who grew up and married, of whom 
the last survivor was Gitty, wife of Cornelius D. LeFevre. 
Josiah's sons were Andries, Roelif and Abm D. B. The 
daughters of Josiah were ]\Iaria, wife of Dr. John Bogardus 
and afterward of Abm. P. LeFevre ; Rachel, wife of Ralph 
LeFevre; Cornelia, wife of Peter Deyo, and Magdalen, wife 
of Derick \\\ Elting. 

Ezekiel, Roelif J."s second son, kept the old homestead and 
long carried on the mercantile business in partnership with his 
cousin, Philip Elting, who was also his brother-in-law. Later 



492 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

in life, in 1800, Ezekiel built the large stone house where 
Jesse M. Elting lived many years in our day. Here the mer- 
cantile business continued to be carried on. Ezekiel married 
Magdalen Elting and they left a family of eight children, of 
whom Jacob Elting of Clintondale was the last survivor. The 
other children of Ezekiel were Solomon, Alexander, Dinah, 
Maria, Sarah, Catharine and Jane. All of these lived in New 
Paltz or adjoining towns except Alexander, wdio located at 
Owasco in western New York. Dinah married C. Brodhead 
and long carried on the milling business at Dashville Falls, 
Maria married Andries DuBois, Catharine married Andries 
Deyo. Ezekiel's son Solomon lived two or three years in the 
"Old Homestead" and afterwards lived and carried on the 
mercantile business in the store across the street from the 
Huguenot Bank. Solomon was elected sheriff of the county 
in 1837. He was the father of Abm. V. N. of this village 
and Ezekiel of Highland. 

Going back now to the next son of Roelif J., wdio was named 
Solomon, we find that he was first married to Cornelia Le- 
Fevre and afterwards to Rachel Eckert and left a family of 
eleven children, of whom Tobias was the last survivor. Sev- 
eral of this family located at a distance. Roelif^ the eldest 
son, lived on South street in Lloyd. There were only two 
other sons, David and Solomon, the rest of the eleven children 
being daughters. 

The next of Roelif J.'s sons, John, married Jane Wurts and 
lived in Esopus opposite Hyde Park. He left four daughters 
and only one son, George, who has a son, John, who is now 
and has been for many years engaged in business in this vil- 
lage. Roelif J.'s son Roelif lived in the north part of the 
village, where Philip D. Elting now lives. He married Dinah 
Elting. They left a family of four sons and five daughters, 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 493 

not any of whom located in this vicinity. RoeHf built the dyke 

along the W'allkill about 1795. Three of the sons were Daniel l4/[/^AJi\y 

of Ellenville and Brodhead and Ezekiel of Port Ewen. 

We have said that Roelif J. left four daughters, Magdalen, 
Sarah, Catharine and Maria. All of these married in this 
town and all left large families of children. The eldest daugh- 
ter, Magdalen, married Peter LeFevre and they left a family 
of nine children, of whom ]\Ioses P., Magdalen and Josiah P. 
were the last survivors, the two first named each living until 
upwards of 90 years of age. Magdalen, who died in 1900, 
aged nearly 93 years, was the last survivor of the "jy grand- 
children of Roelif J. Elting. 

The next of Roelif J.'s daughters, Sarah, married W'm. 
Deyo and lived with him on what is now Oscar Tschirkey's 
farm, about lour miles north of this village. This couple 
raised a family of five sons and six daughters, all of these 
eleven marrying and nearly all settling in this immediate 
vicinity. The sons of this family were William W., Roelif, 
Ezekiel, Cornelius and Abram \Y. 

Roelif J.'s next daughter, Catharine, married Philip Elting 
and they lived about a mile north of this village, where their 
grandson, Sol. L. F., now lives. This couple left seven chil- 
dren who reached maturity and five married. 

Roelif J.'s youngest daughter, Maria, married Garret Du- 
Bois. They lived on the eastern bank of the Wallkill near 
the Libertyville ford where Garret L. DuBois lately resided. 
This couple left four sons, Henry, Jacob, Roelif and Solomon, 
all of whom married, and three daughters, Catharine, Re- 
becca and Maria. Of this family Solomon, who lived at Vigo, 
Ross county, Ohio, was the last survivor. 

In all Roelif J. Elting and his wife had yy grandchildren 
who grew up. Most of these married and settled in this 



494 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

vicinity. There is such a host of the second cousins that the 
old homestead would not begin to hold them. 

Abram, son of Josiah and brother of Roelif J., located 
where his great-grandson, Sol. L. Eltinge, now lives, about 
a mile north of this village, which place has been in pos- 
session of his descendants ever since. Abram married Dinah, 
daughter of Hendricus DuFJois of Xescatack. They left four 
sons, Josiah, Henry, Noah and ]*hili]), and two daughters, 
Jane and Margaret ; also one son. Jacobus, by the second 
wife, Dorothy Bessimer. Of these sons Philip kept his father's 
homestead. He carried on the mercantile business in this vil- 
lage, many years in partnership with his cousin, Ezekiel El- 
tinge, who was also his double brother-in-law ( each marrying 
the other's sister) in the stone house with a brick front, now 
owned by his great grandson, Arthur Elting. 

Abram's son Josiah married Hester Brodhead and, together 
with his brother Henry, who did not marry, built, about 1786, 
the brick house now owned and occupied by Mr. Terpenning, 
about 2y2 miles north of this village and which is by far 
the oldest brick house in this town. Josiah died in 1813, ]\Iay 
15th, aged 52 years, and his wife, Hester, in 1848, at the ripe 
age of 86 years. Both lie buried in the northwest corner of 
the old graveyard in this village. Josiah left four sons, Cor- 
nelius, Abm. J., Charles and Richard. The last named studied 
medicine and located in Rondout, where he became a very 
noted physician. Charles lived on part of the old homestead 
and built his house wdiere his grandson, Watson, lived. Abm. 
J. lived for a time in the brick house of his father. One of 
Abm. J.'s sons, Edgar, became a doctor and settled in Kings- 
ton. Another, Norman, was educated at West Point Military 
Academy and was in the service of the government a con- 
siderable time. 



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495 




HOUSE BUILT BY JOSIAH ELTING -THE OLDEST BRICK HOUSE IN THE TOWN 



496 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

We will now take up the history of Abram Elting's son 
Noah, who was born in 1763. He married Hannah Deyo and 
located at New Paltz Landing on a tract of 500 acres. His 
house was built near the ferry landing. He established the 
ferry to Poughkeepsie, which at first was propelled by oars 
and sails, giving place afterwards to horse power, and finally 
to steam as the propelling force. Noah died in 18 13 and is 
buried in the old cemetery at Highland. His brother Henry, 
of whom we have previously spoken, died three years earlier 
and is buried in the same cemetery. Noah left a family of 
five sons, viz. : Abram, Henry D., Joseph, Philip and David. 
Abram commenced the freighting business by running a sloop 
to New York about the time of the close of the second war 
with England and he continued in the business for perhaps 40 
years, his son Luther being latterly associated with him and 
the sloop giving place to a barge. Noah's son Philip erected 
the first buildings, in the present village of Highland, about 
1825. 

Going back now to the family of Abram's son Philip at 
New Paltz, who we have said lived about a mile north of this 
village and long carried on the mercantile business here, we 
find that he married Catharine Eltinge. They left a family of 
three sons, Moses, Mathusalem and Jesse, and five daughters, 
Maria, Rebecca, Dinah, Magdalen and Gertrude. Mathusalem 
occupied the homestead of his father up to the time of his 
death, since which time it has been occupied by the son, 
Solomon L. F. Other sons were Philip P. and Jesse M. 

Right here we will note a curious instance of heredity from 
a female ancestor. The Eltings are not generally noted for 
their large size, but, as we have stated, Abram Elting married 
Dinah, daughter of Hendricus DuBois. The family of Hen- 
dricus were noted for their goodlv stature, a saving of an old 



HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ Af)7 

negro being still remembered that more large people had prob- 
ably come out of his house than any other in the country. 
Now. among the descendants of Abram Elting and his wife, 
Dinah DuBois, are found to this day men of large size. The 
Eltings, not descended from this line, are not above the aver- 
age in physical proportions. 

The Hurley Elti.\ges 

The Hurley Eltinges are descended from Cornelius, the son 
of Josiah and brother of Roelif J., and Abram, who moved 
from New Paltz about the time of the Revolutionary war and 
located on a farm about a mile south of Kingston, which is still 
owned by the family. Cornelius Eltinge married Blandina 
Elmendorf and left a family of three sons, Solomon, Cornelius 
and \A^ilhelmus, and four daughters, Jane, who married Mat- 
thew Oliver ; Polly, who married David Bevier ; Blandina, 
who did not marry, and Katie, who married Dr. Peter Crispell. 
Two of Cornelius" sons. Wilhelmus and Cornelius, became 
ministers of the gospel. The first named located at Paramus, 
New Jersey. Cornelius located at Port Jervis. The son, 
Solomon, kept his father's homestead at Hurley and he has 
descendants still living at the place. 

Rev. Wilhelmus Elting married Jane Houseman and they 
had three children, Maria, who married Cornelius \'^an \\^inkle, 
Jane \\ W., who married Augustus Hasbrouck of Shawan- 
gunk. and Cornelius, who married Catharine Hardenburgh, 
daughter of Jacobus Hardenburgh of Alarbletown. 

We have now completed the history of the Eltings at New 
Paltz — the only family not of original Huguenot stock that 
settled here at an early date and increased and flourished at 
New Paltz. 
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498 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Before closing this chapter we will allude to the personal 
characteristics of the Eltings, as noted by the old people. 
They are an active, thrifty, energetic race, given to sociability 
and hospitality. They have been, with very few exceptions 
upright, moral and church-going people. Bluntness of speech 
and positiveness in dislikes and likes may be considered to 
some extent as family traits. A tendency to turn gray at a 
comparatively early age has been considered by the old people 
as a physical characteristic. 



HISTORY OF N E W PALTZ 499 



CHAPER XLIV 

Families Living in the Congregation but not in the 
Precinct of New Paltz 

The Schoonmaker Family in Gardiner 

Hendrick Jochensen Schoonmaker, founder of the Schoon- 
maker family in America, was a native of Hamburg, Germany, 
He came to this country from Holland as lieutenant in the mili- 
tary service of the Dutch East India Company, in 1654. He 
was sent with his company to Fort Orange (Albany), where he 
later became an innkeeper. In 1659 he was sent with his com- 
pany on order of Governor Stuyvesant to the Esopus (Kings- 
ton) to assist the settlers there in defending themselves against 
the Indians. He was so attracted by the beautiful lands in the 
Esopus country that on his return to Fort Orange he sold his 
property there and located among the people he had been sent 
to defend. He married, at Fort Orange, Elsie, daughter of Jan 
Janse Van Breestede. He died in 1681. He left five children, 
of whom the eldest, Jochem Hendrick, married Petronella 
Sleght in 1679. After her death he married Ann Hussey. 
He was one of the pioneer settlers of the town of Rochester 
and was one of the three trustees to whom a patent was 
granted in 1703. He died in 171 3. 

By his first wife he had four children. The eldest of these, 
Cornelius, B., married, in 1711, Engeltje Roosa. They had 
three daughters and only one son, Cornelius, who married, in 
1744, Arriantje Hornbeck of Rochester. 

Cornelius settled on a large tract of land on the north side of 
Shawangunk, which he purchased from the James Henderson 
patent, which adjoined on the south the Zachariah Hofifman 
patent. He died in Shawangunk January 21, 1778. 



500 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

He had three sons : CorneHus C, Abraham and Isaac, all of 
whom located in what is still called Schoonmakertown, in the 
present town of Gardiner. Abram had a family of seven 
sons: John A., George, David, Moses, Selah, Cornelius and 
Abram. All of the sons married and left children. Cor- 
nelius C. was a member of the Legislature for eleven sessions 
and was elected a rriember of Congress in 1790. He had 
three sons and three daughters. The youngest son. Zachariah, 
became a lawyer and located in Kingston. 

Isaac married Sarah DuBois. Their eldest child, Alathusa- 
lem. was baptized at New Paltz in 1783. Alathusalem lived at 
Tuthill. Isaac had four other children : Harriet, who married 

Goetcheous; Policy, who married Tjerick DeWitt ; 

Abraham, who married Rachel Deyo, and Jacob I. The last 
named married Arriantje Schoonmaker, and after her death 
Ann Baird. Jacob I. carried on the blacksmith business at 
Libertyville, and afterwards put up a store building and long 
carried on the mercantile business at that place. He was a 
member of Assembly in 1828 and again in 1831. It was dur- 
ing his term of office that measures were taken to erect the 

o 

first county poorhouse and he was one of the committee. 

From the late Elihu Schoonmaker, who was a son of Jacob 
I., the information was obtained concerning the location of the 
Schoonmaker family in Gardiner. 

The Roxk Family 

The ancestor of the Ronk family in Ulster county was John 
George de Ranke. He lived in Belgium near the French line 
and was educated for the ministry. About the year 1740, Bel- 
gium being under the dominion of Holland, having incurred 
the hostility of the government, de Ranke left the country and 
fled to America. He married his wife. Clara Battle, on board 
the ship. 



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501 



In 1750 he purchased of Frances Barbaric, daughter of Peter 
Barbaric, the patentee of that tract, 245 acres, at .$2.50 an acre, 
on the Shawangunk I'lains road. He built a log house on this 
tract by a big spring about the centre of the portion of this 
tract lying on the west side of the road, and afterwards a stone 
house on the extreme north part of the tract. This house was 
lately owned and occupied by :\rr. Jacob Tears. In the same 
year (T750) he joined the church at New Paltz by letter and 
he w^as elected a deacon. 

Some time afterwards de Ranke made a second purchase of 
Frances Barbaric amounting to 277 acres. Afterwards de 
Ranke made a purchase of land from James Erwin joining his 
previous purchases on the south and joining Dr. P^hinney's farm. 

Ronk's name and that of his wife appear at different times 
on the Xew Paltz church records as sponsors at the baptism 
of children, and in 1760 Ronk's name appears as sponsor at 
the baptism of his grandchild, Johannes Ostrander. 

John George de Rank or Ronk (as it was afterwards writ- 
ten left four sons, Laurents, John, Philip and Cornelius ; also 
four daughters : Christina, who married Peter Ostrander ; Mar- 
garet, who married Peter Rich; Janet, who married Ezekiel 
Hasten, and Anna, wdio married Dr. Plum of Plattekill. 

The two brothers, John and Philip Ronk, were at Fort Mont- 
gomery, when it was taken by the British in the Revolutionary 
war, but they escaped to the mountains and returned home. 

The name of Cornelius Ronk appears as a private in the 
4th Regiment, Ulster County Alilitia. 

Laurents Ronk left but one child, a son named John George. 
He sold his father's farm and bought the place south of the 
Flint, where J. J. A 'an Steenbergh lived before emigrating to 
California. 

John Ronk, one of the four brothers, married a Sinsabagh. 



502 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

He left several sons, one of whom, whose name was Joseph, 
kept the farm. 

Laurents Ronk. tlie eldest son of John George, was one of 
the organizers of the church at New Hurley in 1770. 

The name of his father, John George, does not appear in the 
church records until three or four years after the organization 
of the church, when he served several years as an elder. He 
was probably connected with the church at New Paltz and did 
not unite with the church at New Hurley at its first organiza- 
tion. The name in this church record is spelled in various 
ways — de Rank, Ranke, Rank, Rancke. 

John George divided his land among his four sons, Laurents, 
John, Philip and Cornelius. The first named received five 
shillings as his birthright. He had only 100 acres of land 
from his father, but was given iSoo in money. The daughters 
received £250 in money. 

Laurents (who is the grandfather of the late A. M. Ronk 
of Brooklyn), lived in a stone house which he built, south of 
the New Hurley church on the road to Wallkill. John, the 
second son, built and lived in a stone house on the road to the 
Wallkill. This house was of late occupied by Mr. Sutton. 
Philip built and occupied a stone house, still standing, adjoin- 
ing the Dr. Phinney place. Cornelius, the youngest son, kept 
his father's homestead. The houses of the four brothers are 
all still standing except that built by Laurents. 

The Relyea Faaiily 

The first mention we find of any Relyea is when the name of 
Dennis Relje appears as godfather at the baptism of a child of 
Hugo Freer and his wife, Mary LeRoy, in 1693. Dennis' 
wife's name was Joanna LeRoy. Probably she and Hugo 
Freer's wife were sisters. Dennis Reljea or a son of the 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 503 

same name long occupied the house on the Hudson, south of 
Juff row's Hook, where the bounds of the patent struck the 
river. Dennis and wife. Joanna LeRoy. had several chil- 
dren baptized in the Kingston church — David in 1703, Claudina 
in 1706, Hester in 1708. 

Although the first Dennis Relje had children, it is learned 
from the manner in which the location is mentioned in the con- 
tract of 1744, that they did not occupy the house on the Hudson 
after his death, nor do we find any further mention of the fam- 
ily until in 1759, when David Relyea, doubtless the same, whose 
christening is recorded in 1703. appears as godfather at the 
baptism of David, child of Dennis Relje and Marytje \^an Vhet 
at Kingston. In 1771 Dennis and his wife, Marytje Van Vliet, 
joined the church at New Paltz. It was probably at about this 
time that Dennis located at New Hurley. In the list of sol- 
diers of the Revolution we find the names of Dennis, Peter, 
John and Simeon Relje. About this time the name of Simeon 
also appears in the New Paltz church book. In 1793 David 
Relyea and his wife, Lana Ostrander, joined the New Paltz 
church by letter from New Hurley. In 1795 Dennis Relyea 
was an elder in the New Paltz church. 

The Smith Family at S\vartekill 

The territory lying north of the Paltz patent in the present 
town of Esopus, on the east side of the Wallkill, was called 
Swartekill by the old people, and the name is still applied to 
the locality a little north of Rifton. We are indebted to ]\Ir. 
William Smith, the Sunday school missionary, for information 
concerning the early history of the Swartekill neighborhood, 
derived mainly from his grandfather, William Smith, as fol- 
lows: Probably the first settler in this neighborhood was his 
ancestor, Hendrick Smit, the first of the name in this country. 



504 HISTORY OF N E ]V PALTZ 

He came from Holland in the same sliip with Jacob Rutsen, 
who was the first settler at Rosendale and father-in-law of 
Johannes Hardenbergh, the first of the name in Ulster county. 
Rutsen paid Smit's passage across the ocean and the latter 
worked for some time to repay the money advanced. He then 
got a life lease for eighty acres of land on the east side of the 
Wallkill and included in the Hardenbergh patent. There were 
no definite bounds assigned to the eighty acres, except that it 
bounded on the south on the Paltz patent. It lay east of the 
Dashvjlle falls. The house was built about 1715, at about the 
same date that Hugo Freer, Jr., Hendricus Deyo and Isaac 
LeFevre located on the Wallkill in the northern part of the 
Paltz patent. The annual rent paid by Smith was "a hen and a 
rooster." In his old days he obtained a deed for the eighty 
acres, which has never been put on record. But the property 
has descended in the family from father to son for 175 years, 
and the name of the owner has alternated from William to 
Henry for the whole time. During the entire period there 
never has been a mortgage on the property. Our informant 
has a son, Henry, who has a son named W'illiam, so the cus- 
tom of naming the infant son for its grandfather has been 
continued to the present day. 

The hovise, partly of stone and partly of frame, is situated 
a short distance east of Rifton. The very first house on the 
place was of logs. Some time ago an examination of the walls 
disclosed a small loose stone, wdiich on being pulled out proved 
to be a whetstone, bearing the date 1704. 

Our informant's grandfather, William Smith, was a soldier 
in the army of the Revolution. At the age of seventy-two he 
attended the gathering of Revolutionary soldiers at Kingston, 
in 1831, half a century after the surrender of Yorktown. He 
drew a pension of three dollars a month in his old age and 
was assigned bounty lands at Hurley. 



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CHAPTER XLV 

Genealogy of the French Settlers of Xew Paltz 
TO THE Third Generation 

BY LOUIS BEVIER 

The reformation in France in the sixteenth century included 
among its adherents many of the nobihty as well as the com- 
mon people who, as a whole, constituted a large and influential 
part of the population of most of the provinces of France. 

Whenever the persecutions of the government and Romish 
hierarchy became particularly oppressive and violent the Hu- 
guenots, as they were called in derision by their enemies, living 
in Catholic communities and under Catholic rulers, were often 
obliged to seek refuge from the storm in those communities, 
where their co-religionists were in great number so as to be 
able to afiford them some protection, more particularly to those 
provinces where the Huguenot princes were in authority. 
These movements of the Huguenot population continued at 
intervals down to 1628, wdien Rochelle, the last of their strong- 
holds, was taken by Cardinal Richelieu, the minister of Louis 
Xni, and the pow-er of the Huguenots as a political party was 
broken, and from this time all prudent persons foresaw that 
there remained no adecjuate security that the peace and tolera- 
tion now freely promised by the king would be maintained. 
They had too often proved by sad experience that Catholic 
princes acted on the maxim that "no faith should be kept with 
heretics," to trust the sincerity of the king and his advisers ; 
hence large numbers sought asylums in the neighboring Cal- 
vinistic States where they might enjoy those rights and privi- 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 507 

leges which were denied them at home. So a more general 
emigration was inaugurated throughout the kingdom, and 
France lost thousands of her most quiet and industrious citi- 
zens to the manifest and acknowledged advantage of the Neth- 
erlands, England, Switzerland and the Palatine provinces. The 
French government from time to time increased the difficulties 
in the way of these fugitives until after the revocation of the 
Edict of Xantes. in 1685^ their flight was absolutely forbidden. 
Yet still members, by one device or another, managed to 
escape to their brethren who had preceded them. 

About the year 1650 the band of Huguenots who afterward 
associated as patentees of New Paltz, began to gather from 
their several homes in France in the vicinity of Manheim in 
the Palatinate where they sojourned about ten years, during 
which time some of those friendships and connections were 
formed which survived the transplanting to the new world. 

Whilst they were in the Palatinate they affiliated with the 
churches there and enjoyed the confidence and respect of the 
church officials. This is evidenced by the certificates given 
by the pastors to many of the emigrants on leaving for their 
new homes. 

One of these given by Jacob Amyot, the noted pastor of the 
church at Mutterstadt near Manheim, to Pierre Deio, is still 
in possession of one of his descendants at New Paltz, by whom 
it is valued as a precious relic of the past. This is dated 
January 31, 1675, the year preceding his arrival at Wiltvvyck. 
It is said that the heirs of Jean Hasbrouck, one of the paten- 
tees, held a similar certificate dated March 16, 1672, and Peter 
Gumaer's heirs hold a similar paper dated Moise, April 20, 
1686. Doubtless others of a like character were brought by 
each of these emigrant families. 

Matthew Blanshan and his wife, Maddeleen Jorisse, and 



5o8 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

their son-in-law, Anthony Chrispel, with his wife, Alaria Blan- 
shan, and three younger children of Blanshan, were the first 
of these refugees to set sail for the new world in the Gilded 
Otter, April 2y, 1660. They arrived at Wiltwyck before De- 
cember 7, 1660, for at that date we find Dominie Blom's 
record of their presence at his first celebration of the Lord's 
Supper. 

The next arrival from this band was another son-in-law of 
Blanshan, Louis DuBois, who, with his wife, Catharine Blan- 
shan, and their two young children, Abraham and Isaac, aged 
respectively four and two years, arrived at Wiltwyck in 1661 
Matthew Blanshan and his two sons-in-law settled at the new 
village (now Hurley) as early as 1662. At the time of its 
burning by the Inrlians, June 7, 1663, Matthys Blanshan's two 
children, Louis DuBois' wife and three children and Anthony 
Crispel's wife and child were taken prisoners and remained 
among their captors about three months, when they were at 
length restored to their friends. It was during the efforts to 
recover the prisoners, held by the Indians, that attention was 
first drawn to the lands along the W'allkill where Xew Paltz 
was subsequently located. 

The LeFevre brothers, Simon and Andre, were in Wiltwyck 
and united with the church there April 23, 1665. The exact 
date of their emigration is unknown. They were young, un- 
married men at this time and brought to their new home the 
energy and enthusiasm for the reformed faith, which char- 
acterized the eminent scholar of their name. Jacobus Stapulen- 
sis Faber or LeFevre. 

Advised of the unsettled condition of the Xew Netherlands, 
no more emigrants left the colony in the Palatinate until ]\Iay 
17, 1672. when Jean Hasbrouck and wife, Anna, daughter of 
Christian Devo, and their two daughters, ]Mary and Hester, 



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HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 509 

set out from Manheim and arrived at Wiltvvyck in the spring 
of 1673. Jean Hasbrouck and his brother Abraham (of whom 
we shall speak later) were originally from the vicinity of 
Calais before their emigration to the Palatinate. 

Louis Beviere and his wife ]\Iaria LaBlan followed shortly 
after to New York, in 1673. but made no permanent settle- 
ment until 1677 when the settlement at Xew Paltz took 
place. His two children, born before that time, were baptized 
elsewhere. 

Hugh Frere and his wife, JMary Haye, and three children, 
Hugh, /\braham and Isaac, arrived about 1676, but there is no 
record of his appearance at W'iltwyck until the purchase of 
the land from the Indians and patent from /\ndros, September 
29, 1677. 

About this time Christian Deyo, with P'ierre Deyo and his 
wife. Agatha Xickol, and their child Christian, came over and 
accompanied by the three unmarried daughters of Christian, 
viz. : Maria, Elizabeth and Margaret. Maria married Abra- 
ham Hasbrouck, the brother of Jean, mentioned before, No- 
vember 17, 1676; Elizabeth married Simon LeFevre, 1676; 
Margaret married Abraham DuBois, 1681. Thus Christian 
Deyo, the oldest of the twelve patentees, gathered all of his 
family around him again in the Neiv Paltz, as they had been 
before in the German Palatinate. 

Abraham Hasbrouck sailed from Amstrdam in 1675 and 
landed at Boston, and in July rejoined his brother Jean and 
his other friends. 

In May, 1677, Louis DuBois and his associates obtained, by 
purchase, the title from the Indians to all the lands from the 
Shawangunk mountains to the Hudson river, which were more 
particularly described in the patent subsequently given by 
Governor Andros September 29th of the same year. The Pat- 



5IO HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

eiitees as named in said Patent were Louis DuBois, Christian 
Doyaii, Abraham Hasbrouck, Andre LeFebvre, Jean Has- 
brouck, r*ierre Doyau, Louis Beviere, Anthoine Crespel, Abra- 
ham DuBois, Hugue Frere, Isaac DuBois and Simon Le- 
Febvre. These men and their famiHes removed to their patent 
lands and there founded the village of New Paltz in the spring 
of the subseciuent year. Here in 1683 they organized the 
French Reformed church, electing Louis DuBois as elder and 
Hugo Frere deacon. They adopted the confession of faith 
framed by the first Synod of the Reformed church of France 
in the year 1559 and the other formularies of the French 
Reformed church. These continued in use in the church and 
its school until the change from the French to the Dutch lan- 
guage was made, when the Fleidelberg catechism took their 
place and the French church was merged into the Reformed 
Dutch church. 

Below is a short account of the twelve patentee families to 
the third generation. 



The Children of Louis DuBois, the Patentee 
The children of Louis DuBois and Catharine Blanshan were: 

Abraham, b. 1657, at Alanheim; m. Margaret Deyo (daugh- 
ter of Christian), March 6, 1681 ; settled at New Paltz, 1678; 
d. October 7, 1731. 

Isaac, b. cir. 1659, at Manheim ; m. Marie Hasbrouck (b. 
Mutterstadt cir. 1662), June, 1683; settled at New Paltz, 
1678; d. June 28, 1690. 

Jacob, b. October 9, 1661, at New Village (Hurley) ; m. 
Gitty Garretson (b. February 15, 1665), March 25, 1689; 
settled at Hurley; d. 1745. 



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HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 511 

Sarah, b. September 14, 1664. at Hurley; m. Joost Jansen 
of Marbletown, December 12, 1682. 

David, b. IMarch 13, 1667, at Hurley; m. Cornelia Vernooy 
(b. April 3, 1667), March 8, 1689; settled at Rochester. 

Solomon, b. 1670, at Hurley; m. Tryntje Garretson (b. cir. 
1671), cir. 1690; settled at New Paltz (Poughwaughtenonk) ; 
d. 1759. 

Rebecca, b. June 18, 1671 ; d. young. 

Rachel, b. April 18, 1675; d. young. 

Louis, b. 1677; m. Rachel Hasbrouck (daughter of Abm., 
b. cir. 1679), January 19, 1701 ; settled at New Paltz (Nesca- 
tack) ; d. after 1729. 

Matthew, b. January 3, 1679, at New Paltz ; m. Sarah ]Mat- 
thysen (daughter of Matthys Matthysen and Tjatje Dewitt, 
b. April 17, 1678); settled at Kingston. 

Children of Abraham DuBoi.s 

The children of Abraham and Alargaret Deyo were : 

Sarah, b. New Paltz, May 18, 1682; m. Roelif Eltinge, June 
13, 1703, New Paltz. 

Abraham, b. April 17. 1685; m. Maria LaSiliere ; settled 
Somerset county, N. J. 

Leah, b. New Paltz, October 16, 1687; m. Philip Ferre; 
settled Lancaster county, Penn. 

Twins — Mary, d. young; Rachel, b. New Paltz, October 
13, 1689; "i- Isaac DuBois (son of Solomon), April 6, 1713; 
settled at PesKoine Creek, Penn. 

Catharine, b. New Paltz, May 21, 1693; m. Wm. Donnelson, 
October 24, 1728; settled at Lancaster county, Penn. 

Noah, b. February 18, 1700; d. young. 

Joel, b. New Paltz, 1703; d. 1734. 



512 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Children of Isaac DuBois 

The children of Isaac and Maria Hasbrouck were : 

Daniel, b. April 28, 1684; m. Alary LeFevre (daughter of 
Simon), June 8, 1713. Xew Paltz. 

Benjamin, b. April 16. 1689 ; d. young. 

Philip, b. May 14, 1690; m. Esther Gumser ("daughter of 
Peter), Rochester. 

Children- of Jacob DuBois 

The children of Jacob and Gitty Gerretson were: 

Magdalen, b. May 25, 1690; m. ist, Garret Roosa, Decem- 
ber 30, 1710; m. 2d, Peter \'anEst, October 20, 1718. Hurley. 

Barent, b. May 3, 1693; m. Jacomyntje DuBois (daughter 
of Sol), Pittsgrove, N. J, 

Louis, b. January 6, 1695; m. ist, Jane \'anVliet, April 16, 
171S; m. 2d, Margaret Jansen, ]\Iay 22 1720. Pittsgrove, N. J. 

Geiltje, b. May 13, 1697: m. Cornelius I\ieuKirk, Septem- 
ber 3, 1737. 

Gerrit, b. March 29, 1700; d. in infancy. 

Isaac, b. February i. 1702; m. ist, Nseltje Roosa, August 
5, 1732; m. 2d, Jannetje Roosa, October 15, 1760, Kingston. 

Gerrit, b. February 13. 1704; m. Margaret Elmondorf, July 
18, 1730. 

Catrina, b. Alarch 17, 1706; m. Petrus Smedes, January 24, 
1725, Hurley. 

Rebecca, b. October 31, 1708; m. Petrus Bogardus. Septem- 
ber 15, 1726. 

Johannes, b. October 10. 1710; m. Judith W'ynkoop (daugh- 
ter of Corn.), December 14, 1736, Hurley. 

Sarah, b. December 20, 1713; m. Conrad Elmondorf (son 
of Conrad), May 27. 1734, Kingston. 



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HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 513 

Children of David DuBois 
The children of David and Cornelia Vernooy v/ere: 

Catrina, b. May 25, 1690; d. in infancy. 
Catryn, b. April 7, 1692; m. \Vm. Kool (son of Leonard). 
Hanna, b. October 11, 1696. 
Anna, b. March 28, 1703; m. Jacob \'ernooy. 
Josaphat, b. March 17, 1706; m. Tjatje Van Keuren, April 
21, 1730. 

Elizabeth, b. October 31, 1708. 

Children of Solomon DuBois 

The children of Solomon and Trintje Garretson were: 

Isaac, b. September 27, 1691 ; m. Rachel DuBois (daugh- 
ter of Abm.), Perkiomen, Pa. 

Jacomyntje. b. 1693; m. Barrent DuBois (son of Jacob), 
April 23, 1715, Pennsylvania. 

Benjamin, b. May 16, 1697; m. Catrina Zuyland, Catskill. 

Sarah, b. January i, 1700; m. Simon Jacobse Van Wagenen. 
November 17, 1720, Marbletown. 

Catryn, b. October 18, 1702; d. in infancy. 

Cornelius, b. ; m. Anna Margaret Hotaling, April 

7, 1729, Poughwoughtenonk. 

Magdalena, b. April 15, 1705; d. young. 

Catharine, b. ; m. Petrus Mathens Louw, December 

9, 1722, Poughwoughtenonk. 

Deborah, b. ; probably died young. 

Hendricus, b. December 31, 1710; m. Jannetje Hotaling, 
April 15, 1733, Nescatack. 

Magdalena, b. December 20, 1713; m. Josiah Elting (son of 
Roehf), May 6, 1734. New Paltz. 
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514 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Children of Louis DuBois 

The children of Louis and Rachel Hasbrouck were: 

Maria, b. December i, 1701 ; d. in infancy. 

Nathaniel, b. June 6, 1703; m. ist, Gertrude Bruyn, May 
17, 1726; m. 2d, Gertrude Hoffman, Salisbury Mills, Orange 
county. 

Mary, b. March 24. 1706. 

Jonas, b. June 20, 1708. 

Jonathan, b. December 31, 1710; m. Eliz. LeFevre (daugh- 
ter of Andries), December 25, 1732, Nescatack. 

Catrina, b. October 31, 1715; m. Wessel Brodhead, January 

25, 1734- 

Louis, b. 1717; m. Charity Andrevelt, Staten Island. 

Children of Matthew DuBois 

The children of Matthew and Sarah Matthysen were: 

Louis, b. July 18, 1697. 

Matthens, b. October 9, 1698. 

Hiskiah, b. January 26, 1701 ; m. Anna Pierson, June 17, 
1722. 

Ephraim, b. May 30, 1703; m. Anna Catrien Delamater. 

Johannes, b. March 17, 1706; m. Rebecca Tappen, Novem- 
ber 16, 1728. 

Tjatje, b. November 2, 1707. 

Jesse, b. February, 1709. 

Eliza, b. October 4, 1713. 

Catrina, b. December 4, 171 5. 

Gideon, b. January 11, 1719. 

Jeremiah, b. May 18, 1721. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 515 

The Children of Christian Deyo, the Patentee 

Christian Deyo had five children who were all probably 
born before he went to Germany. 

Anna, b. 1644; m. Jean Hasbrouck. 

Pierre (Peter), b. between 1646-1650; m. Agatha Nickol, 
about 1672 ; settled at New Paltz, and was one of the 
Patentees, 

Maria, b. 1653; m. Abraham Hasbrouck, November 17, 1676. 

Elizabeth, ; m. Simon LeFevre, about 1678. 

Margaret, ; m. Abm. DuBois, about 1680 or 1681. 

Children of Pierre Deyo 
The children of Pierre Deyo and Agatha Nickol were : 

Abraham, b. October 16, 1676; m. Elsie Clearwater, Octo- 
ber, 1702. New Paltz (Village). 

Mary, b. April 20, 1679. 

Christian, b. 1681 ; m. Mary Le Conte (or as translated 
into Dutch DeGroff, in church records it appears in both 
forms), February 20, 1702. 

Pierre, baptized October 14, 1683. 

Margaret, baptized October 14, 1683. 

Maddeline, b. April 16, 1689. 

Henricus, b. October 12, 1690; m. December 31, 1715, Mar- 
garet Wanboom (or VanBummel). New Paltz (Bontecoe). 

Children of Christian Deyo 
The children of Christian and Mary Le Conte were: 

Peter, b. 1702; probably d. young. 

Jacobus, b. January 16, 1704; m. Janetje Freer, October 
28, 1724; removed to Kingston before 1738. 



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Moses, b. January 26, 1706; m. Clarissa Stohraad, of Hoog- 
drytslandt, April 17, 1728. 

Maria, b. September 11, 1709; m. Jeetns Achmootie, Sep- 
tember 19, 1731, Bontecoe. 

Angenieter, b. March 30, 171 2; probably d. young. 

Esther, b. February 27, 171 5; m. Hugo Hugosen Freer, 
August 18, 1738. 

Margaret, b. January 2"/, 1717; m. Marinus Van Acken, 
August 30, 1740 (2d wife). 

Children of Abraham Deyo 
The children of Abraham and Elsie Clearwater were: 

Marytje, b. November 7, 1708; m. Isaac Freer, August 24, 
1723. New Paltz. 

Wyntje, b. January 24, 1708; m. Daniel Hasbrouck. 

Abraham, b. October 16, 1710; m. Elizabeth DuBois. New 
Paltz (Village). 

Children of Henry Deyo 
The children of Henry and Margaret Wamboom were: 

Debora, b. January 27, 1717; m. Petrus Ostrander, Febru- 
ary 19, 1749. New Hurley. 

Peter, Jr., b. November 9, 1718; m. Ehz. Helm, January 
14, 1745. Tuthill. 

Isaac, b. March 11, 1723; m. Agatha Freer. 

Benjamin, b. May 30, 1725; m. Jennek Van Vliet, Novem- 
ber 10, 175 1. Bontecoe. 

Johannis, b. November 6, 1726; m. Sara Van Wagenen, 
November 20, 1756. Springtown. 

Christoffel, b. February 4, 1728; m. Debora Van Vliet. 
Springtown. 



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Haggetta, b. October 19, 1729; m. John Freer, May 5, 
1769. Bontecoe. 

Henricus, b. 1731 ; m. Eliz. Beem, October 13, 1753; buried 
at Highland, 1805. 

Sarah, b. September 16, 1733; m. Isaac Van Wagenen. 

David, b. January 9, 1739. 

The Children of Abraham Hasbrouck, the Patentee 

Abraham Hasbrouck with his wife, Maria Deyo, emigrated 
in 1675 and settled at Kingston, 1676. Their children were: 

Anna, b. October 9, 1682 ; d. young. 

Joseph, b. January 28, 1684; m. Elsie Schoonmaker (daugh- 
ter of Joachim), October 27, 1706. Guilford. 

Solomon, b. October 6, 1686; m. Sara \"an Wagenen, April 
7, 1 72 1. New Paltz (Middletown). 

Jonas, b. October 14, 1691 ; probably d. young. 

Daniel, b. June 2^,, i6g2; m. Wyntje Deyo (daughter of 
Abm.), April 2, 1734; d. June, 1759. New Paltz (Village). 

Benjamin, b. May 31, 1696; m. Jannetje DeLange, Febru- 
ary 13, 1737. Dutchess county. 

Rach&l (probably the oldest child) ; m. Louis DuBois, Janu- 
ary 19, 1701. 

Children of Joseph Hasbrouck 

The children of Joseph and Elsie Schoonmaker were: 

Abraham, b. October 19, 1707; m. Catharine Bruyn, Janu- 
ary 5.. 1739- Kingston. 

Sarah, b. February 18, 1709; m. William Osterhoudt. 

Isaac, b. March 17, 1712; m. Antje Low (widow of John 
Van Gasbeck). Shawangunk, south of Tuthill. 



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Mary, b. January lo, 1714; m. ist, John Gasherie; m. 2d, 
Abm. Hardenberg. 

Petronella, b. December 25, 1710; m. Simon LeFevre, June 
24, 1735. New Paltz (Village). 

Rachel, b. November 11, 1715; m. Jan Eltinge. 

Jacob, b. May 5, 1717; m. Mary Hornbeck, October 17, 
1746. Kyserike. 

Benjamin, b. June 28, 1719; m. Ellidia Schoonmaker. Sha- 
wangunk (Borden Home Farm). 

Cornelius, b. September 5, 1720. 

Jonathan, b. April 12, 1722; m. Cath. DuBois (daughter of 
Cor's), May, 1751. Newburgh. 

Children of Solomon Hasbrouck 
The children of Solomon and Sarah Van Wagenen were: 
Abraham, Jr., b. March 11, 1722; m. Rachel Sleight, June 

28, 1749- 

Jacobus, b. January 3, 1725; d. in infancy. 

Jacobus, b. January i, 1727; m. Divertje Van Wagenen, 
March 19, 1755. 

John, b. February i, 1730; m. Rachel Van VVager^^en, De- 
cember 24, 1763. 

Daniel, b. October 18. 1732 (no records). 

Simon, b. December 25, 1735. 

Petrus, b. August 20, 1738; m. Sarah Bevier (daughter of 
Abraham), October 25, 1765. New Paltz. 

Elias, b. June 21, 1741 ; m. Elizabeth Sleight. Kingston. 

Children of Daniel Hasbrouck 
The children of Daniel and Wyntje Deyo were: 
Maria, b. January 9, 1735. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 519 

Jonas, b. May 16, 1736; m. Catharine DuBois, i\ugust i, 
1765. 

Josaphat. b. April 29, 1739; m. Cornelia DuBois. Plattekill. 

David, b. June 8, 1740; m. Maritje Haughland. New Paltz, 
Butterville. 

Elsie, b. July 4, 1742; m. Petrus Smedes. Hurley. 

Rachel, b. October 30, 1743. 

Isaiah, B. April 13, 1746; m. Mary Bevier (daughter of 
Abm.). New Paltz. 

Benjamin, b. January 31, 1748; m. ist, Antje Bevier; m. 
2d. Maria Bevier. New Paltz. 

Zachariah. b. June 24, 1749; m. Rebecca Waring. 

.Children of Benjamin Hasbrouck 

The children of Benjamin and Jannetje DeLange were: 

Daniel. 

Benjamin. 

John. 

Jacob. 

Mary, m. John Halstead. 

Heiltje, m. Dr. Nathaniel House. 

Francis, m. Elizabeth Brinkerhoff. 

The Children of Jean Hasbrouck, the Patentee 
The children of Jean Hasbrouck and Anna Deyo were: 

Mary, b. ; m. Isaac DuBois (son of Louis), 1683. 

New Paltz (Village). 

Hester, b. ; m. Peter Gumger, April i, 1692. Mini- 
sink. 



520 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Abraham, b. March 31, 1678 (went abroad and never re- 
turned. See will.) 

Isaac, b. April 17, 1680; d. before 1712. (See will.) 

EHzabeth, b. February 25, 1685; m. Louis Bevier, June 2, 
1713. Marbletown. ^ 

Jacob, b. April 15, 1688; m. Hester Bevier (daughter of 
Louis ist), December 14, 1717. New Paltz (Village). 

Children of Jacob Hasbrouck 

The children of Jacob and Hester Bevier were: 

Jan, b. December 16, 1716; d. young. 

Benjamin, b. April 17, 1719; d. October 14, 1747. (Killed 
by a falling tree.) 

Isaac, b. March 11, 1722; m. Maria Bruyn, August 30, 1745. 
Marbletown. 

Lowies, b. February 21, 1725; d. in infancy. 

Jacob, b. May 7, 1727; m. Jannetje DuBois, April 12, 1756. 
New Paltz. 

Children of Isaac Hasbrouck 

The children of Isaac and 3klaria Bruyn were : 

Jacob I., b. September 28, 1746; m. Sarah DuBois (daugh- 
ter of Cor's). Calbergh, Marbletown. 

John, b. ; m. Mary Hasbrouck (daughter of Jacob 

A.). Rest Place, Marbletown. 

Jacobus, b. February 19, 1749; d. in infancy. 

Jacobus Bruyn, b. December i, 1753; m. Ann Abell. High 
Falls. 

Severyn, b. January i, 1756; m. ist, Maria Depew; m. 2d, 
Nancy Concklin. Stone Ridge. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 521 

Maria, b. February 5, 1758; m. Cor's Stilwell. Stone Ridge. 

Esther, b. January '8, 1760; m. Abm. Sahler. High Falls. 

Catharine, b. August 12, 1762; m. ist, Patterson; m. 2d, 
Wigton. Stone Ridge. 

Benjamin, b. January 8, 1764; m. ist, Catrina Smedes; m. 
2d, Rachel Hasbrouck. Kyserike. 

Louis, b. February i, 1767; m. Catharine Decker. Stone 
Ridge. 

Anna, b. June 22,, 1769; d. in infancy. 

Children of Jacob Hasbrouck 

The children of Jacob and Jannetje DuBois were: 

Hester, b. May 18, 1752; m. Dr. Geo. Wurts. Xew Paltz. 
Josiah, b. March 5, 1755 ; m. Saraii Decker. Xew Paltz. 
Lowies, b. July 26, 1758; d. in infancy. 
Jacob J., b. October 25, 1767; m. ist, Margaret Harden- 
berg; m. 2d, Ann DuBois. Xew Paltz. 

The Children of Louis Bevier, the Patentee 
The children of Louis Bevier and Maria LaBlan were: 

Maria, b. July 19, 1674; d. in infancy. 

Jean, b. January 2, 1676; m. Cath. Montanye, April 14, 
1712. Wawarsing. 

Abraham, b. January 20, 1678; m. Rachel Vernooy, Febru- 
ary 18, 1707. \\'awarsing. 

Samuel, b. January 21, 1680; m. Magdalena Blanjean. X""ew 
Paltz. 

Andries, b. July 12, 1682. Unmarried. 

Louis, b. November 16, 1684; m. Elizabeth Hasbrouck 
(daughter of Jean), May 5, 171 3. 



522 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Esther, b. November, 1686; m. Jacob Hasbrouck (son of 
Jean). 

Solomon, b. July 12, 1689; d. in infancy. 

Children of Jean Bevier 
The children of Jean and Catharine Montanye were: 

Maria, b. March i, 1713; d. in infancy. 

Elenora, b. March 23, 1714; m. Benj. Rolscher. Wawarsing. 

Elizabeth, b. February 10, 1717; m. Isaac Bevier (son of 
Samuel), 171 5. Wawarsing. 

Johanna, b. May 15, 1720; m. Michael Sax, April 23, 1753. 
Wawarsing. 

Ester, b. September 23, 1722; m. Solomon Westbrook, May 
4, 1748. Minisink. 

Louis J., b. October 18, 1724. Unmarried. (See will.) 
Wawarsing. 

Jesse, b. May 11, 1729; m. Elizabeth Hoffman. Wawarsing. 

Children of Abraham Bevier 
The children of Abraham and Rachel Vernooy were: 

Louis, b. 1708; d. before 1750. No heirs. (See will.) 

Anna, b. May 17, 1710; d. in infancy. 

Cornelius, b. July 20, 1712; d. after 1770. Apparently un- 
married. 

Samuel, b. August 28, 1715; m. Sarah LeFevre (daughter 
of Andries), June 10, 1739. Wawarsing. 

Jacobus, b. September 28, 1717; m. Anna \^ernooy, Febru- 
ary 23, 1757. Wawarsing. 

Abraham, b. January 10, 1720; d. aged 18. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



523 



Maria, b. January 28, 1722; m. Benj. DuBois, June 20, 1755. 
New Paltz. 

Johannes, b. April 26, 1724; m. ist, Rachel LeFevre, August 
10, 1747; m. 2cl, Elizabeth \'an Vliet, September 18, 1764. 
Wawarsing. 

Benjamin, b. May 7, 1727; m. Eliz. \'an Keuren (daughter 
of Tjerck), December 13 ,1760. Wawarsing. 

Daniel. 

Children of Samuel Bevier 

The children of Samuel Bevier and Magdalena Blanjean 
were: 

Solomon, b. May 13, 171 1; d. young. 

Abraham S., b. June 14, 1713; m. Margaret Kiting (daugh- 
ter of Rcelof), January 22, 1742. New Paltz (Butterville). 

Isaac, b. December 25, 1714; m. Eliz. Bevier (daughter of 
Jean ) . Wawarsing. 

Jacobus, b. April 29, 1716; m. Antje Freer. New Paltz. 

Margaret, b. June 30, 1717; m. Matthew LeFevre, June 7, 
17Z7- Bloomingdale. 

Maria, b. October 5, 1718; m. Abm. LeFevre. Wawarsing. 

Louis S. Unmarried. 

Esther, b. January 18, 1721 ; m. Cornelius Brink. Shawangunk. 

Johannes, b. September 9, 1722; m. Magdalena LeFevre, 
September 2, 1748. Shawangunk. 

Philip, b. February 9, 1723; m. Tryntje Low, July 10, 1748. 
Shawangunk. 

Matthew, b. June 28, 1712; d. young. 

The only child of Louis Bevier and Elizabeth Hasbrouck was : 

Louis, b. April 10. 1717; m. Esther DuBois (daughter of 
Philip, d. October 7. 1790), October 24, 1745; d. April 29, 
1772. Marbletown. They left five children. 



524 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

The Children of Anthoine Crispel, the Patentee 

The children of Anthoine Crispel and ]\Iaria Blanshan were: 

Maria Maddaleen, b. February 15, 1662; m. 'Matthys Cor's 
Sleight. Xew Paltz. 

Pieter, b. December 21, 1664; m. Neeltje Gerretsen (m. 2d 
husband, Johannes Schepmoes), February 18, 1697. 

Lysbet, b. October 3, 1666; d. in infancy. 

Lysbet, b. October 15, 1668; m. Elias Eijn. New Paltz. 

Sara, b. June 18, 1671 ; m. Huybert Suyland. 

Jan, b. July 24, 1674; d. young. 

Children of Second Wife 

Jannetje, b. January 4, 1682; d. in infancy. 
Jan, b. October 12, 1684; m. Geetje Jans Roosa. 
Jannetje, b. February 7, 1686; m. Nic's Hoffman. 

Children of Pieter Crispel 
The children of Pieter Crispel and Xeeltje Gerretsen were: 

Antony, b. April 17, 1692; m. Lea Roosa, September 11, 
1719. 

Arriantje, b. June 31, 1694; m. Andries, March 20, 1712. 

Joannes, b. October 27, 1695 ; m. Anna Margaret Roosa, 
December 15, 1725. Hurley. 

Children of Jan Chrispel 
The children of Jan Chrispel and Geertje Jans Roosa were: 

Marytje, b. ]\Iarch 15, 1702; m. Jacob Heermance, April 
28, 1725. 

Rebecca, b. March 17, 1706; d. 

Antoine, b. October 12, 1707; m. Catrina \^an Benthuysen. 



HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 525 

Helena, b. "Slz.y 7, 1710; m. Teunis Van Steenberg, April 
24, 1 73 1. Kingston. 

Jan, b. September 21, 1712; m. Sara Janse, December 10, 
1736; m. 2d, Maria Dorothea Kraft, December 29, 1753. 

Petrus, b. January 24, 1727 ; m. Lea Roosa, January 14, 1743. 

Rebecca, b. April 7, 1717. 

Zara, b. November 26, 1721. 

Children of Anthony Chrispel 

The children of Anthony Chrispel (son of Peter) and Leah 
Roosa were : 

Petrus, b. May i, 1720; d. in infancy. 

Neeltje, b. February 4, 1722; m. Dirk Roosa. 

Petrus, b. August 11, 1723 ; m. Leah Roosa, January 14, 1743. 

Johannes, b. November 8, 1724. 

Cornelius, b. September 4, 1726. 

Anna Margriet, b. December 22, 1728. 

Arriantje, b. October 8, 1732. 

Wilhelmus, b. August 17, 1740. 

Children of Johannes Chrispel 

The children of Johannes (son of Peter) and Anna Mar- 
garet Roosa were : 

Petrus, b. November 26, 1727; d. young, 
Aldert, b. November 10, 1728; d. young. 
Rachel, b. October i, 1732. 
Arriantje, b. /Vugust 25, 1734. 
Petrus, b. September 19, 1736. 
Elizabeth, b. September 24, 1738. 
Lea, b. December 14, 1740. 
Allert, b. February 13, 1743. 
Johannes, b. April 21, 1745. 



526 H I STORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Children of Antoine Chrispel 

The children of Antoine (son of Jan) and Catharine Van 
Benthuysen were : 

Lidia, b. April 28, 1734. 
Geertje, b. October 3, 1736. 
Jan, b. Alay 28, 1738. 
Rebekka. b. October 12. 1740. 
Maria, b. October 10, 1742. 

Children of Jan Chrispel 

Jan married ist, Sarah Janse; 2d, Maria Dorothea Kraft. 
The children were : 

FIRST wife 

Mayke, b. August 2-], 1738. 
Jan, b. August 16, 1741. 
Thomas, b. January 22, 1744. 
Hendricus, b. June 21, 1745. 
Thomas, b. May 8, 1748. 

second wife 

Matthens, b. December i, 1754. 

Sara, b. July 15, 1759. 

Matthens, Elisa [twins], b. November 17, 1761. 

David, b. November 26, 1763. 

Solomon, b. November 24, 1764. 

Children of Petrus Chrispel 

The children of Petrus and Lea Roosa were: 
Petrus, b. October 9, 1743. 
Benjamin, b. January 13, 1745. 



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HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 527 

Anthony, b. July 20, 1746. 
Abraham, b. March 5, 1749. 
Maria, b. February 24, 1751. 
Rachel, b. April i, 1753. 
Rachel, b. October 13, 1754. 
Jacob, b. June 6, 1762. 

The Children of Hugo Frere, the Patentee 

Hugo Frere married ist, Mary Haye ; 2d, Jannetje Wibau. 
The children were : 

Hugo, ; m. Mary Ann Leroy, June 7, 1690. New 

Paltz. 

Abraham, ; m. Aagien Tietsorte, April 28, 1694. 

Isaac, b. 1672; d. August 9, 1690. 

Jacob, b. June 9, 1679; m. Antje Van Weyen, September, 
1705. Bontecoe. 

Jean, b. April 16, 1682; m. Rebecca W'agener. Kingston. 

Mary, ; m. Lewis Veille. Schenectady. 

Sarah, ; m. Tennis Clausen Val Volgen. Schenectady. 

Children of Hugo Frere 
The children of Hugo Frere and Mary Ann Leroy were: 
Hugo, Jr., b. October 14, 1691. Bontecoe. 
Isaac, b. May 21, 1693. ^'^w Paltz. 
Mary, b. May 31, 1696. 
Sarah, b. May 15, 1698. 
Esther, b. October 15, 1699. 
Benjamin, b. October 20, 1706. 
Rachel, b. November 10, 1710. 
Jannette, b. January 25, 1713. 
Elizabeth, b. May 25, 1718. 



528 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Children of Abraham Freer 

The children of Abraham Freer and Aagien Tietsorte 
were: 

Maeltje, b. May 5, 1696. New Paltz. 
Abraham, b. October 31, 1697. Rhinebeck. 
Solomon, b. October 23, 1698; m. Klaartje Westvall, Sep- 
tember 22, 1 72 1. Minnesink. 
Willem, b. January 14, 1700. 
Jelena, b. January 16, 1704. 
Phillipus. b. August 16, 1706. Claverack. 
Sara, b. October 12, 1707. 
Naritje, b. September 11, 1709. 
Jacomyntje, b. November 4, 171 1. 
Aagien, b. April 11, 1714. 
Johanna, b. November 13, 1715. 
Catryntjen, b. January 11, 1719. 

Children of Jacob Frere 

The children of Jacob Frere and Antje Van Weyen 
were : 

Jannetje, b. October 20, 1706. 

Sarajte, b. September 11, 1709. 

Abraham, Isaac [twins], b. February 27, 1715. 

Jacob, b. January 27, 1717. 

Maritje, Annatje [twins], b. January 3, 1720. 

Ant i en, b. April 2, 1721. 

Jacob, b. September i, 1723. 

Daniel, b. January 2, 1726. 

Cornelis, b. June 29, 1729. 



HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 529 

The Children of Simon LeFevre, the Patentee 

Simon LeFevre married Elizabeth Deyo (whose second hus- 
band was Moses Cantain-). He died about 1690. The chil- 
dren were : 

Andries, ; m. CorneHa Blanjean. New Paltz (Vil- 
lage). 

Abraham, b. May 11, 1679; died before his father. 

Isaac, b. August 5, 1683; m. Maritje Freer, May 16, 1718. 
New Paltz (Bontecoe). 

Jan, b. October 28, 1685 ; m. Catharine Blanjean, November 
20, 1 71 2. New Paltz (Plains). 

Maritje, b. October 15, 1689; m. Daniel DuBois. June 18, 
1713. New Paltz (Village). 

Children of Andries LeFevre 
The children of Andries and Cornelia Blanjean were: 

Simon, b. September 11, 1709; m. Pieternella Hasbrouck, 
June 24, 1725. New Paltz (Village). 

Matthens, b. April 10, 1710; m. Margaret Bevier, June 17, 
1737. Rosendale (Bloomingdale). 

Elizabeth, b. September 8, 1712; m. Jonathan DuBois (son 
of Louis), December 23, 1732. Nescatack. 

Margaret, b. March 13. 1715; m. Conraed \"ernooy, June 
10, 1739. Wawarsing. 

Zara, b. February 3, 1717; m. Samuel Bevier, June 10, 1739. 

Maritje, b. March i, 1719; m. Nathaniel LeFevre. New 
Paltz (Plains). 

Catarina, b. April 2, 1721 ; m. Simon DuBois. New Paltz 
(Village). 
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530 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Magdalena, b. October ii, 1724; m. Johannis Bevier, Sep- 
tember 2, 1749. Shawangunk. 

Benjamin. 

Rachel, b. June 23, 1728; m. Jobs Bevier, September 2, 
1749. Wawarsing. 

Children of Isaac LeFevre 

Isaac LeFevre married Maritje Frere. The children were: 

Isaac, b. December 14, 1718; died unmarried. 

Peter, b. February 19, 1721 ; m. Elizabeth Vernooy, Janu- 
ary 2, 1760. New Paltz (Bontecoe). 

Johannes, b. November 18, 1722 ; m. Sarah Vernooy, May 
29, 1752. New Paltz (Bontecoe). 

Daniel, b, November 8, 1725; m. Catharine Cantine. New 
Paltz (Bontecoe). 

Simon, b. November 10, 1728; died young. 

Mary, b. IMarch 20, 1732; m. Johannes Hardenberg, Jr. 
Swartekill. 

Simon, b. December 17, 1738; died young. 

Children of Jan LeFevre 

The children of Jan LeFevre and Catharine Blanshan were: 

Margaret, b. December 20, 1713; d. young. 

Abraham, b. March 25, 1716; m. Maria Bevier. New Paltz 
(Kettleborough). 

Elizabeth, b. October 2, 171 7. 

Nathaniel, b. November 2, 1718; m. Maritje LeFevre. New 
Paltz (Plains). 

Andries J., b. March 18, 1722; m. Rachel DuBois (daughter 
of Nathaniel), October 20, 1745. New Paltz (Kettleborough). 

Margaret, b. February 9, 1724; m. ist, Jacob Hoffman; m. 
2d, Abm. Richards. Shawangunk. 



INDEX 



Abeel, Ann, wife of Jacobus Bruyn Hasbrouck 406 

Achtmoemy (Auchmoody), Christian 96 

Adriance, Lieut. Cornelius 325 

Aertson, Garret, son of Aert Jacobson 482 

Aertson, Jacob, son of Aert Jacobson 482 

Akker. David 95 

Anable, Margaret, 2d wife of John Bevier 246 

Andrevelt, Charity, wife of Louis DuBois 3d 317 

Allen, Louise Seymour, wife of Louis Hasbrouck 386 

Andros, Gov. Edmund 11, 12, 14, 368, 481 

Arnold, Gen. Benedict 326 

Auchmoody, Abraham, son of Christian 451 

Auchmoody, Christian, son of James loi, 451 

Auchmoody, David, son of James 95, loi 

Auchmoody, David, son of James, soldier in Revolution 451 

m. Maria De Grafif 451 

Auchmoody, Elizabeth, da. of James 451 

Auchmoody, Jacobus, son of James 451 

m. I, Elizabeth Smith ; 2, Margaret Irwin 452 

Auchmoody, James, m. Mary Deyo 259, 451, 516 

Auchmoody, Jonathan, son of Abraham 452 

Auchmoody, IMaria, da. of James 451 

Auchmoody, Rachel, da. of James, wife of Samuel Bevier. .246, 247, 451 

Auchmoody, William, son of Jacobus 452 

Austin, Lieut. Aaron 328 

resigns 329 

Bakeman (Beekman), Martinus 96 

Banks, Catharine, da. of Justus, wife of Louis Hasbrouck 385 

Banks, Justus 385 

Barbaric, Frances, da. of Peter 501 

Barbour, John 316 

Barnes, Matilda, wife of Isaac S. Hasbrouck 406 

Barnes, Nancy, wife of Henry C. Hasl^rouck 406 

Barnhart, Peter, m. Eliza Hasbrouck 403 

Barnhart, Mrs. Peter, da. of Dr. Cornelius Hasbrouck 306 

Basten, G. W., son of George, m. Esther Gumaer Bevier 251 

Battie, Clara, wife of John George de Ranke 500 

Beatty. John, Royal Com. Gen. of Prisoners 335 

Beattv, , Lieut. 4th Penna. Line 342 

Beaver, R. V. N 361 

Becker, Alfred LeRoy 356 

Bedford, Jacob, m. Magdalen Van Wagenen 480 

Beekman, Dr. Gerardus 470 

Beekman, Col. Henricus 282 

Beem, Elizabeth, wife of Hendricus Deyo 2d 276, 517 

Beesmer, Annie, wife of John W. Deyo 277 

Belknap, 2d, Mr. Isaac 327 



532 INDEX 

PAGE 

Bell, Rachel, wife of Lewis LeFevre 430 

Bessimer, Dorothy, 2d wife of Abram Elting 494 

Betts, Lieut. James 331, 342 

Bevier, Abagail, da. of Abraham, wife of David McKinstry 240 

Bevier, Abram i, 75 

Bevier, Abraham, soldier in 1715 117 

Bevier, Abraham, son of Abraham 98, 235, 522 

Bevier, Abraham, son of Abraham A 246 

Bevier, Abraham, son of Jacob, m. i, Margaret LeFevre ; 2, Nelly 

Vanderbilt ; 3, Maria DuBois 236-7, 239 

Bevier, Abraham, son of Louis ist, m. Rachel Vernooy 226 

233, 235, 521 

Bevier, Abraham, son of Mathew 239 

Bevier, Abraham, son of Samuel, son of Louis ist, m. Margaret 

Elting 98. 230, 243, 244. 484, 523 

Bevier, Abraham, Jun., son of Samuel, m. Maria DuBois, 236, 239, 318 

Bevier, Abraham A 229 

Bevier, Abraham A., son of Abraham, m. Maria Freer 244 

Bevier, Abraham A., son of Andries. m. Ann Perrine 238 

Bevier, Abraham Bourbon, son of David 250 

Bevier, Abraham J., son of Capt. Andries 229 

Bevier, Abraham J., son of Johannes, m. Jenneke Vernooy. . .238, 242 

Bevier, Abraham Solomon, son of Solomon 245 

Bevier, A. Deyo 268 

Bevier, Alexander, son of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, A. L. R 230 

Bevier, Andre, son of Louis 226. 233, 411, 521 

Bevier, Andries, son of Abraham, m. Mary Deyo 239 

Bevier, Andries, son of Samuel, m. Jacomyntje DuBois 236, 238 

Bevier, Andries of Wawarsing, m. Jacomintje DuBois 310 

Bevier, Capt. Andries 227 

great-great-grandson of Louis the Patentee, great-grand son 

of Abraham 229 

Bevier, Andries LeFevre 237 

Bevier, Andrew 268 

Bevier, Andrew, son of Simon, m. Martha J. Shaver 241 

Bevier, Ann, da. of Benjamin 243 

Bevier, Anna, da. of Abraham, dies young 235, 522 

Bevier, Anne, da. of Jacob, wife of John DuBois 237 

Bevier, Ann Elizabeth, da. of John, wife of DeWitt Depuy 235 

Bevier, Antje, da. of Elias 243 

Bevier, Antje, da. of Jacobus, wife of Benjamin Hasbrouck 246 

Bevier, Antje, da. of Samuel 247 

Bevier, Benjamin 230 

Bevier, Benjamin, son of Abraham, m. Elizabeth Van Keuren... 236 

238. 523 

Bevier, Benjamin, son of Benjamin, m. Leah Roosa 238, 242 

Bevier, Dr. Benjamin R 229 

Bevier, Dr. Benjamin Rush, son of Dr. Benjamin R 229 

Bevier, Benjamin Rosa, son of Conrad, m. Catharine Ten Eyck.. 240 

Bevier, Blandina. da. of Jesse, wife of William Bodley 234 

Bevier, Blandina, da. of Louis 251 

Bevier, Catharine, da. of David, wife of Stephen Stillwell 250 

Bevier, Catherine, da. of Jacob, wife of Peter Jansen 237 

Bevier, Catharine, da. of Jacob, wife of Luther Sawtell 247 



INDEX 533 

PAGE 

Bevier, Catharine, da. of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, Catharine, da. of Jesse, wife of Benjamin Depuy 234 

Bevier, Catharine, da. of Joseph 252 

Bevier, Catharine, da. of Louis, wife of OHver G. DuBois 251 

Bevier, Catharine, da. of Philip 245 

Bevier, Catharine, 2d wife of Alathusalem DuBois 312 

Bevier. Catrintje, da. of Petrus 249 

Bevier, Caty, da. of John 233 

Bevier, Caty, da. of Solomon 246 

Bevier, Charity, da. of Solomon 246 

Bevier, Charles, son of David 233, 235 

Bevier, Christian, son of Samuel, m. Magdalena Freer 247 

Bevier, Conrad, bro. of Capt. Andries 229 

Bevier, Conrad, son of Cornelius, m. Sarah Vernooy 240 

Bevier, Conrad, son of Johannes, m. Elizabeth Roosa 237, 240 

Bevier, Cornelia, da. of Abraham 240 

Bevier, Cornelia, da. of Johannes, wife of Petrus Bevier, 2^7, 245, 249 

Bevier, Cornelia, da. of Johannes, wife of Noah LeFevre 245 

Bevier. Cornelia, da. of Samuel, wife of, i, Mathew Newkirk; 2, 

Peter Bevier 236 

Bevier, Cornelia, wife of Noah LeFevre 431 

Bevier, Cornelius 229 

Bevier, Cornelius, son of Abraham 235, 524 

Bevier, Cornelius, son of Andries, m. Susan Nottingham 238 

Bevier, Cornelius, son of Capt. Andries 227 

Bevier, Cornelius, son of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, Cornelius, son of Johannes, m. i, Sarah Bevier; 2, Cor- 
nelia Vernooy 2^7, 240 

Bevier, Cornelius, son of Mathew 239 

Bevier, Cornelius, son of Samuel 247 

Bevier, Daniel, son of Abraham 236, 523 

Bevier, David, son of Andrew 268 

Bevier, David, son of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, David, son of Johannes, m. Sarah Bevier 238, 239, 242 

Bevier, David, son of Jesse, m. Sally Gier 234, 235 

Bevier, David, son of Joseph 23^ 

m. Deborah Lockwood 252 

Bevier, David, son of Louis 3d, Adjt. Pawling's Regiment 232 

m. Maria Hasbrouck 249, 250 

Bevier, David, m. Pollv Kiting 497 

Bevier, Dr. Dubois 268 

Bevier, Eleanor, da. of Joseph, 2d wife of Russell Holmes 252 

Bevier, Elenora, da. of Jean, wife of Benj. Rolscher 234, 522 

Bevier, Elias, son of Jacobus, m. Sarah LeFevre 247, 248 

Bevier, Elias, son of Philip 245 

Bevier, Elias, m. LeFevre 438 

Bevier, Elijah, son of Simon, m. Elizabeth Bevier 241 

Bevier, Eliza, da. of Isaac 244 

Bevier, Eliza, da. of Samuel 247 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Abraham, wife of Samuel Bevier. .. .233, 239 
Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Abraham J., wife of, i, Moses Bevier; 

2, Charles Shultz 242 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Benjamin, wife of Luke Dewitt 242 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Elias '. 248 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Jacob 237 



534 INDEX 

PAGE 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Jean, wife of Isaac Bevier, killed by In- 
dians in Revolution 227, 234, 243, 244, 522 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Louis, wife of Joseph Hasbrouck 250 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Louis, wife of Peter Van Dyck 252 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Philip D. B 251 

Bevier, Elizabeth, da. of Samuel, wife of Arthur Morris 236 

Bevier, Elizabeth, wife of Elijah Bevier 241 

Bevier, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Bevier 383 

Bevier, Elizabeth L., wife of Henry Deyo 277 

Bevier, Elizabeth Hoffman, da. of David 235 

Bevier, Elizabeth Lynot, da. of Nathaniel, wife of Henry Deyo. .. 248 

Bevier, Esther, da. of Abraham 244 

Bevier, Esther, da. of David 250 

Bevier, Esther, da. of Jean, wife of Solomon Westbrook 234, 522 

Bevier, Esther, da. of Louis 39 250 

wife of Jacob Hasbrouck 227, 233, 400, 522 

Bevier, Esther, da. of Philip D. B., wife of Philip Hasbrouck 250 

Bevier, Esther, da. of Samuel, wife of Cornelius L. Brink 243, 523 

Bevier, Esther Gumaer, da. of Louis, wife of G. W. Basten.... 251 

Bevier, Ezekiel, son of Jacob, m. Helen Van Bumble 243 

Bevier, Hasbrouck, son of David 233 

Bevier, Henrietta Cornelia, da. of Philip D. B., wife of James 

Hasbrouck 25 1 

Bevier, Henrv, son of Jacob 243 

Bevier, Hilletje, da. of Philip D. B 250 

Bevier, Hylah, da. of Philip D. B., wife of Levi Hasbrouck 251 

Bevier, Isaac, son of Abraham A 246 

Bevier, Isaac, son of Jacob, m. Mary York 247 

Bevier, Isaac, son of Jean 234 

Bevier, Isaac, son of Samuel 230 

m. cousin Elizabeth Bevier 227, 243, 523 

Bevier, Jacob, son of Abraham, m. Anna Vernooy 235, 236, 522 

Bevier, Jacob, son of Jacobus, dies young 246 

Bevier, Jacob 2d, son of Jacobus, m. Maria York 246, 247 

Bevier, Jacob Hornbeck, son of Abraham J., m. Sarah Devine. . . . 242 

Bevier, Jacob J., son of Johannes, m. Margaret DeWitt 237, 241 

Bevier, Jacobus, son of Samuel, son of Louis ist 98 

Bevier, Jacobus, son of Jacob, m. Mary Yandel 247 

Bevier, Jacobus, son of Samuel 230, 247 

m. Antj e Freer 243 

Bevier, Jacobus, elected constable of New Paltz 300 

Bevier, Jacomyntje, da. of Abram S., wife of Mathew Bevier. 236, 244 

Bevier, Jan, soldier in 1715 117 

Bevier, Jane, da. of Conrad, wife of Moses C. Depuy 240 

Bevier, Jane, da. of Louis, wife of Edgar Hasbrouck 251 

Bevier, Jane Newkirk, da. of Jonas, wife of Annanius Winfield... 249 

Bevier, Jane Vernooy, da. of Nathaniel wife of Abraham Elting. . 248 

Bevier, Jannet, da. of Andries 238 

Bevier, Jannetje, da. of Benjamin, wife of Jophat Hoornbeck. . . . 242 

Bevier, Jannetje, da. of Jacobus, wife of John York 247 

Bevier, Jean, son of Louis ist, m. Catharine Montanye 226 

233, 234, 522 

Bevier, Jenneke, da. of Abraham J., wife of John A. Snyder 242 

Bevier, Jennike", da. of Elias 248 

Bevier, Jenneke, da. of Jacob 230 




INDEX 535 

PAGE 

Bevier, Jeremiah, son of Jacob, m. Wyntje Smith 248 

Bevier, Jesse, son of Jean, m. Elizabeth Hoffman 234, 522 

Bevier, Johanna, da. of Jean, wife of Michael Sax, killed by In- 
dians in Revolntion 227, 234, 522 

Bevier, Johannes, son of Abraham, m. i, Rachel LeFevre ; 2, Eliza- 
beth Gonzalez Van Vliet 235, 523 

Bevier, Johannes of Wawarsing, son of Abraham, m. i, Rachel 

LeFevre 417 

2, Cornelia Vernoo\' 237 

Bevier, Johannes, son of Cornelius 229 

Bevier, Johannes, son of Cornelius, m. Elizabeth Tearhout 240 

Bevier, Johannes, son of Daniel 242 

Bevier, Johannes, son of Jean, dies young 234 

Bevier, Johannes, son of Samuel 230 

m. Magdalen LeFevre 243, 523 

Bevier, Johannes Dewitt, son of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, Johannes Dewitt, son of Jonas 249 

Bevier, Rev. Johannes Hornbeck 229 

Bevier. Johan Vernooy, son of Elias 248 

Bevier, John I 

Bevier, John, son of Jesse, m. Martha Green 234, 235 

Bevier, John, son of Solomon, m. i, Hannah Smith ; 2, Margaret 

Anable 246 

Bevier, John Hardenbergh 230 

Bevier, Jonas, son of Johannes, m. Maria Dewitt 245, 249 

Bevier, Jonathan, son of Abraham 239 

Bevier, Jonathan, son of Jacob, m.* Judith Low 243 

Bevier, Jonathan, son of Johannes 245 

Bevier, Jonathan, son of Jonas, m. Hanna LeFevre 249 

Bevier, Joseph, son of David, son of Joseph 233 

Bevier, Joseph, son of David, m. Catharine Hasbrouck 250, 252 

Bevier, Joseph, son of David, son of Louis 3d 232 

Bevier, Josiah, son of Andries. m. i, Hannah Brinkerhoff; 2, 

Leah Bevier 238-9, 240 

Bevier, Josiah, son of Isaac 244 

Bevier, Josiah, son of Samuel 247 

Bevier, Katrintje, da. of Abraham, wife of Mathusalem DuBois. . 244 

Bevier, Katrintje, da. of Isaac, wife of Abraham Jansen 244 

Bevier, Leah, da. of Conrad, 2d wife of Josiah Bevier 239, 240 

Bevier. Leah, da. of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, Lea, da. of Jesse, wife of Wm. W. DeWitt 234 

Bevier, Leah Dewitt, da. of Jonas 249 

Bevier, Lena, da. of Abraham, wife of Simon Muller 240 

Bevier, Levi, son of Benjamin 242 

Bevier, Lewis 100 

Bevier, Lewis, Ensign New Paltz Foot Company 117, 368 

Bevier, Ensign Lewis, Jun., of New Paltz Company 1717 118 

Bevier, Lewis, son of Andries, m. Garretje Van Keuren 238 

Bevier, Lewis, son of Benjamin, m. Gertrude Smeedes 243 

Bevier, Louis, the Patentee. .33, 52, 62, 89, 91, 92, 106, 309, 362, 383, 485 

m. Marie LeBlanc 225, 233, 509 

Bevier, Louis, m. Elizabeth Hasbrouck 400 

Bevier, Louis, Jun., and Rachel Hasbrouck married 42 

Bevier, Louis, son of David 232 

m. Maria Eltinge 233, 250, 251 



536 IN D E X 



Bevier, Louis J., son of Jean 234 

Bevier, Louis, 2d, son of Louis the Patentee 75 

baptized 38 

m. Elizabeth Hasbrouck 226, 233, 249 

Bevier, Louis, son of Louis 250 

Bevier, Louis, 3d, son of Louis 2d, m. Esther DuBois 230 

232, 249, 293, 523 

Bevier, Louis, son of Louis, m. Catharine Van D\ck 251-2 

Bevier, Louis, Jun 2^2,, 294 

Bevier, Louis Du Bois, son of Philip D. B., m. Charity Hornbeck. 251 

Bevier, Dr. Louis D. B., son of Col. Philip 2^2 

Bevier, Louis S., son of Samuel 243 

Bevier, Lucas, son of Conrad 240 

Bevier, Lydia, da. of Elias 248 

Bevier, Lydia da. of Samuel 247 

Bevier, Magdalen, da. of Abraham, wife of Mathew Decker 244 

Bevier, i\Iagdalen, da. of Elias 248 

Bevier, IMagdalena, da. of Isaac 244 

Bevier, Magdalena, da. of Jacobus, wife of Jonas Freer 246 

Bevier, Magdalena, da. of Johannes, wife of Jan Hofifman 245 

Bevier, Magdalen, da. of Jonas 249 

Bevier, Magdalen, da. of Nathaniel, wife of Charles Elting 243 

Bevier, Alagdalen, da. of Philip, wife of Abraham DuBois 24s 

Bevier, Magdalena, da. of Simon 241 

Bevier, Magdalen Du Bois, da. of Louis, wife of Willet S. 

Northrop 251 

Bevier, Margaret, da. of Mathew 239 

Bevier, Margaret, da. of Samuel, wife of Mathew LeFevre. . .243, 523 

Bevier, Margaret, da. of Simon, wife of Andries Dewitt 241 

Bevier, Alargrietje, da. of Solomon 246 

Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier. Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 
Bevier, Mar 



a da. of Abraham, wife of Benjamin DuBois 235 

a, da. of Abraham, wife of Benjamin DuBois 523 

a, da. of Abraham, wife of Isaac Hasbrouck 244 

a, da. of Abraham, wife of Andries I. LeFevre.... 2T^g 

a, da. of Benjamin 243 

a, da. of Benjamin, ist wife of Simon Bevier. 237, 238, 241 

a, da of Conrad, wife of Simon Bevier 240 

a, da. of Daniel 242 

a, da. of Elias, wife of Gerrit Newkirk 248 

a. da. of Jacob, wife of Ambrose Mitchell 247 

a, da. of Jacobus, 2d wife of Benjamin Hasbrouck.. 247 

a, da. of Johannes, wife of John L. Hardenberg. . . 22,7 

a, da. of Louis ist, dies young 226, 222, 

a. da. of Louis, wife of Cornelius L. Van Dyck.... 251 

a. da. of Samuel 247 

wife of Abraham LeFevre 243, 430, 523 

Bevier, Maria, da. of Samuel, wife of Cornelius G. Vernooy.... 236 

Bevier, Maria, da. of Simon, wife of Stephen Devitt 241 

Bevier, Maria, da. of Solomon 246 

Bevier, Maria, wife of Benjamin DuBois 299 

Bevier, ]\Iaria Ann, da. of Philip D. B., wife of Cornelius C. Elting 251 

Bevier, !^Iaria Vernooy, da. of Abraham J., wife of Daniel Elmore 242 

Bevier, Marie, da. of . Jean, dies young 234, 522 

Bevier, Marjrietje, da. of Abraham 240 



INDEX 537 

PAGE 

•Bevier, ]\Iarjitje, da. of Andries 238 

Bevier, Mary, wife of Benjamin Hasbrouck ^j2 

Bevier, Mary, wife of Isaiah Hasbrouck 371 

Bevier, Mary Ann, da. of Joseph, ist wife of Russell Holmes.... 252 

Bevier, Mary White, da. of David 235 

Bevier, Dr. Mathew 229 

Bevier, Mathew, son of Conrad, m. Cornelia Hardenbergh 240 

Bevier, Mathew, son of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, Mathew, son of Jacobus. 246 

Bevier, ]\Iatheus, son of Petrus 249 

Bevier, Mathew, son of Samuel 243, 523 

Bevier, Mathew, son of Samuel, m. Jacomyntje Bevier. .236, 239, 244 

Bevier, Moses, son of Benjamin, m. Elizabeth Bevier 242 

Bevier, Nathan, son of Abraham J., m. Sarah Brannen 242 

Bevier, Nathaniel, son of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, Nathaniel, son of Johannes, m. Catharine Dewitt . . . .245, 248 

Bevier, Nathaniel, son of Jonas 249 

Bevier. Nathaniel DuBois, son of Abraham 239 

Bevier, Neeltje, da. of Jonas, wife of Silas Winfield 249 

Bevier, Nelly, da. of Solomon 246 

Bevier, Noah, son of Solomon 246 

Bevier, Orville D 230 

Bevier, Peter 265 

Bevier, Peter, son of Simon, m. Elizabeth Terwilliger 241 

Bivier, Peter, m. Cornelia Bevier, da. of Samuel, widow of 

Mathew Newkirk 236 

Bevier, Petrus, son of Philip, m. Cornelia Bevier 2t,7, 245, 249 

Bevier, Petrus LeFevre, son of Elias 243 

Bevier, Philip, son of David 250 

Bevier, Philip, son of Louis 3d, Col. in Revolution 2^2 

Bevier, Philip, son of Samuel 230 

m. Trynt j e Low 243, 245, 523 

Bevier, Philip D. B., son of Louis, m. Ann Dewitt 250 

Bevier, Capt. Phil. D. B 328, 331, 342 

Bevier, Philippus, son of Petrus 249 

Bevier, Rachel, da. of Abraham 239 

Bevier, Rachel, da. of Capt. Andries, wife of Henry J. Brinker- 

hofif 229, 239 

Bevier, Rachel, da. of Jacob 2^7 

Bevier, Rachel, da. of Petrus 249 

Bevier, Rachel, da. of Philip D. B., wife of Thomas R. Harden- 

burgh 250-1 

Bevier, Rachel, da. of Samuel, wife of Johannes A. DeWitt.... 236 

Bevier, Rachel, da. of Simon, wife of Peter Cantine 241 

Bevier, Reuben, son of Elias 248 

Bevier, Richard 268 

Bevier, Richard Broadhead, son of Jacob J 229, 241 

Bevier, Roelif, son of Solomon 245 

Bevier, Roelif Elting. son of Abraham 244, 246 

Bevier, Samuel 75, 92, 106, 299, 309 

Bevier, Samuel, soldier in 1715 117 

Bevier, Samuel, soldier Ulster County ^^lilitia 1738... 118 

Bevier, Samuel, son of Abraham 239 

m. Magdalen Blanjean 523 

Bevier, Samuel, son of .Abraham, m. Sarah LeFevre. 235. 236. 417, 522 



538 INDEX 

PAGE 

Bevier, Samuel, son of Andries, m. Elizabeth Bevier 238, 239 

Bevier, Samuel, son of Elias 248 

Bevier. Samuel, son of Jacobus, m. Rachel Auchmoody 246, 247 

Bevier, Samuel, son of Louis ist, m. Magdalena Blanshan.226, 233, 243 

Bevier, Samuel, son of Mathew 239 

Bevier, Samuel son of Simon, m. Maria Van Wagenen 241 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Abraham, wife of Johannes Freer, Jun 361 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Abraham, wife of Petrus Hasbrouck. .244, 373 

Bevier. Sarah, da. of Abraham. Jun., wife of Daniel Bevier. 238, 239, 242 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Andries 238 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Cornelius, wife of Jacob Hermance 240 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Jacob, wife of Cornelius Bevier 237, 240 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Jacobus, wife of Johannis Freer 247 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Johannes, wife of Manuel Gonsaulus 237 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Mathew 239 

Bevier, Sarah, da. of Nathaniel 248 

Bevier, Sarah (2), da. of Philip 245 

Bevier. Sarah Amelia, da. of Philip D. B., wife of Cornelius 

Bruyn 251 

Bevier. Sarah Vernooy, da. of Abraham J., wife of Silas Gillett. 242 

Bevier, Simeon, son of Jacobus 246 

Bevier, Simon 230 

Bevier, Simon, son of Cornelius, m. Maria Bevier 240 

Bevier, Simon, son of Jacob J 241 

Bevier, Simon, son of Johannes, m. i, Maria Bevier ; 2, Eliza- 
beth Cantine 237, 238, 241 

Bevier. Simon, son of Simon 241 

Bevier, Solomon, son of Abraham, m. Elenor Grififin 244 

Bevier, Solomon, son of Isaac 244 

Bevier. Solomon, son of Louis ist 227, 233 

baptized 391 

Bevier, Solomon, son of Samuel 243, 523 

Bevier, Stephen, son of Jonas 249 

Bevier, Thomas, son of Abraham A 246 

Bevier, Tjerck. son of Benjamin, m. Sarah Dewitt 243 

Bevier, Wilhelmus, son of Andries, m. Annatje Hoornbeck 238 

Bevier, Dr. William • 230 

Bevier, Zacharias, son of Abraham A 246 

Bevier, , wife of Abraham DuBois 303 

Beynx. Ensign Thomas 331 

Birdsall, Lieut. Daniel 331, 342 

Birdsall, Hannah, wife of Isaac Hasbrouck 392 

Biverie, Laurens quaere Bevier 15 

Blake, Capt. W. H. D... 197, 305 

CBlanshan. Blancon, Blanjean.) 

Blanshan, Catharine, wife of Louis DuBois rst 6, 38, 280, 508 

captive of Indians 16 

m. Jean, Cottin 286 

Blanshan. Catherine, wife of Josiah Deyo 260 

Blanshan, Catharine, wife of Jean LeFevre 415 

Blanshan, Cornelia, wife of Andre LeFevre 415 

Blanshan, Elizabeth, da. of Mathew, wife of Peter Cornelius Low --468 
Blanshan, Magdalena, da. of Mathew, wife of Samuel Bevier.... 

• • ; 226, 233, 243 

Blanshan. Maria, wife of Anthon}' Crispell 503 



INDEX 539 

PAGE 

Blanshan, Mary, wife of Abram Hasbrouck 373 

widow of Abram Hasbrouck, wife of Daniel LeFevre 443 

Blanshan, jNIathew 6, 7, 280 

m. Maddeleen Jorisse 507 

Blanshan, ]\Iathew, Jun 7 

Blooiper, Deborah Ann, wife of Nathaniel DuBois 344 

Bodley, William, m. Blandina Bevier 234 

Bogardus, Dr. John, m. i, Gitty LeFevre 442 

2, Maria Elting 49 1 

Bogardus, Rev. William R 157 

Bontecoe School 279, 358 

Bradford, Major 337 

Brannen, Sarah, wife of Nathan Bevier 242 

Briggs, John 481 

Brink, Cornelius L., m. Esther Bevier 243 

Brinkerhoff , Capt. Abraham 394-5 

Brinkerhoff, Gen. Roelif 229 

Brinkerhoff. Hannah, ist wife of Josiah Bevier 238-9 

Brinkerhoff, Henry J., m Rachel Bevier 229 

Brinkerhoff', Martha, 2d wife of John L. Hardenberg 237 

Brinkley, Lieut. Thomas 331 

Brister, Anthony 96 

Brodhead, Abraham Deyo 29, 49, 261 

Brodhead, Andrew, son of John 442 

Brodhead, Ann, wife of Abraham Deyo 268 

Brodhead, C, m. Dinah Elting 492 

Brodhead. Charles 299, 431 

Brodhead, Henry, son of John 442 

Brodhead, Hester, wife of Josiah Elting 494 

Brodhead, John, m. Rachel LeFevre 442 

Brodhead, John C 268 

Brodhead, Wessel 319 

Brown, , Major 326 

Brown, Deborah. 2d wife of Thomas Deyo. 278 

Brown, George C, m. Deyo 277 

Brun, Jacobus 60' 

Brundage, IMartha J., wife of Wade Hampton Budd 454 

Bruyn, Andries 271 ' 

Bruyn. Catharine, wife of Col. Abraham Hasbrouck 381 

Bruyn, Capt. 327 

Bruyn, Cornelius, m. Sarah Amelia Bevier 251 

Bruyn, Gertrude, wife of Cornelius DuBois, Jun 310 

Bruyrr, Gertrude, ist wife of Mathusalem DuBois 312 

Bruyn, J 319 

Bruyn, Jacobus 109 

Bruyn, Lieut. -Col. Jacobus 330 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 332 

Bruyn, Lieut. -Col. Jacobus S 328 

Bruyn, Maria, wife of Isaac Hasbrouck 400 

Bruyn, Severyn, m. Margaret Hasbrouck 392 

Bruyn, Zachariah, m. Elizabeth LeFevre 426 

Bruyn, , wife of Jeremiah Hasbrouck 373 

Budd, Catharine, da. of Samuel, w-ife of Jonas LeFevre 453 

Budd, Catharine, ist wife of Jonas N. LeFevre 431 

Budd, Gertrude, da. of Samuel 453 

wife of Robert Lawson 453-4 



540 IN D E X 

PAGE 

Budd, Hiram, son of Samuel, m. i, Maria Deyo ; 2, Catharine 

Ann Smedes 453 

Budd, John 454 

Budd, Joseph 454 

Budd, Laura, da. of Samuel 453 

wife of Joseph Harris 454 

Budd, Samuel, son of Thomas, m. Alary La Rue 453, 454 

Budd, Thomas, of Monmouth, N. J 453 

Budd, Wade Hampton, son of Samuel 451 

m. Martha J. Brundage 454 

Budd Family, History of 454 

Burhans, Catharine, wife of Major Isaac LeFevre 435 

Burhans, Jan 2%2 

Burnett, Lieut. John 33 1 

Burr, Aaron 53 

Campbell, Alexander 123 

Campbell, Col. 326 

(Cantine, Cantain, Quantin, Quantyne.) 

Cantine, Catharine, grandaughter of Moses, wife of Daniel 

LeFevre 421. 435, 447 

Cantine, Elizabeth, 2d wife of Simon Bevier 22,7 

Cantine, Col. John 395, 420, 430, 457 

Cantine, Mathew, member of Council of Safety 440 

Quantin, Moses 42, 51, 362 

Cantain. Moses, m. Elizabeth Deyo, widow of Simon LeFevre.. 411 

Quantin, Moses, Lieut. New Paltz Foot Camp 117, 368 

Cantain, Peter, son of Moses 411 

Cantine, Peter, m. Rachel Bevier 241 

Cantyn, Peter, soldier in Kingston Co. 1715 117 

Cantin, , son of Moses 41 

Carpenter, Nehemiah, (quartermaster) 330 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 2>2)2 

Carshun, Catharine, wife of Mathias DuBois 317 

Chalker, Rev. Isaac 143 

Chambers, Abraham Gasbeck 315 

Chambers, Lydia, wife of Alvah Deyo 277 

Chambers, Thomas 14, 481 

Champlin, Jacob 319 

Charles IX of France 3 

Church at New Paltz i, 3. 59, 63, 91, 265 

281, 305. 322. 349. 351, 359, 360, 364. 418. 464. 477 

no tax allowed for building 164 

Conferentie church 148, 305, 311, 468, 477. 479. 486, 487, 491 

reunited with old church 151 

Clearwater (Klaarwatcr), Abraham 472 

Clearwater. Abraham 92, 257 

son of Jacob 42 

Clearwater, Alphonso Trumpbour 473 

Clearwater, Charles Hiram 473 

Clearwater, Rev. Charles Knapp 473 

Clearwater, Elsie, wife of Abraham Deyo 261, 515 

Clearwater. Hiram 472-3 

Clearwater, Jacob 89. 257 

Clearwater, Jacob, son of Theunis Jacobson, m. Marie Deyo. .471. 472 

Clearwater, Alary • 257 



IKDEX 541 

PAGE 

Clearwater. Thomas, soldier in Revolution 472 

Clearwater. Thomas Teunis, soldier in 1812 472 

Clearwater. Tunis Jacobson 89, 91, 470, 471 

Clinton. Charles log 

Clinton, Gov. George 54, 325 

letters from 327, 33^, 336, 339 

Chnton. General Sir Henr}- 336 

letters from '. 337 

Clinton. Col. James 325 

Clapper. Cornelius 423 

Clapper, Henry 423 

Coates. John, Surgeon 328 

Coddington, Joseph, the schoolmaster 96, 102, 217 

Codebec, William, m. Jacomjntje Elting 484 

Colden, Alexander, m. Gertrude Wynkoop 486 

Colden. Cadwallader. Jun 64, 109, 316 

Colden. David, m. Gertrude Wynkoop, widow of Alexander Colden 486 

Conklin. ]Maria. wife of Severyn Hasbrouck 406 

Conklin, Lieut. Nathaniel 328 

Conklin, Capt. — . 337 

Connolly. Michael. Paymaster and Lieutenant 342 

Cook (Cooke ) . Samuel. Surgeon 330, 342 

Constable. Ruth, wife of Henry H. Hasbrouck 389 

Cornelissen. Garit 14, 305 

Cornish, James C. m. Margaret Peters Hasbrouck 404 

Cornish. Rev. ^Marion, son of James C 404 

Cottin. Jean, the schoolmaster 51 

gift of a house to 22 

m. Catharine, widow of Louis DuBois 27, 286 

Craft, Isaac, m. Catharine DuBois. widow of Dr. Deyo 302 

Crandle. Simon ■. 96 

Crispell, Crespel. Anthony 6, 7, 13, 15, 19, 20, 52. 106, 474 

m. Maria Blanshan 508 

Crispell. Anthony, m. Eliza DuBois 321 

Crispell, Anthony, of Hurley, sells land in New Paltz S3 

Crispell. Anthony, trooper in 1715 117 

Crispell, Antoine, son of Jan. m. Catrina Van Benthuysen 524 

Crispell, Antony, son of Peter, m. Leah Roosa 524 

Crispell. Anthony, deceased 354 

Crispell. DuBois. son of John 386 

Crispell, Elizabeth, da. of Anthoine the Patentee, wife of Elias 

. Ean 474. 524 

Crispell. Jan. soldier in 1715 117 

Crespell. Johannes 106 

soldier in Kingston Co. 1715 117 

Crispell. John. m. Jane Hasbrouck 386 

Crispell. Lydia, wife of Samuel Hasbrouck 373 

Crispell, ]\Iaria Maddaleen. da. of Anthoine, wife of Mattys C. 

Sleght 474, 524 

Crispel, Peter, son of Anthoine, m. Neeltje Gerretson 524 

Crispell. Peter, son of John 386 

Crispell. Dr. Peter, m. Katie Elting 497 

Daillie. Rev. Pierre 25. 52, 55, 59, 362 

arrives at New Paltz 37 

Damour, Anne, wife of Peter Guimar 40 



542 INDEX 



Davenol. Humphrey 255 

David, John 255 

Dean, Jedediah 96 

De Bonrepos, Rev. David 25, 31, 52, 59, 362 

Decker, Catharine, wife of Louis Hasbrouck 406 

Decker, Mary, wife of Levi Hasbrouck 387 

Decker, Matheus, m. Magdalen Bevier 244 

Decker, Sarah, wife of Col. Josiah Hasbrouck 401 

Degraff, Jenitje, wife of Abraham Freer, Jun 364 

De Graff, Maria, wife of David Auchmoody 451 

De Graff, Marytje, wife of Christian Deyo 259 

See Le Conte. 

Delavall, John 61, 309, 376 

Delavall, Thomas 257 

De Long, Jannitje, wife of Benjamin Hasbrouck 369, 394 

Depuy. De Witt. m. Ann Elizabeth Bevier 234 

Depew, Nicator 255 

De Peyster, A 109 

Depuy. Benjamin, m. Catherine Bevier 234 

Depuy, De Witt, m. Ann Elizabeth Bevier 235 

Depuy, Maria, ist wife of Severyn Hasbrouck 405 

Depuy, Moses C, m. Jane Bevier 240 

Des Chalets, Madeline, wife of Jean Giron 357 

Devine, Sarah, wife of Jacob Hornbeck Bevier 242 

De Vou. Michael 95 

Dewitt, Andries, m. Margaret Bevier 241 

Dewitt, Ann, wife of Philip D. B. Bevier 250 

Dewitt. Catharine, da, of Dr. Andries, wife of Nathaniel Bevier. 245, 248 

De Witt, Catharine, wife of Deyo 260 

De Witt, Cornelius, m. Jane Hasbrouck 387 

De Witt, Jacobus ■ 265 

De Witt, Johannes 109 

De Witt, Johannes A., m. Rachel Bevier 236 

De Witt, Leah, wife of Nathaniel Deyo 269 

Dewitt. Luke. m. Elizabeth Bevier 242 

DeWitt, Margaret, wife of Jacob J. Bevier 237, 241 

Dewitt, Maria, wife of Jonas Bevier 245, 249 

DeWitt, Maria. 2d wife of Roelif Hasbrouck 373 

DeWitt. Marytie, wife of Hugo Ab. Freer ^ 303 

De Witt, Dr." Matthew, m. Maria Hasbrouck '. 404 

De Witt, Moses, m. Elizabeth Deyo 268 

Dewitt, Sarah, da. of Reuben, wife of Tjerck Bevier 243 

Dewitt, Stephen, m. Maria Bevier 241 

De Witt, William, Jun 265 

De Witt, William W., m. Lea Bevier 234 

De Yadus, Joost 14 

(Deyo, de Yoo, Doyo, Doyou, Doioie, de Joo, Dolliaw, Doliaw, 

Doliou. Dieo, Dujou, Doiau) 

Deyo, Abraham 75, 106. 309, 470, 471 

Deyo, Abraham, son of Pierre the Patentee 19, 89, 91, 99, 261 

Deyo, Abraham, 2d, m. Elizabeth DuBois 297, 299, 516 

Deyo, Abraham, 3d. Captain, et seq 263 

Deyo, Abraham. 5th son of Daniel 268 

Deyo, Abraham. 6th 266 

Deyo, Abram. Abraham 49, 261, 277 



INDEX 543 

PAGE 

Deyo, Capt. Abraham ,-,7 

Deyo, Capt. Abm., Cantine's Regiment 420 

Deyo, Capt. Abm., m. Mary LeFevre, widow of Isaac..'.'.".!.!..'! 441 

Deyo, Dr. Abraham ; . . ! . '268-9 

Deyo. Judge Abraham, of Modena !!!!!!!!!!!!!" 268 

Deyo, Abraham, of Ireland Corners .'.'.'.'.'!.'!!!!!! 266 

Deyo, Abram, son of Benjamin, m. Freer ...278 279 

Deyo, Abraham, son of Daniel A ...'...".".. . . .' 268 

Deyo, Abraham, son of Joseph !.!!.'!!.!'" 270 

Deyo, son of Pierre, m. Elsie Clarweater !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 515 

Deyo, Abraham, son of Simeon ! ! ! ! ! 269 

Deyo, Abm., grandson of Christian the Patentee !!!!! 29 

Deyo, Abram A., son of Capt. Abm ' ' ! a^ 

Deyo, Judge Abraham A 264 

sheriff ; ' ; ' ' ^66 

Deyo, Abm A., Jun 29, 266 

Devo, Abraham J 270 27r 

Deyo, Abm. W ! 27^' 270 

Deyo, Abm. W., son of William ' ' 278 aqt. 

Deyo. Alfred /. . .V;.'.'.'.".^ 269 

Deyo, Alvah, m. Lvdia Chambers ' 277 

Deyo, Andrew L. F '.'.".■.".'.■266, 269 

Deyo, Andries ^g 270 

Deyo, Andries, son of Philip .'......".'.'..'......' 271 

Deyo, Andries, m. Catherine Elting !!ig2 

Deyo, Anna ;■'■■; 269 

Deyo, Anne, dies ' .j 

Deyo, Anna, da. of Christian the Patentee, wife' of 'jean Has- 

brouck the Patentee 10 coS si =5 

Deyo, Anna, da. of Harvey '. . .'.'.'. .' " 078 

Deyo, Anna, da. of Pierre^ wife of John Hasbrouck! ! ! ! ! 'ss 

Deyo, Annmg S., son of Col. Jacob o6q 

Deyo, Annitje, wife of Daniel Freer ! 1560 

Deyo, Barzillai !!!!!" 268 

Deyo, Benjamin ! ! ! ! 441 

Deyo, Benjamin, son of Benjamin !!!!!!!!! 278 

Deyo, Benjamin, son of Hendricus, m. Jennek Van 'vii'et!!!!' 5 

Deyo. Benjamin pg, 273, 275, 278 

son of Hendricus, m. Jennek Van Vliet 516 

Deyo, Benjamin I .,-q 

Deyo, Bridget !!!!!!!!!.!...!!!!!.! 278 

Deyo, Brodhead !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 268 

Deyo, Caroline, wife of Dewitt Ransom !.!!!!!!!!!!!!'" 277 

Deyo, Catharine, da. of William !!!!!!! 278 

Deyo. Catharine, wife of Andries Elting !!!!!!! 271 

Deyo, Catharine, wife of W. DuBois ! ! ! ! ! 270 

Deyo, Charles ■ ,-,g 

Deyo, Christian 10, 13, "I'sV '19! '56,' ■2'89', '361," 369', 509 

Deyo, Christian, the Patentee o-, 

^vill of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'■■■ Ill 

agreement of the heirs of 255 

Deyo. Christian. 2d, son of Pierre !!!!!!!!!!!! 

••••••;•••• V •• -^ 75.. 89, 91, 92, 254-5, 257, 259, 260', 509 

and Marv Le Conte, married 40 -iq 

Deyo, Christian, 3d |rg 



544 INDEX 

FACE 

Deyo, Christian, 4th 260 

Deyo, Christian, son of John 279 

Deyo, Christian, Jun., son of Moses .' 98 

Deyo, Christopher Cristoffel 259, 275 

son of Hendricus 98 

m. Deborah Van Vliet 516 

Deyo, Clorine 277 

Deyo, Cornelia 268 

Deyo, Cornelia, wife of Jacob G. DuBois 273 

Deyo, Cornelia, wife of Josiah Hasbrouck *. . 270 

Deyo, Cornelia Ann, da. of Dr. Nathaniel 346 

Deyo, Cornelius 278 

Deyo. Cornelius, son of William 493 

Deyo, Daniel '. 62, 263 

Deyo, Daniel, son of Abraham 102, 266 

son of Abram, settles at Ireland Corners 423 

m. Margaret LeFevre 419 

Deyo, Daniel, son of Nathaniel 269 

Deyo, Daniel A 268 

Deyo, Daniel A., m. Petronella LeFevre 427 

Deyo, Daniel L 270 

Deyo, David 275 

Deyo, David, son of Benjamin 2d 279 

Deyo, David, son of Christoffel, marries Rachel Ean 275, 477 

Deyo, David, son of Isaac 275 

Deyo, Deborah, da. of Henry, wife of Peter Ostrander 516 

Deyo, Delia Ann, wife of x\ndrew LeFevre 277 

Deyo, Delilah 270 

Deyo, De Witt, son of Benjamin 2d 279 

Deyo, Dr., m. Catharine DuBois 302 

Deyo, Eleanor 269, 270 

Deyo, Electa, wife of Philip Elting 270 

Deyo, Elij ah 277 

m. Patty Thomas 278 

Deyo, Elizabeth, da. of Christian the Patentee, wife of Simon 

LeFevre the Patentee 10, 11, 271, 410, 421, 509, 515 

widowed, marries Moses Cantain 411 

Deyo, Elizabeth, da. of Hendricus 3d 277 

Deyo, Elizabeth, da. of Henry Deyo, wife of Abm. E. Hasbrouck 277 

Deyo, Elizabeth, wife of Henry DuBois 270 

Deyo, Elizabeth, wife of Moses DeWitt 268 

Deyo, Elmira, wife of Philip D. LeFevre 277 

Deyo, Emeretta, wife of Barton Weed 278 

Deyo, Emily, wife of Josiah Elting 277 

Deyo, Ennis 277 

Deyo, Elsie, widow of Abraham 92 

Deyo, Elsie, wife of Andries Bruyn 271 

Deyo, Esther, da. of Christian 2d, wife of Hugo Hugosen Freer. 516 

Deyo, Evelina, da. of Dr. Nathaniel 346 

Deyo, Evert 276 

Deyo, Ezekiel 265 

son of Lucas 276 

Deyo, Ezekiel, son of William 278, 493 

Deyo, Ezekiel 1 273 

Deyo, Francis 276 



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PAGE 

Deyo, Frank DeWitt, son of Dr. Nathaniel 346 

Deyo, George, son of Joseph H., goes to Illinois 277 

Deyo, George, son of Thomas 278 

Deyo, Hagetea, da. of Henry 273 

wife of John Freer 359, 517 

Deyo, Hannah, wife of Noah Kiting 496 

Deyo, Harvey 277 

m. Ellen Tooker 278 

Deyo, Heckaliah 278 

Deyo, Hendrick 58 

Deyo. Hendricus 259-60, 504 

Deyo, Hendricus or Henry, son of Pierre the Patentee 

40, 89, 91, 92, 273, 275 

m. Margaret van Bummel (Wanboom) 515 

Deyo, Hendricus, son of Hendricus 276 

Deyo. Hendricus. son of Hendricus 275 

m. Elizabeth Beem 276, 517 

Deyo, Henricus 257 

Deyo, Henry, Aenrey 75. 106 

Deyo, Henry, son of Elijah 278 

Deyo, Henry, son of Hendricus 277 

m. Elizabeth L. Bevier 248, 277 

Deyo. Heim-. son of John W 278 

Deyo, Hiram C 269 

Deyo, Ira 271 

Deyo, Isaac 275 

son of Henry, m. Agatha Freer 516 

Deyo, Israel T 261 

Deyo, Jacob. Colonel of Militia 269 

Deyo, Jacob, grandson of Peter, Jun 276 

Deyo, Jacobus 92, 259, 260 

son of Christian 2d. m. Janetje Freer 515 

Deyo, Jacobus, soldier Kingston Co. 1738 1 18 

Deyo, Jacobus, 2d 260 

Deyo, James E 98, 259, 477 

Deyo, Jane, da. of William Deyo, wife of Joseph 277, 278 

Deyo, Jane H 269 

Deyo, Johannis 259, 275 

Deyo, Johannis, son of Daniel A 268 

Deyo, Johannes, son of Hendricus 98 

m. Sarah Van Wagenen 275, 516 

Deyo, Johannis, Jun 259 

Deyo, John, son of Benjamm 278 

m. Catrina Kritsinger 279 

Deyo. John, son of John 279 

Deyo, John, son of Nathaniel 269 

Deyo, John, son of Dr. Nathaniel 269, 346 

Deyo, John B 266 

Deyo, John H 268 

Deyo, John L 271 

Deyo, John W 277 

Deyo, Jonathan 260, 262,, 268 

Deyo. Jonathan, son of Abraham 2d 270 

Deyo, Jonathan, son of Daniel L 271 

Deyo, Jonathan, m. Catharine Ean 477 

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Deyo, Jonathan, m. Marj^ LeFevre 440 

Deyo, Jonathan N 269 

Deyo, Joseph 269 

Deyo, Joseph, son of Hendricus 2d 276 

Deyo, Joseph H 277 

Deyo, Josiah 260 

Deyo, Julia, wife of Philip LeRoy 277 

Deyo, LeFevre 421 

Deyo, Levi 279 

Deyo, Livingston, m. Saxton 278 

Deyo. Lucas, son of Peter, Jan., m. ^'an Kleeck 276 

Deyo. Luther, m. Frances E. Pratt 277 

Deyo, Lydia. wife of Jacob LeFevre 435 

Deyo. Aladaline, da. of Peter (Pierre), baptized 39 

Deyo, Margaret, da. of Pierre 37 

Deyo, Margaret 10. 55. 257. 266 

da. of Christian, wife of Abraham DuBois 11, 289. 509. 515 

Deyo, Margaret, da. of Thomas 278 

Deyo, Margaret, da. of Christian 2d, wife of Marinus Van Acken 516 

Deyo, Maria, da. of William 27S 

Deyo, Maria, da. of Christian, wife of Abraham Hasbrouck... 

II, 368, 509. 515 

Deyo, Maria, da. of Harvey 278 

Deyo, Maria, da. of Pierre the Patentee, wife of Isaac Freer.... 358 

Deyo, Maria, ist wife of Hiram Budd 453 

Deyo, Maria, wife of IMartymas Freer 250 

Deyo, Maria, wife of Mathui^alem Hasbrouck 373. 

Deyo, Marie, da. of Abraham the Patentee, wife of Jacob Clear- 
water 471 

Deyo, Mary 259 

Deyo, Mary, da. of Elizabeth 39 

Deyo. Mary, da. of Pierre the Patentee 37 

Deyo, Mary, da. of Christian, wife of James Auchmoody.259, 451, 516 

Deyo, Mary, wife of Abraham J. Deyo 270, 271 

Deyo, Mary, wife of Andrie Bevier 239 

Deyo, Mary, wife of Andries DuBois 302 

Deyo, Mary, wife of Simon DuBois 268 

Deyo, Mary, wife of Nathaniel LeFevre 203, 426, 428 

Deyo. Mary, wife of Oscar Noyes 269 

Deyo, Mary x\nn 269, 278' 

Deyo, Marytje, da. of Abraham, wife of Isaac Freer 261, 516 

Deyo, Mathew 98, 259 

Deyo. Mathew, 2d 260 

Deyo, Maurice W 278 

Deyo, Monroe 270 

Deyo, Moses 92, 259 

Deyo, Moses, 2d 260 

Deyo, Moses, son of Christian, son of Pieree ist 93 

m. Clarissa Stokhard 259, 516 

Deyo, Moses, son of John 279 

Deyo. M. L 261 

Deyo, Nathan 269 

Deyo, Nathaniel 268, 431 

Deyo, Nathaniel, son of Daniel 269 

Deyo, Nathaniel DuBois, son of Dr. Nathaniel 346 



INDEX 547 



Deyo, Dr. Nathaniel, son of Jonathan 268 

m. Cornelia Bruyn DuBois 346 

Deyo. Noah, son of Joseph H 277 

Deyo, Oliver Hazard Perry 269 

Deyo, Rev. Paul T., son of David 98, 275, 477 

Deyo, Perry 271 

Deyo, Peter ('Pierre), the Patentee. . 10, 13, 15, 55, 58, 257, 259, 507, 509 

son of Christain the Patentee, m. Agatha Nickel 253, 515 

Deyo, Peter, son of Pierre the Patentee 37, 89, 91, 92, 257 

' dies 30-31 

Deyo, Peter, Jun 275. 276 

Deyo, Peter, son of Hendricus 97, 98 

m. Elizabeth Helm 516 

Deyo, Peter, son of Jonathan 270 

Deyo, Peter, .son of Lucas 276 

Deyo, Peter, m. Cornelia Elting 491 

Deyo. Phebe, wife of Abm. Deyo 277 

Deyo, Phebe Ann, wife of Goodrich 278 

Deyo, Philip 49, 263, 271 

m. Gertrude LeFevre 426 

Deyo, Philip T 278 

Deyo, Rachel, wife of Abraham Schoonmaker 500 

Deyo, Rebecca, da. of William 278 

Deyo, Reuben 270 

m. Ellen DuBois 302 

Deyo, Richard 261 

Deyo, Robert E 269, 325 

Deyo, Robert Emmet, son of Dr. Nathaniel 346 

Deyo, Roelif. son of William 278, 493 

Deyo, Rowena 270 

Deyo, Samuel, son of Thomas 278 

Deyo, Sarah 269, 275 

Deyo, Sarah, da. of Henrj', wife of Isaac Van Wagenen 517 

Deyo, Sarah, da. of Philip ist. wife of Solomon P. LeFevre. .273, 432 

Deyo. Sarah, da. of William .• 27S 

Deyo, Simeon 263, 269 

Deyo, Simeon, son of Joseph 2~o 

Deyo, Simeon, 2d, son of Jacob 269 

Deyo, Simon, son of Abraham 3d 264 

Deyo, Stephen 2~g 

Deyo, Theodore 49, 257 

Deyo, Mrs. Theodore 49 

Deyo, Theron 278 

Deyo. Thomas, son of Hendricus 3d 277 

m. I, Elting ; 2, Deborah Brown zyS: 

Deyo, Thomas J 268 

Deyo, Tjerck 276 

Deyo, Tjerck, son of Benjamin 2d 279 

Deyo. Van Zandt, son of Dr. Nathaniel 346 

De3'0. William 261 

Deyo. William, son of Benjamin 278 

m. Sarah,' da. of Roelif J. Elting 493 

Deyo. William, m. Rachel LeFevre 428 

Deyo, William H 277 

Deyo. William W., son of William 278, 493 

m. Sarah Hasbrouck 373 



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PAGE 

Deyo, Woolsey, son of John W 278 

Deyo, Wyntje," wife of Daniel Hasbrouck 261, 369 

wife of Nathaniel LeFevre 267 

Dickerson, Elizabeth, da. of William, wife of Benjamin Has- 
brouck 3^9 

Doag, Alexander, schoolmaster 217 

Dodge, Lieut. Henry 328, 331 

Adjutant 342 

Dodge, Lieut. Samuel 33^ 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 332 

Donaldson, Abraham 95. lOi 

Donaldson, William, of Lancaster Co., Penna 289 

Dongan, Gov. Thomas 61, 309, 37b 

Doren, Arthur, m. Rachel DuBois 302 

Drake, Charles 374 

(DuBois, Debois, DuBoois, D. Booys.) 

DuBois, x\braham 13, 15, 37' 5i, 55, 56, 58, 64, 75, 89, 91, 92, 256, 316, 362 

DuBois, Abraham the Patentee son of Louis ist 280, 286 

m. Margaret Deyo, will of 289 

last suvivor of the Patentee 289 

DuBois, Abraham. 2d, son of Abraham the Patentee 289, 508 

settles in Somerset Co., N. J 289 

DuBois, Abraham, son of Abraham, baptized 38 

DuBois, Abraham, son of Benjamin, m. Magdalen Bevier 245, 303 

DuBois, Abraham, son of Daniel, m. i\nna LeFevre of Blooming- 
dale . . . . 303, 450 

DuBois, Abram, son of Mathusalem 313 

DuBois, Abraham, son of Simon 301 

DuBois, Abraham, m. Margaret Deyo 11 

DuBois, Abm. A., son of Abm 450 

DuBois, Abm. R 37^ 

DuBois, Amanda, da. of Lewis 4th, wife of Samuel Harris 345 

DuBois, Andries, son of Andries 319 

DuBois, Andries, son of Jonathan 318 

m. Sarah LeFevre 319 

DuBois, Andries, son of Simon 300 

m. Mary Deyo 302 

DuBois, Andries, m. Maria Elting 492 

DuBois, Ann, da. of Mathias 317 

DuBois, Anna, da. of Benjamin, wife of Peter Freer 303 

DuBois, Anna, da. of Lewis 4th, wife of Henry E. Leman 346 

DuBois, Anna, da. of Louis J 321 

wife of Jacob J. Hasbrouck 322 

DuBois, Anna, 2d wife of Jacob Hasbrouck. Jun 402 

DuBois, Ann Amelia, da. of Cornelius 344 

DuBois, Ann Amelia, da. of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois, Ann Eliza, da. of John 344 

DuBois, Rev. Anson . . . 257, 307 

DuBois, Antoinette, da. of Josiah 311 

DuBois, Augustus, son of Louis 3d 317 

DuBois, Barent, son of Jacob, m. Jacomyntje DuBois 307 

DuBois, Benjamin, son of Abraham 303 

DuBois, Benjamin, son of Benjamin 307 

DuBois, Benjamin, son of Daniel, son of Isaac the Patentee.... 98 

DuBois, Benjamin, son of Daniel 296 

m.. Maria . B.evier 235, 299, 303 



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PAGE 

DuBois, Benjamin, son of Isaac the Patentee, baptized 39 

dies young 293 

DuBois. Benjamin, son of Solomon 310 

m. Catherine Suylant and settles at Catskill, Greene Co.... 307 

DuBois, Rev. Benjamin, grandson of Jacob 287 

DuBois. Blanche. da.-in-law of David de Bonrepos 31 

DuBois, Brodhead, son of Jonathan, settles in Michigan 321 

DuBois, Caroline, da. of Cornelius 344 

DuBois, Catherine, da. of Abram 40-41 

DuBois, Catharine, da. of Andries, wife of Dr. Deyo and later of 

Isaac Craft 302 

DuBois, Catharine, da. of Charles, wife of Abiel Hand 321 

DuBois, Catherine, da. of Garret 493 

DuBois, Catharine, da. of Hcndricus, wife of Matliew DuBois.. 311 

DuBois. Catharine, da. of Isaac 307 

DuBois, Catharine, da. of Judge Jonathan of Springtown, wife of 

Benjamin Van Wagenen 480 

DuBois, Catharine, d'a. of Louis 2d 314 

DuBois, Catharine, da. of Cornelius, wife of Col. Jonathan Has- 

Brouck 310, 381 

DuBois. Catharine, da. of Solomon of Poughwoughtenonk, wife 

of Peter Low 307, 468 

DuBois. Catharine, wife of Dr. Abraham Deyo 270 

DuBois, Catharine, wife of Jonas Hasbrouck 371 

DuBois. Catharine, wife of Dr. Jacob Wirtz (Wurts) 465 

DuBois, Charles, son of Louis 3d 317 

DuBois. Charles, son of Lewis 5th 345 

DuBois. Charles, son of Louis J 321 

DuBois, Charles Augustus, son of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois, Charlotte, da. of Cornelius 344 

DuBois, Chretien (Christian) 6, 280 

DuBois, Clementine Williams, da. of Lewis 4th, wife of Reuben 

H. Rohrer 346 

DuBois. Col., son of Louis, son of Jouis J 322 

DuBois. Cornelia, da. of Jonathan, wife of Cornelius Vernooy.... 318 

DuBois, Cornelia, da. of Simon, wife of Josaphat Hasbrouck. 300, 371 
DuBois. Cornelia Bruyn, da. of Lewis 4th. wife of Dr. Nathaniel 

Deyo 346 

DuBois. Cornelius 319 

m. Rebecca DuBois, his cousin 313 

DuBois, Cornelius, son of Benjamin 307 

DuBois, Cornelius, son of Mathusalem 313 

DuBois, Cornelius, son of Solomon 97 

DuBois. Cornelius, son of Wilhelmus, has three wives 344 

DuBois. Cornelius. Sr., son of Solomon 306, 307, 310 

m. Margaret Houghtaling 309 

DuBois. Cornelius. Jun., son of Cornelius, Sr 306, 310 

Quartermaster 4th Regiment, m. Gertrude Bruyn 310 

DuBois, Dallas, son of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois, Daniel 50, 75, 92. 106, 290, 309, 353, 423 

DuBois, Daniel, m. Catharine LeFevre 430 

DuBois. Daniel, trooper in 1715 117 

DuBois, Daniel, soldier Ulster County Militia 1738 118 

DuBois. Daniel, son of Benjamin, m. Catharine LeFevre 303 

DuBois. Daniel, son of Daniel 301 



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DuBois. Daniel, son of Isaac the Patentee .293. 301 

baptized 08 

m. Mary LeFevre 412 

house of, built in 1705, still standing 294 

will of 296 

DuBois, Daniel, son of Isaac, son of Simon, m. Magdalene Has- 

brouck 301, 373 

DuBois, Daniel, son of Mathias 3I7 

DuBois. Daniel, son of Simon, m. Catharine Bessimer 300 

DuBois, Daniel A., son of Abraham 30^1 

DuBois. Daniel Asa, son of Cornelius 344 

DuBois, Daniel Lockwood, son of Lewis 4th, never married 346 

DuBois, David, son of Jonas 321 

DuBois, David, son of Lewis ist 280, 286 

DuBois, Lieut. David 117 

DuBois, Capt. David 328 

DuBois, Deborah Ann. da. of Cornelius .344 

DuBois, Derick W., son of Charles 321 

DuBois. Deyo, son of Jonas 321 

m. Elizabeth LeFevre 428 

DuBois, Dinah, da. of Hendricus. ist wife of Abram Kiting 311, 487, 494 

DuBois. Edward, son of Josiah _ 311 

DuBois. Edwin Lockwood, son of Gen Nathaniel 347 

DuBois. Eli. of Ellenville. grandson of Wessel 321 

DuBois, Elizabeth, da. of Andries, wife of Samuel Duncan 302 

DuBois. Elizabeth, da. of Andries. wife of Johannes LeFevre.... 319 

DuBois. Elizabeth, da. of Cornelius 344 

DuBois, Elizabeth, da. of Daniel, wife of Abraham Deyo 2d. .297, 299 

DuBois. Elizabeth, da. of Isaac 307 

DuBois. Eliza, da. of Jonas, wife of Anthony Crispell 321 

DuBois, Elizabeth, da. of Josiah, wife of Dr. Isaac Reeve 311 

DuBois. Elizabeth, da. of Louis 3d 317 

DuBois. Elizabeth, da. of Lewis 4th, dies young 346 

DuBois. Elizabeth, da. of Louis J 321 

wife of Rev. Stephen Goetchius 322 

DuBois. Elizabeth, da. of Wilhelmus. wife of John W. Wygant. . 344 
DuBois. Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Deyo 2d, called " Capt. 

Batche " 263 

DuBois, Elizabeth, wife of Johannes LeFevre 426 

DuBois, Elizabeth W\-gant. da. of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois. Ellen, da. of Andries, wife of Reuben Dej-o 302 

DuBois. Elsie, da. of Andries. wife of Philip LeFevre 319, 431 

DuBois. Emma. da. of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois. Esther, da. of Isaac the Patentee, wife of Louis Bevier 

of Marbletown 230, 293 

DuBois, Esther, da. of Philip, wife of Louis Bevier 249 

DuBois, Eugene, son of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois. Fletcher, son of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois, Garret, son of Henry 313 

m. Maria Elting 493 

DuBois. Garret L 313 

DuBois. George, son of Jonas 321 

DuBois, George, son of Jonathan 321 

DuBois, Gilbert, son of Josiah 311 

DuBois. Hannah, da. of Cornelius. Jun.. wife of Andries J. Le- 
Fevre 311, 427 



INDEX 551 

PAGE 

DuBois. Hannah, da. of Nathaniel, son of Col. Lewis 344 

DuBois, Hardenburgh, son of Joseph 303 

DuBois, Helena, da. of Solomon, wife of Josiah Elting. .307, 310, 487 

DuBois, Hendricus. son of Solomon 97. 307, 310 

m. Janetje Houghtaling 311 

contributes to Conferentie Church 312 

DuBois, Hendricus, Fence Viewer, New Paltz 300 

DuBois, Henry 270 

DuBois, Henry, son of Charles 321 

DuBois, Henry, son of Garret 493 

DuBois, Henry or Hendricus, son of Hendricus 311 

soldier in Revolution 312, 313 

m. Rebecca Van Wagenen 313 

DuBois, Adjutant Henry 328, 330 

Colonel 342 

DuBois, Henry I., son of Isaac 301 

DuBois, Henry L 100, 319 

DuBois, Henry M., son of Mathusalem, son of Cornelius 313 

DuBois, Hester, da. of Nathaniel, wife of Col. Jesse Woodhull.. ^22 

DuBois, Hiskiah, soldier Kingston Co. 173& T18 

DuBois, Hudson, son of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois, Huybartus, son of Benjamin 307 

DuBois, Isaac, the Patentee 13, 15, 263, 280. 286, 508 

DuBois, Isaac, m. Mary Hasbrouck 42. 254, 293. 400 

family of 293 

dies 40 

DuBois, Isaac, son of Benjamin 307 

DuBois, Isaac, son of Daniel 296 

DuBois, Isaac, son of Jacob loi 

DuBois, Isaac, son of Gen. Nathaniel 347 

DuBois, Isaac, son of. Simon 300 

m. Rebecca Deyo, moves to Chenango County, but returns, 

private in 3d Ulster County Regiment 310 

DuBois, Isaac, son of Solomon 310 

m. Rachel DuBois and moves to Lancaster Co., Penn....289, 307 

DuBois, Isaac, soldier Kingston Co. 1738 118 

DuBois, Isaac, soldier in the Revolution 265 

DuBois, Jacob loi 

DuBois, Jacob, son of Charles, moves to Michigan 321 

DuBois, Jacob, son of Louis ist 280, 282, 286 

son of, settles in Monmouth Co., N. J 287 

DuBois, Jacob, soldier in Hurley Co. 1717 118 

DuBois, Lieut. Jacob 117 

DuBois, Jacob G., son of Garret 493 

DuBois, Jacob !M 97 

DuBois. Capt. Jacob ^I., son of Mathusalem 2d 311, 313 

DuBois, Jacobus. Jun., soldier Kingston Co. 1738 118 

DuBois, Jacomyntje, da. of Cornelius,, wife of Andries Bevier.236. 238 
DuBois, Jacomyntje, da. of Solomon, wife of Barnet DuBois, son 

of Jacob 307 

da. of xAndries Bevier 310 

DuBois, Jacques, brother of Louis ist 281 

DuBois, James, son of Jonas 321 

DuBois, Jane, da. of Cornelius 344 

wife of Major Jacob Hasbrouck 310 

DuBois, Jane. da. of Cornelius, Sr., wife of Jacob Hasbrouck, Jun., 400 



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DuBois. Jane, da. of Cornelius, Jun., wife of Jacob llardenburgh. 311, 458 

DuBois, Jane, da. of Henry, wife of Z. Freer 313 

DuBois, Jane, da. of Josiah, wife of Dr. William Pierson 311 

DuBois, Joe 289, 290 

DuBois, Johannes 52 

ni. Rachel LeFevre 430 

DuBois, Johannes, soldier Ulster County IMilitia 1738 118 

DuBois, John, son of Johannes and Judith Wynkoop, m. Anna 

Bevier 237 

DuBois, John, son of John, son of Mathias 317 

DuBois, John, son of Jonathan, settles in Michigan 321 

DuBois, John, son of Louis 3d 317 

DuBois, John, son of Mathias 317 

DuBois, John, son, of Wilhelmus, m. Rebecca Wygant 344 

DuBois, John, W., son of Daniel 301 

Dubois, Jonas, son of Jonathan 318 

dies young 319 

DuBois, Jonas, son of Louis J 321 

DuBois, Jonas, son of Nathaniel 322 

DuBois,. Jonathan, son of Andries 31 

DuBois. Jonathan, son of Louis 2d 314 

m. Elizabeth, da. of Andries LeFevre 318, 417 

will of 318 

DuBois, Jonathan, son of Louis J 321 

DuBois, Jonathan, son of Wessel 321 

DuBois, Joseph, son of Andries 302 

dies in the army, 1812 16 

DuBois, Joseph, son of Isaac, moves to Michigan 301 

DuBois. Joseph, son of Simon 300 

m. Mary Hardenburgh 302 

DuBois, Josiah 64, 271. 306. 316 

DuBois, Josiah, m. Elizabeth Hasbrouck 401 

DuBois, Josiah, son of Cornelius, Sr 310 

DuBois, Josiah, son of Cornelius, Jun., m. i, Elizabeth Has- 
brouck : 2. Catharine Winfield 311 

DuBois, Josiah, son of Josiah 311 

DuBois, Katharine, da. of Abraham, wife of William Donalson 

of Lancaster Co., Penna 289 

DuBois. Katy Ann, da. of Louis, son of Louis J 322 

DuBois, Leah, da. of Abraham the Patentee, baptized 39 

DuBois, Leah, da. of Abraham, m. Philip Ferrie 289 

DuBois, Leah, da. of Hendricus, wife of Christopher Kiersted.. 311 

DuBois. Leah da. of Solomon, wife of Cornelius Wynkoop 310 

DuBois. LeFevre, son of Jonas 321, 403, 469 

DuBois. Lockley, da. of ]\Iathias 317 

DxiBois, Louis, ist 

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, 15, 19, 51, 53, 56, 61, 64, 253, 483 

m. Catharine Blanshan 280, 508 

church elder and returns to Kingston 281 

will of 283 

patent to 305 

DuBois, Louis, 2d. or Jun 6t, 89, 91. 92, 280, 286, 305 

quit claim to, and brother 309 

settles at Nescatack or Libertyville and marries Rachel Has- 
brouck 314, 317 

boundaries of land of 316 



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553 



FA6B 

DuBois Louis. 3d. son of Louis 2d 314 

m. Charity Andrevelt and settles on Statcn Island 317 

DuBois, Lewis 4th. son of Col. Lewis 317 

m. Annie Hull 345 

DuBois, Lewis, 5th, son of Lewis 4th, m. Jane Thorne 345 

DuBois, Louis, son of Andries 319 

DuBois, Louis, son of Charles 321 

DuBois, Lewis, son of Xahtaniel ist, m. Rachel DuBois 310 

Colonel 5th Continentals 322 

buried at Marlboro 323 

militar\- service of, et. seq 325, 342 

DuBois. Louis, son of Jacob, settles in Monmouth Co., N. J 287 

DuBois, Louis, son of Louis J 321 

DuBois, Louis, son of Mathias 317 

DuBois, Louis, Corporal of Troop in 1715 117 

DuBois, Louis, of Denning, grandson of Wessel 321 

DuBois. Louis, Jun 383, 483 

DuBois, Louis, Jun., soldier in Kingston Co.' 1715 117 

DuBois. Louis I., son of Jonas 321 

DuBois, Louis J., son of Jonathan 318 

m. Catharine Brodhead 319 

Captain 3d Ulster County Regiment 100, 321 

DuBois, Louis L 321, 322 

DuBois, Louis Matthyse, soldier in Kingston Co., 1715 117 

DuBois, L. •Nathaniel, of Walden, son of Jonas 321 

DuBois. Luther, son of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois, Marcus Dougherty, son of Lewis 4th 346 

DuBois. Margaret, da. of Abraham 304 

DuBois, Margaret, da. of Cornelius. Jun.. wife of Abm. J. Har- 

denburgh 311, 458 

DuBois, Margaret, da. of Isaac 307 

DuBois, Margaret, da. of Col. Lewis, wife of Daniel Lockwood 346 

da. of Gen. Nathaniel DuBois 347 

DuBois, Maria, da. of Garret 493 

DuBois. Maria, da. of John 344 

DuBois, Maria, da. of Jonas, wife of Jacob Ostrander 321 

DuBois, I\Iaria, da. of Jonathan, wife of Abm. Bevier, Jun.. 236, 318 
DuBois. Maria, da. of Louis, Jun.. wife of Col. Johannes Harden- 

burgh 314, 460 

DuBois, Mary 50 

DuBois. Mary. da. of Cornelius 344 

DuBois, Mary, da. of Cornelius, Jun., wife of William ^IcDonald 311 

DuBois, Mary, da. of Daniel 301 

DuBois, Mary, da. of Henry (Hendricus) 313 

DuBois, Mary. da. of Col. Lewis, wife of Asa Steward 344 

DuBois, Mary, da. of Mathias 317 

DuBois, Mary, da. of Simon, wife of Jacobus Rose 300 

DuBois, j\Iary. w-idow of Isaac 39. Qi 

DuBois. IMary Louisa, da. of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois. Mathew^ son of Louis ist 280, 281, 286 

m. Catharine DuBois 311 

DuBois, Mathew Wygant. son of John 344 

DuBois. ]\Iathias, son of John, son of IVIathias 317 

DuBois. Mathias. son of Louis 3d, m. t. Catharine Carshum; 2d. 

, and moves to Broome Co., N. Y 317 

DuBois, Mathias, son of ]\Iathias 317 



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DuBois, Mathusalem, son of Cornelius 313 

DuBois, Mathusalem, son of Ephriam, m. Katrinlje Bevier 244 

DuBois. Mathusalem, son of Hendricus 311, 313 

soldier in Revolution, m. i. Gertrude Bruyn; 2, Catharine 

Bevier, grandsons of 312 

called " Old Captain " 312 

DuBois, Melissa, da. of Daniel, wife of Benjamin Relyea 301 

DuBois, Melissa, da. of Lewis 4th, wife of William C. Goddard 345 

DuBois, Nathan. Corporal Kingston Co. 1738 118 

DuBois, Nathaniel 318 

DuBois, Nathaniel, Capt. Orange County Regiment 1738 118 

DuBois, Nathaniel, son of Andries, locates at Shivertown 319 

DuBois, Nathaniel, son of Jonathan, son of Louis 2d 99 

does not marry 318, 319 

DuBois, Nathaniel, son of Louis 2d 314 

locates at Salisbury Mills, Orange Co.. and m. Gertrude Bruyn 322 

DuBois, Nathaniel, son of Col. Lewis 344 

DuBois, Nathaniel, son of Welhelmus. m. Deborah Ann Bloomer. 344 
DuBois, Gen. Nathaniel, son of Zachary, m. Margaret DuBois, 

widow of Daniel Lockwood 347 

DuBois. Nathaniel Hull, son of Lewis 4th 345 

DuBois. Oliver G.. son of Derick. m. Catharine Bevier 251 

DuBois, Pamela, da. of Josiah, wife of Abner Hasbrouck 311 

DuBois, Patterson, of Philadelphia, descendant of Jacob 287 

DuBois, Peter 51 

DuBois. Peter, soldier in Dutchess County Co., 1715 117 

DuBois, Peter \V. son of Wilhelmus, son of Mathusalem. the 

" Old Captain " 312 

DuBois, Petrus. son of Benjamin 307 

DuBois, Phebe, da. of Andries, wife of Job G. Elmor 302 

DuBois, Philip, son of Hendricus 97, 311 

m. Anna Hue 312 

DuBois, Philip, son of Isaac the Patentee, baptized 391 

M. Esther Gumaer 293 

DuBois. Philip, son of Jacob G 493 

DuBois. Philip, son of Mathusalem 313 

DuBois, Philip, trooper in 1715 117 

DuBois. Capt. R. C, of Washington, D. C., visits the home of 

Abram D. B. in Somerset Co., N. J 290 

DuBois, Rachel, da. of Abm. the Patentee, baptized 39 

DuBois, Rachel, da. of Abraham 2d. m. Isaac, son of Solomon 

DuBois 289 

DuBois. Rachel, da. of Andries. wife of Arthur Doren 302 

DuBois. Rachel, da. of Hendricus. wife of John A. Hardenburgh? (| 

DuBois. Rachel, da. of Hendricus, wife of John A. Hardenl)urgh.3ii, 457 
DuBois, Rachel, da. of Hendricus of Nescatack, wife of Zach- 

arius Freer 360 

DuBois. Rachel, da. of Louis, son of Jouis J 322 

DuBois, Rachel, da. of Col. Lewis, wife of Cornelius Low 344 

DuBois. Rachel, da. of Nathaniel, son of Louis, Jun., wife of An- 
dries LeFevre 322, 424 

DuBois. Rachel, da. of Cornelius, wife of Col. Lewis DuBois of 

Marlboro 310 

DuBois, Rachel Margaret, da. of Lewis 4th, wife of Lewis W. 

Young 345 

DuBois. Rebecca, da. of Charles 321 



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555 



PAGE 

DuBois, Rebecca, da. of Garret 493 

DuBois, Rebecca, da. of Henry (Hendricus), wife of Cornelius 

DuBois 313 

DuBois, Rebecca, da. of Isaac 307 

DuBois, Robert Patterson, of New London, Penu 317 

DuBois, Roelif. son of Garret 493 

m. Gertrude LeFevre 427 

DuBois, Samuel, son of Abraham 303 

DuBois, Samuel, son of Benjamin, m. Jane LeFevre 303 

DuBois, Samuel, m. LeFevre 438 

DuBojs, Sarah 280 

D,uBois, Sarah, da. of Abraham the Patentee, wife of Roelif Elting 483 

DuBois. Sarah, da. of Cornelius 344 

wife of Jacob I. Hasbrouck of Colebergh, Marbletown. . . .306, 403 
DuBois, Sarah, da. of Cornelius. Jun., of Poukhwoughtenonk, 

wife of John N. LeFevre 311, 431 

DuBois, Sarah, da. of Josiah, wife of Rev. Mr. Easton 311 

DuBois, Sarah, da. of Solomon, wife of Jacob Flasbrouck 310 

DuBois, Sarah, da. of Solomon, wife of Simon Van Wagenen.. 307 

DuBois, Simon 299 

DuBois. Simon, of Wallkill 268 

DuBois, Simon, m. Cathirintje LeFevre 417 

DuBois. Simon, son of Daniel, son of Isaac the Patentee 99 

DuBois, Simon, son of Daniel 296 

m. Catharine LeFevre 299 

one of the Duzine 299 

Constable of New Paltz 300 

DuBois, Simon, son of Isaac 301 

married twice, 2d wife's name - — ■ Poyer 16 

DuBois, Simon I., son of Abraham 303 

DuBois, Simon L 98 

son af Abm 450 

DuBois, Simon L., Sr., son of Andries 319 

DuBois, Simon L.. Jun.. son of Simon L., Sr 319 

DuBois, Solomon 51, 61, 89, 92, 294, 383 

DuBois, Solomon, son of Benjamin 307 

DuBois. Solomon, son of Garret 493 

DuBois, Solomon, son of Hendricus 311 

soldier in Revolution 312 

DuBois, Solomon, son of Jacob G 493 

DuBois, Solomon, son of Louis ist 2S0. 282, 286, 483 

m. Tryntje Gerritson 483 

has land in New Paltz, Greene Co.. N. Y.. and Chester Co., Pa. 483 

Lieutenant in N. Y. troops 307 

quit claim to and brother .309 

will of 310 

DuBois. Solomon, son of Nathaniel Hull DuBois 345 

DuBois. Stephen G., son of Charles 321 

DuBois, Susan, da. of JMathias 317 

DuBois, Theron, son of Nathaniel 344 

DuBois, Wessel, son of Jonas 321 

DuBois, Wessel, son of Louis J 321 

DuBois. Wessel, m. Catharine LeFevre 426 

DuBois, Wilhelmus 270 

DuBois, Wilhelmus. son of Cornelius. Sr 310 

DuBois. Wilhelmus. son. of Col. Lewis, M. Mary Hudson 344 



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DuBois, Wilhelmiis, son of Mathusalem 313 

DuBois, William, son of John 344 

DuBois, William E., of Philadelphia 317 

DuBois, Zacharias, son of Charles, moves to Michigan 321 

DuBois, Zachariah, grandson of Mathusalem, the " Old Captain " 312 

DuBois, Zachariah, son of Nathaniel 2)22 

Major i^i 

brother of Col. Lewis DuBois, taken prisoner at Fort Mont- 
gomery . . . . 333 

Mem. of his capture by himself 334 

parole of, for exchange 334 

exchanged 335 

DuBois, , da. of Abraham, wife of Alexander Elting 394 

DuBois, , da. of Abraham 2d, wife of Roelif Elting 289 

DuBois, , da. of Joseph DuBois, wife of Daniel Tooker. . 302 

DuBois, , da. of Joseph, wife of Daniel Bevier of Ireland 

Corners 303 

DuBois, , da. of Abraham, wife of Mathusalem Wurts.... 304 

DuBois, , da. of Abraham, wife of Maurice Hasbrouck. . . . 304 

DuBois, , da. of Jonathan, wife of Benjamin Van Wagenen 321 

DuBois, , da. of Jonathan, wife of Derick W. Elting. . . . 321 

DuBois, , da. of Jonhahan, wife of Alexander Hasbrouck.. 321 

DuBois, , wife of Josaphat Hasbrouck 371 

DuBois family, history of, at Catskill 273, 307 

DuMont, William . ." 255 

Duncan. Samuel, m. Elizabeth Dubois 302 

Dusine (Douzaine) the, of New Paltz 2, iii, 112, 261, 474 

government by, instituted 69 

Eager, Mrs. Elizabeth 394 

(Ean, Een, Eign, Un, Uin, Yn.) 

Ean, Abram 265 

Ean, Abraham, son of Jan 99, 476 

m. Catharine Van Wagenen, soldier in Revolution 477 

Ean, Abraham, son of Peter 477 

Ean, Annetje, da. of Abraham, wife of Benjamin Hasbrouck 477 

Ean, Catharine, da. of Abraham, wife of Jonathan Deyo.... 260, 477 

Ean, Eiias 89, 91 

m. Elizabeth, da. of Anthoine Crispell 30, 474 

widow of 92 

Ean, Elias, son of Abraham, m. Elizabeth Hasbrouck 477 

Ean, Elias, son of Jan 476 

Ean, Elias, Jun., son of Elias 477 

Ean, Elizabeth 75, 474 

Ean, Elizabeth, da. of Elias, wife of Snyder 478 

Ean, Elizabeth, da. of Jan 476 

Ean, Isaac, son of Jan 476 

Ean, Jacobus, son of Elias .' 478 

Ean, James 477 

Ean, Jan 75, 309 

Ean. Jan. son of Elias 474 

m. Geesje Roosa 476 

Ean, Margaret, da. of Jan 476 

Ean, Maria Magdalen 75, 474 

Ean, Peter . . 4. 5 

Ean, Peter, son of Abraham, m. Maria Freer 477 



INDEX 557 

PAGE 

Eau, Rachel, da. of Abraham, wife of David Dcyo 275, 477 

Ean, Sarah 75, 474 

Easton, Rev. Mr., m. Sarah DuBois 311 

Eckert. Rachael, 2d wife of Solomon Elting 492 

Ellis, Capt. 2,2,7 

Ellis, Jabez, m. Elsie Hasbrouck 389 

Ellsworth. William 96 

Elmendorf, Blandina, wife of Cornelius Elting 487, 497 

Elmore, Andries E., of Fort Howard, Wis., grandson of Andries 

DuBois 302 

Elmore, Daniel, m. Maria Vernooy Bevier 242 

Elmore, Job G., m. Phebe DuBois 302 

Elting, Eltinge, Elten 

Elting, Aaltje, da. of Jan, wife of Garret Aertson 482 

Elting, Abraham, m. Jane Vernooy Bevier 248 

Elting, Abraham, son of Josiah 99 

m. I, Dnah Dubois 311, 487, 494 

2, Dorothy Bessiner 494 

Elting, Abram, son of Noah 496 

Elting, Abraham, son of Roelif 483 

Elting, Abm. D. B., son of Josiah 491 

b'Jting, Abm. J., son of Josiah 494 

Elting, Abm. V. N., son of Solomon 492 

m. Elmira Hasbrouck 400 

Elting, Alexander, son of Ezekiel 492 

m. DuBois 304 

Elting. Andries 271-2 

Elting, Andries. son of Josiah 491 

Elting, Blandina, da. of Cornelius 497 

Elting, Brodhead, son of Roelif 493 

Elting, Catharine, da. of Ezekiel, wife of Andries Deyo 271, 492 

Elting, Catharine, da. of Josiah, wife of Jacobus Hardenburgh. . 487 

Elting, Catharine, da. of Roelif J 491 

wife of Philip Elting 493 

"Elting. Catharine, wife of Philip Elting 496 

Elting, Catharine, wife of Andries Deyo 271 

Elting, Catrina, da. of Roelif 483 

Elting, Charles, son of Josiah 494 

m. Helen Bevier 248 

Elting, Cornelia, da. of Josiah, wife of Peter Deyo 271, 491 

Elting, Rev. Cornelius, son of Cornelius, m. Catherine Hardenbergh 497 

Elting. Cornelius, son of Jan, m. Rebecca Van Metten 482 

Elting, Cornelius, son of Josiah 494 

m. Blandina Elmendorf 487, 497 

Elting, Cornelius C, son of Cornelius, m. JNIaria Ann Bevier. . . . 251 

Elting. Daniel, son of Roelif 493 

Elting, David, son of Noah 496 

Elting, David, son of Solomon 492 

Elting, Derick W., m. da. of Jonathan DuBois 321 

Elting, Derick W'., m. Magdalen Elting 491 

Elting, Dinah, da. of Ezekiel, wife of C. Brodhead 492 

Elting, Dinah, da. of Philip 496 

Elting. Dinah, wife of Roelif Elting 492 

Elting, Dr. Edgar, son of Abm. J 494 

Eltinge, Edmund 49, 61. 100, 290, 309, 314, 383, 483, 485 

Elting, Elizabeth, wife of Daniel A. Deyo. . < 268 



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ing, Ezekiel 463, 494 

ing, Ezekiel, son of Roelif J 491, 493 

m. Magdalen Kiting 492 

ing, Ezekiel, son of Solomon 492 

ing, George, son of John ^92 

ing, Gertrude, da. of Philip 496 

ing, Gilbert, m. da. of Dr. Maurice Wirtz 466 

ing, Gitty, da. of Josiah, wife of Cornelius D. LeFevre 491 

ing, Grietje, da. of Jan. wife of Thomas Wall 482 

ing, Henry, son of Al^ram 494, .196 

ing, Henry D., son of Noah 496 

ing, Jacob t84 

ing, Jacob, son of Ezekiel 492 

m. I, Gitty LeFevre 421 

ing. Jacobus, son of Abram 494 

ing, Jacomyntje, da. of Roelif 483 

wife of William Codebec 484 

ing, Jacomyntje. wife of Noah Elting 485 

inge. Jan . .' 12. 13, 14, 58. 109 

en, Jan, son of Roelif, first of the family in Ulster County. . 481 

m. Jacomyntje Slecht 482 

ing, Jane, da. of Abram 494 

ing. Jane, da. of Cornelius, wife of Mathew Oliver 497 

ing, Jane, da. of Ezekiel 492 

2d wife of Solomon P. LeFevre 432 

ing, Jane, ist wife of Roelif Hasbrouck ^^y^ 

ing, Jane V. W., da. of Rev. Wilhelmus, wife of Augustus 

Hasbrouck 387, 497 

ing, Jesse 29 

ing, Jesse, son of Philip 496 

ing, Johannes ( John ), son of Roelif 483 

nig, John 310 

ing, John, son of George 492 

ing, John, son of Roelif J., m. Jane Wurts 492 

ing, Joseph, son of Noah 496 

ing, Josiah 99, 106, 299 

ing, Josiah, son of Abram, m. Hester Erodhead 494 

ing, Josias or Josiah, son of Roelif 493. 484, 490, 491 

m. Helena DuBois 307, 310, 487 

ing, Josiah, son of Roelif J., m. Sarah LeFevre 491 

ing, Josiah, m. Emily Deyo 277 

inge, Josiah, Assessor of New Paltz and Fence Viewer 300 

ing, Katie, da. of Cornelius, wife of Dr. Peter Crispel! 497 

ing, Luther, son of Abram 496 

ing, Magdalen, da. of Josiah, wife of Derick W. Elting 491 

ing, Magdalen, da. of Philip 496 

wife of Andries P. LeFevre 432 

ing, Magdalen, da. of Roelif J 491 

wife of Peter LeFevre 442, 447, 493 

ing, J\lagdalen, wife of Ezekiel Elting 492 

ing, Margaret, da. of Abram 494 

inge, Margaret, da. of Roelif 483 

wife of Abraham Bevier 98, 484 

ing, Maria, da. of Cornelius, wife of Louis Bevier. .. .233, 250, _'5I 

ing, Alaria, da. of Ezekiel, wife of Andries DuBois 492 



INDEX 559 

PAGE 

Elting. Maria, da. of Josiah. wife, ist, of Dr. John Bogardus ; 

2nd. of Abm. P. LeFevre 491 

Elting, ]\Iaria, da. of Philip 496 

Elting, Maria, da. of Roelif J 491 

wife of Garret DuBois 453 

Elting. Maria, da. of Rev. Wilhelmus, wife of Cornelius Van 

Winkle 497 

Elting, ]\lathusalem, son of Philip 487, 496 

Elting, Mathusalem, m. Magdalen LeFevre 431 

Elting, Moses, son of Philip 496 

Elting, Nathaniel, m. da. of Dr. [Maurice Wirtz j.66 

Eltinge, Noah 62, 312, 383, 419 

Elting, Philip, son of Abram 487, 494 

m. Hannah Deyo 406 

Elting. Noah, son of Roelif too. 483, 4S4, 486 

m. Jacomyntje Elting 485 

Eltinge, Noah. Collector of New Paltz 300 

Elting, Norman, son of Abm. J 494 

Elting, Peter, son of John 484 

Eltinge, Peter, son of Wlliam, son of William, son of Jan. m. 

Cornelia Wynkoop 486 

Elting, Philip, son of Abram 487. 494 

Elting, Philip, son of Noah, m. Catharine Elting 493, 496 

Elting. Philip D 492 

Elting, Philip L. F 491 

Elting, Polly, da. of Cornelius, wife of David Bevier :^97 

Elting, Rachel, da. of Josiah, wife of Ralph LeFevre 443, 491 

Elting. Rebecca, da. of Philip 496 

Elting, Dr. Richard, son of Josiah 404 

m. Elizabeth Hasbrouck 384 

Elting. Roelif 51, 58. 63. 92. 106, 362 

Eltinge. Roelif. deed to. from Solomon DuBois and Louis Du- 
Bois, Jun 314 

Elting, Roelif, son of Abraham ;^84 

Elting, Roelif, son of Jan 482, 484 

m. Sarrh. da of Abraham DuBois 28Q, 483 

Elting. Roelif. son of Tosiah 491 

Elting, Roelif, son of Roelif J., m. Dinah Felting 492 

Elting. Roelif. son of Solomon 492 

Elting, Roelif, m. Blandina LeFevre 428 

Elting. Roelif, soldier in Kingston Comp. 1715 ... 117 

Elting, Roelif J., son of Josias 99 

m. Maria Low 469. 487. 491 

Elting, Roelif S., m. Catharine LeFevre 421 

Elting, Sarah, da. of Ezekiel 492 

Elting, Sarah, da. of Noah, wife of Dirck Wynkoop 485, 486 

Elting. Sarah, da. of Roelif J 491 

wife of William Deyo .- 493 

Elting. Solomon, son of Cornelius 497 

Elting, Solomon, son of Ezekiel 492 

Elting, Solomon, son of Josiah 487 

Elting, Solomon, son of Roelif J 491 

m. I. Cornelia LeFevre : 2, Rachel Eckert 492 

Elting, Solomon, son of Solomon 4Q2 

Elting, Solomon, m. Cornelia LeFevre +26 

Elting, Sol. L. F., son of Mathusalem 100, 487, 494, 496 



56o INDEX 

PAGE 

Elting, Tobias, son of Solomon 492 

Elting, Watson 494 

Elting, Rev. Wilhelmus, son of Cornelius, m. Jane Houseman.... 497 

Elting, William, son of Jan, m. Jane LeSaeur 482 

Elting, Wiliam, soldier in Kingston Co. 1715 117 

Elting, , da. of John Elting, wife of Thomas Deyo 278 

Eltings of Hurley 497 

English, Lieut. Samuel 331 

Erwin, James 501 

E.sterly, Linus, m. Rebecca Hasbrouck 389 

Evans, Capt. John 61, 62, 485 

Evertson, Nicholas, m. Clara Hasbrouck 392 

Ferree, Catharine, wife of Isaac LeFevre of Penna 408 

Ferree, Madame 408 

Ferrie, Philip, of Lancaster Co., Penna., m. Leah DuBois 289 

Ferris, Julia, da. of Nathaniel Hull DuBois 345 

Fletcher, Governor 61 

Field, Phebe, wife of Jonathan Hasbrouck 392 

Fontaine, John 257 

(Freer, Frere, Frear.) 

Freer, Abraham, son of Hugo the Patentee. 10, 52, 89, 91,92, 349, 351, 358 

m. Haignies (? Agnes) Titesorte 41, 363, 527 

Freer, Abraham, Jun, son of Abraham 363 

m. I, Janitje Degraff ; 2, Johanna Louis 364 

Freer, Abraham, son of Jacob 364 

Freer, Abraham, son of William 363 

Freer. Agatha, wife of Isaac Deyo 275 

Freer, Annetje. da. of Jacob 365 

Freer, Lieut. Anthony 350 

Freer, Ant je, wife of Jacobus Bevier 243, 246 

Freer, Ben j amin 265 

Freer, Benjamin, son of Hugo, Sr 527 

Freer, Benjamin, son of Hugo, Jun 98 

Freer, Benjamin, son of Hugo, Jun, m. Elizabeth Terwilliger. . 359 

Freer. Benjamin, son of William 364 

Freer. Benj amin I 100 

Freer, Blondini (Blandina), da. of Gerrit J 365 

Freer, Catharine, da. of Hugo. 2d wife of Isaac Van Wagenen.. 353 

Freer, Catharine, wife of Jonathan LeFevre 420 422 

Freer, Charles 361 

Freer, Cornelia, da. of Gerrit J 365 

Freer, Cornelius, son of Jacob 364 

Freer, Daniel, son of Isaac ist, m. Annitje Deyo 360 

Lieut., 3d Ulster County Regiment 350, 360 

Freer, Daniel, son of Jacob 364 

Freer, Daniel, Jun 360 

Freer, Dinah, da. of Hugo 2d, wife of Michael Van Kleeck 353 

Freer, Elias, son of Jonas 2d 361, 363 

Freer, Elias, son of John J 363 

Freer, Elisa (Elias), son of Jonas ist 361 

Freer, Elizabeth, da. of Hugo 2d 353, 527 

Freer, Esther, da. of Hugo 2d 42, 527 

wife of John Terpening 353 

Freer. Ezekiel, of Grahow 350 

Freer, Farret, son of Hugo 3d - 98 



INDEX 561 

PAGE 

Freer, Garret, son of Hugo, Jan.. m. Maria Freer 359 

Freer, Garret. Jun 359 

Freer, Gerrett, soldier Kingston Co. 1738 118 

Freer, Gerrit, son of Jean, ni. Elizabeth Van Vliet 365 

Freer, Gerritt J., son of Jacob, m. Gertje Van Vliet 365 

Freer, Henry D. B., son of Zacharias 313, 360 

Frere, Hugo 106, 309 

Frere, Hugo, the Patentee, ist 10, 13. 15, t,-/, 51, 52, 58, 61 

Freer, Hugo, ist or the Patentee, m. i, Mary ?laye 349, 509 

2, Janetj e Wibau 35 1, 527 

Frere. Hugo 1st, wife of, dies 41 

Freer, Hugo, 2d or S 10, 50-2. 61, 75, 89, 92. 349, 351. 527 

Frere, Hugo, 2d, m. Mary Ann LeRoy 39, 352, 356, 527 

Freer. Hugo, Sr.. deed frotn, to his children 353, 356 

will of 358 

Freer, Hugo. 3d or Jun.. son of Hugo 2d 

•. • -40, 61, 75. 91, 92, 98, 352. 353, 504. 500 

Freer, Hugo, Jun., m. Bridget Terpening 358 

Freer. Hugo. 4th, son of Hugo, Jun 98 

Freer, Hugo, 4th, son of Hugo, Jun., m. \'an Aken 359 

Freer, Hugo Ab., son of Abraham, m. Marytie Dewitt 363 

Freer, Hugo B., son of Hugo 4th , 359 

Freer, Isaac ". loi, ro6 

Freer, Isaac, son of Hugo ist. the Patentee. . 10. 61. 261, 349. 351. 509 

dies young 40, 352 

Freer, Isaac, son of Hugo, 2d or Sr 41, 352, 353 

Freer, Isaac, ist, son of Hugo 2d 527 

m. Mary Deyo 358 

in Capt. Hoffman's Co 360 

Freer, Isaac, 2d, son of Isaac ist, m. Hester Jansen 360 

Freer. Isaac. 3d, son of Isaac 2d 360 

Freer, Isaac, son of Jacob 364 

Freer, Isaac, son of Zacharias 360 

Freer, Isaac, Fence Viewer, New Paltz 300 

Freer, Jacob 106 

Freer, Jacob, son of Hugo ist, the Patentee. .. .58, 75, 89, 91. 92. 358 
Freer. Jacob, son of Hugo the Patentee, m. Aritje Van Wagen 

(Weyen) 364, 527 

Freer, Jacob, son of Hugo. 2d or Sr 352 

Freer. Jacob, son of Jean. m. Annitje Van Aken 365 

Freer. Jacob, son of Jacob, son of Jean 365 

Freer, Jacob, son of William 363 

Freer, Jacob, Jun., son of Jacob, m. Sarah Freer 364 

Freer, Jacob J 364 

Freer, Capt. Jacobus 350 

Freer, Jan (John), son of Gerrit J 365 

writes his name " John G." 366 

m. Dina Rose 366 

Freer, Jan. son of Jacob 365 

Freer, Jan, soldier in Kingston Comp. 1715 117 

Freer, Jan. soldier Ulster County Militia 1738 118 

Freer, Janitje. da. of Hugo 2d 353. 527 

Freer. Janitje. wife of Jacobus Deyo 260. 261 

Fre«r. Pannitje, da. of Jean 365 

Freer, Jean, son of Hugo the Patentee 52. 352. 358 

m. Rebecca Van Wagenen 365, 527 

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562 INDE X 

PAGE 

Freer, Johannes, son of Solomon, m. Hester Lounsberry 363 

Freer, Johannes, son of Zacharias 360 

Freer, Johannes, Jun., son of Jonas ist, m. Sarah, da. of Abm. 

Bevier 247, 361 

Freer, Col. John 350 

Freer, John, son of Abraham, Jun., Colonel 4th Dutchess County 

Regiment 364 

Freer. John, son of Hugo, Jun 98 

Freer. John, son of Hugo, Jun., m. Hagetta Deyo 359 

Freer, John G., son of Gerrit, son of Jacob 365 

Freer, John J., son of Johannes, soldier in Revolution 363 

Freer, Jonas 53, 92, 106 

Freer, Jonas, son of Hugo 2d 98, 353, 354 

Freer, Jonah, son of Hugo 2d, m. Catherine Stokhard 358, 361 

will of 361 

Freer, Jonas, 2d, son of Jonas ist 361 

Freer, Jonas, m. Magdalen Bevier 246 

Freer Jonathan 351 

Freer, Jonathan, Jun., son of Jonas 2d 363 

Freer, Joseph loi 

Freer, Joshua, son of Jonas 2d 363 

Freer. Lidia. da. of Gerrit J 365 

Freer. Magdalen, wife of Christian Bevier 247 

Freer, Maria, da. of Hugo, Sr 41 

wife of Isaac LeFevre 353, 415. 433 

Freer, Maria, da. of Zacharia 360 

Freer. Maria, wife of Abraham A. Bevier 244, 246 

Freer, Maria, wife of Peter Ean 477 

Freer, Maria, wife of Garret Freer 359 

Freer, Martins, son of Johannes. Jun 361 

m. Maria Deyo 260 

Freer, Mary. da. of Hugo the Patentee 10 

wife of Lewis Viele 352, 527 

Freer, Marytje, da. of Jean 365 

Freer, Nathan M 363 

Frere, Nelletie, da. of Abram 41 

Freer, Peter, son of Jacob 305 

Freer, Peter, m. Anna DuBois 303 

Freer, Peter, W. A., son of Elias 361 

Freer. Petrus, son of Jonas ist 361 

Freer, Philip, son of Abraham 363 

m. Catharine Scharp 364 

Freer, Rachel, da. of Hugo 2d. wife of Hendrick Ter Boss.... 353 

Freer, Rebecca, da of Hugo, Sr., wife of Johannes M. Low.. 353, 469 

Freer, Romeo H 260, 361 

Freer, Samuel, editor Kingston Gazette 350 

Freer, Sarsh, da. of Hugo ist, apprenticed to a dressmaker 31 

Freer, Sarah, da. of Hugo the Patentee, wife of Teunis Clausen 

Van Volgen 352, 527 

Freer, Sarah, da. of Hugo 2d, wife of Evert Tedwilliger 353 

Freer, Sarah, da. of Jean 365 

Freer, Sarah, wife of Jacob Freer, Jun 364 

Freer, S. C. Paine 363 

Freer, Selitj e, da. of Gerrit J 365 

Freer, Simeon, son of Jonas 2d 363 



IN D E X 563 

PAGE 

Freer, Simon, son of Hugo 26. 352, 353 

m. jNIariten Wamboon 359 

Freer, Simon, son of Jonas i st 361 

Frere, Solomon, son of Abraham and wife Achsah 41-2 

Freer, Solomon, son Abraham, m. Claritje Westvaal 363, 528 

Freer, Solomon, soldier Kingston Co., 1738 118 

Freer, Stephen, son of Elias 361 

Freer, Thomas 61, 360 

Freer, Thomas, son of Abraham, Jun 364 

Freer, Thomas, son of Isaac 2d 360 

Freer, Thomas, son of Zacharias 360 

Freer, William, son of Abraham, m. Alaryanette Van Kuykendall 363 

Freer, Wiliam, son of Gerritt 365 

Freer, William, son of Gerrit J 365 

Freer, Z., m. Jane DuBois 313 

Freer, Capt. Zachary 350 

Freer. Zacharias, son of Isaac 2d, m. Rachel DuBois 360 

Captain in War of 1812 360 

Freer, , wife of Abram Deyo 279 

Freer. , wife of Abm, P, Schoonmaker 363 

Freer. • — . wife of Philip Schoonmaker 363 

Freer. . wife of Archa P. Van Wagenen 363 

Freligh. Rev. Peter D 157 

Frelinghuysen, Rev. John, widow of, m. Jacob Rutze Hardenbergh 460 

Frelinghuysen, Rev. Theodorus 145 

Freyenmoet, Rev. Casparus 143 

Furman, Lieut. John 331 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery ;i^2 

Galespie, Capt. ;^^j 

Gano, Lieut. Daniel 328 

resigns 329 

Gano, John, Chaplain 330 

letter from 333 

Garland, Thomas 422, 423 

Garland, Patent 62, 266 

Gerrit son, Jacob 4*^2 

Gerritson, Tryntje, wife of Solomon DuBois 305 

Gier, Sally, wife of David Bevier 234. 235 

Gilbert, Ebenezer 96 

Gillett, Silas m. Sarah Vernooy Bevier 242 

Giron. Jean (John), of Quebec, letter from, to Hugo Freer, Sr. 

' and wife 354 

from Creance, France 357 

m. Madeline des Chalets 357 

Goddard, Adeline, da. of William C 345 

Goddard, Edward, son of William C 345 

Goddard. Emily, da. of William C 345 

Goddard. William, son of Wiliam C 345 

Goddard, William C. m. Melissa DuBois 345 

Goetschius, Rev. J. H 144 

Goetschius, Rev. Jobs. ^Mauritius 147 

Goetschius, Rev. Maurice, the Doctor-Dominie 95. 100. 464 

Goetschius, Rev. Stephen 464 

Goetschius, Rev. Stephen, m. Elizabeth DuBois 322 

Goetschius, , m. Harriet Schoonmaker 500 



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PAGE 

Goforth, Major William 328 

Gonsaulus, Afanuel, m. Sarah Bevier 237 

Goodwin, Capt. Hear}- 331 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgonier}^ 332 

Gosman. Robert, m. Maria Hasbrouck 384 

Graham, James 61, 309, 376 

Gray, Oliver 96 

Green, Martha, wife of John Bevier 234, 235 

Gregg, Lieut. James 328 

Griffen, Joseph 95 

Grififen, Elenor, wife of Solomon Bevier 244, 245 

Griffin, Martynes 265 

Gross, Samuel E., of Chicago, a descendant of Isaac DuBois.... 307 

Gryn. Richard 261 

(Guiniar, Gumaer.) 

Guimar, Peter, of Moir, Saintonge. France 40 

Guimar. Peter, son of Peter, m. Esther, da. of Jean Hasbrouck.. 

I, 40, 254. 400 

Gnniaer, Peter, of Minnisinck, m. Esther DuBois 293 

Gumaer, Peter 5^7 

Hagnette, , godmother 41 

Hall, , Sheriff 14 

Hallock, Arabella, wife of Daniel A. Deyo 268 

Hamtramk, Capt. 337 

Hamtramk, Capt. John F 331, 342 

Hanmer, Lieut. Francis 33 1 

Ejisign 342 

( Hardenberg, Hardenburgh. ) 

Hardenbergh, Aliraham 97, 109 

Hardenbergh, Abraham, son of Johannes, m. i, Marytje Roosa ; 

2, Mary Hasbrouck 456 

Hardenbergh, Abraham, grandson of Abraham 97 

Hardenbergh. Abraham, elected Supervisor of New Paltz 300 

Hardenburgh, Abm. J., of Guilford and Shawangunk, son of John A. 457 

m. Margaret DuBois 311, 458 

Colonel in 1812 ,. 458 

Hardenbergh, Alexander, son of John A 457, 458 

Hardenburgh, Benjamin .-1.48 

Hardenbergh, Benjamin F 463 

Hardenbergh. Catharine, da. of Col. Johannes 461 

Hardenbergh, Catharine, wife of Nathaniel Deyo 269 

Hardenbergh, Catharine, da. of Jacobus, wife of Rev. Cornelius 

Elting 497 

Hardenbergh. Charles, son of Abraham J 458, 460 

Hardenbergh. Charles, son of John A 457, 458 

Hardenbergh, Charles, son of Johannes, Jun 463 

Hardenbergh, Charles, son of Col. Johannes, m. Catharine Smedes 460 

Hardenburgh, Charles, m. LeFevre 438 

Hardenbergh, Cornelia, wife of IMathew Bevier 240 

Hardenbergh, David, son of Abraham J 458, 460 

Hardenbergh, Ditmas, son of Abraham J 458, 460 

Hardenbergh, Elias, son of Abraham 457 

Hardenbergh, Gerardus, son of Col. Johannes, m. Nancy Ryerson 461 

Hardenbergh, Gerrit Jans, m. Jeapie Schepmoes 455 



IN DE X 565 

PAGE 

Hardeiibergh, Gertrude, da. of Alirahcin J., wife of Aldert 

Schoonmaker 458 

Hardenbergh, Isaac, son of Johannes. Jun 463 

Hardenbergh. Jacob, son of Jacob 458 

Hardenbergh. Jacob, son of John A 457 

m. Jane DuBois 458 

Hardenbergh. Jacob, son of Richard 29, 463 

State Senator 266 

Hardenburgh, Jacob, m. Jane DuBois 311 

Hardenbergh, Jacob, grandson of Aliraham 97 

Hardenbergh', Jacobus, m. Catharine Eking 487 

Hardenbergh, Jacob Rutze, son of Col. Johannes, m. Dinah Van 

Bergh. widow of Rev. John Frehnghuysen 460 

First President of Rutgers College 461 

Hardenbergh, Johannes 318, 504 

Hardenburgh, Col. Johannis 373 

Hardenbergh, Johannes, son of Gerrit Jans 455. 

Colonel Ulster County Regiment ; m. Catherine Rutzen ; re- 
ceives Hardenbergh Patent 456 

Hardenbergh. Sir Johannes, knighted by Queen Ann 455 

Hardenbergh, Johannes, of Rosendale, son of Col. Johannes 1st.. 456 

Colonel Ulster County Regiment 460 

m. Maria DuBois 314, 460 

Hardenbergh, Johannes, Jun 109 

Hardenbergh. Lieut. -Col. Johannis, Jun 327 

Hardenbergh. Johannes, Jun.. son of Col. Johannes 460 

m. JMary LeFevre ; Lieut. Col. 4th Ulster County Regiment; 

Sojourner Truth, slave of 435. 461 

Hardenberg. Johannes, or John A., son of Abraham, Captain in 

Revolution, m. Rachel DuBois 457 

Hardenlnirgh, John 63 

Hardenbergh, John, son of Louis 463 

Hardenburgh. Capt. John A 124 

m. Rachel DuBois 311 

Hardenbergh. John Charles 268 

Hardenbergh, John L., m. i. Maria Bevier; 2, Martha Brinkerhofif 237 

Hardenbergh. Josiah, son of Abraham J 458. 463 

Hardenbergh, Lewis, son of Col. Johannes, m. Catharine Waldron 4(0 

Hardenbergh. Lewis, son of Johannes, Jun 463 

Hardenliergh, Louis, son of Richard 463 

Hardenbergh, [Margaret, ist wife of Jacob Hasbrouck, Jun 402- 

Hardenbergh, ]\Larichie, da. of John A 457 

Hardenbergh. Maritje, da. of x\braham 457 

Hardenbergh. ^lary. da. of John Charles, wife of Jonathan Deyo 268 

Hardenljergh, [NLary, wife of John P. Lefevre 438, 44S 

Hardenbergh, Nicholas, son of Abraham 457 

Hardenbergh, Peter, son of Johannes. Jun 463 

Hardenbergh. Rachel, da. of Abraham 457 

Hardenbergh, Rachel, da. of Jacob, wife of Crimes Jenkins. . .97, 458 
Hardenbergh, Rachel, da. of Col. Johannes, wife of Rev. Herman 

Myer 461 

Hardenbergh. Richard • 266, 386 

Hardenbergh, Richard, son of Louis • 463 

Hardenbergh, Simon, son of Louis 463 

Hprdenburgh, Thomas R., m. Rachel Bevier 250-r 

Harris, Emily, da. of Samuel 345 



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PAGE 

Harris, Francise, son of Samuel 345 

Harris, Gars 14 

Harris. Ida, da. of Samuel * 345 

Harris, Jessie, da. of Samuel 345 

Harris, Joseph, m. Laura Budd 454 

Harris, Samuel, m. Amanda DuBois 345 

Harris, William, son of Samuel 345 

(Hasbrouck, Hasbroucq, Broecq, Horsbrook. Hasbrocq, Assebrouck) 

Hasbrouck, Abel, son of Joseph I., m. Ruth Winfield 387 

Hasbrouck, Abner, son of Col. Joe 385 

m. Pamela DuBois 311 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, the Patentee 

10. 13, IS, 19, 52, 56, 61, 62, 89, 91, 92, 256, 362, 509 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, the Patentee, m. Maria, da. of Christian 

Deyo II, 369 

Captain New Paltz Foot Co 368 

Hasbrouck. Alim. 2d 99 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, son of Benjamin 373 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, son of F'rancis 394 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, son of Jacob 1 404 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, son of Jean, the patentee, goes to live in 

England 490 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, son of Gen. Joe, m. Helena Jansen 384 

called A. B. of the Strand 3?4 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, son of Col. Jonathan 391 

Hasbrouck, Abram, son of Petrus, m. Mary Blanshan 2,7}, 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, Jun., son of Solomon, m. Rachel Sleight.. 27^ 

Hasbrouck, Abm. M., gt. gr. son of Jacob, Jun 401 

Hasbrouck. Col. Abraham, son of Joseph 97, 376, 380, 485 

Hasbrouck, Col. Abraham, m. Catharina Bruyn 381, 382 

Hasbrouck. Col. Abm 53 

' diary of, in possession of his great grand da., Mrs. George H. 

Shafpe 369, 382, 391 

Hasbrouck, Abraham, Capt., New Paltz Foot Co 117 

Hasbrouck, Abm., Mary Blanshan, widow of, m. Daniel LeFevre 442 

Hasbrouck. A. Bruyn. son of Jonathan 383 

Hasbrouck. Albina, da. of Jacob. Jun 402 

Hasbrouck, Dr. Alfred, son of Col. Joe 385 

Hasbrouck, Alexander, son of Benjamin I I04 

Hasbrouck, Alexander, son of Solomon 450 

Hasbrouck, Alexander, m. da. of Jonathan DuBois '. 321 

Hasbrouck, Andrew, son of John 375 

Hasbrouck, Andries, son of Josaphat, m. Elizabeth Hasbrouck. . 371 

Hasbrouck. Anitje, da. of Jacob A ,^88 

Hasbrouck, Anna Chittenden, da. of Jacob I.. Jun 404 

Hasbrouck. Annie Ingraham, da. of Jacob 1.. Jun 404 

Hasbrouck, Asa, son of Daniel .392 

Hasbrouck, Asenath, da. of Jacob, Jun 402 

Hasbrouck, Augustus, son of Joseph I„ m. Jane V. W. Elting. , 

387, 497 

Hasbrouck, Benj., m. Annetje Ean '. 477 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin, son of Abram, he Patentee, baptised.... 41 

m. Jannitje De Long 369. 394 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin, son of Benjamin 394 

m. Elizabeth Dickerson, da. of William 389 



INDEX 567 

PAGE 

Hasbrouck. Benjamin, son of Daniel, m. :, Anitje Bevier 246 

2, Marie Bevier 247, 372 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin, son of Daniel, m. Hannah Green 394 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin, son of Francis 394 

soldier in Revolution, m. Rachel Storm 395 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin, son of Jacob 400 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin, son of Jacobus 373 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin, son of Jonathan 98 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin, son of Joseph, son of Abraham the Pat- 
entee, m. Elidia Schoonmaker 381, 389 

Hasbrouck, Benj. C, son of Cornelius, m. Louise Lyon 389 

Hasbrouck, Benjamin L. son of Isaac 403 

m. I, Catrina Smedes ; 2, Rachel Hasbrouck 404 

Hasbrouck, Betsey, da. of Daniel, wife of Edw^ird Wait 392 

Hasbrouck, Blandina, da. of Wm. C 390 

Hasbrouck, Calvin, son of Joseph 388 

Hasbrouck, Caroline, da. of Benjamin 395 

Hasbrouck, Catharine, da. of Abr. of the Strand, wife of Judge 

G. W. Ludlum 384 

Hasbrouck, Catharine, da. of Benjamin, wife of William John- 
son 389, 395 

Hasbrouck, Catharine, da. of Isaac 403 

Hasbrouck. Catharine, da. of Jacobus B., wife of Joseph Be- 
vier 250. 252 

Hasbrouck, Catharine, da. of Joseph I., wife of Samuel Johnson 387 

Hasbrouck. Catharine Ann, da. of Joseph, wife of Halsey Lyon.. 389 

Hasbrouck. Catharine, da. of Roelif, wife of Jacob Rose 373 

Hasbrouck, Charles B., son of Roelif 373 

Hasbrouck, Charles H., son of Eli 392 

Hasbrouck, Charlotte, da. of Isaac S 406 

Hasbrouck, Clara, da. of Daniel, wife of Nicholas Evertson 392 

Hasbrouck, Clinton, son of Roelif 273 

m. Eliza LeFevre 421 

Hasbrouck, Cornelia, da. of Samuel 373 

Hasbrouck, Cornelius, son of Benjamin ist, m. Jane Kelso 389 

Hasbrouck, Dr. Cornelius D., .son of Jacob 1 306, 404 

m. Hannah Van Wagenen 403 

Hasbrouck, Cornelius, son of Joseph 381 

Hasbrouck, Cornelius, son of Col. Jonathan, a Royalist 392 

Hasbrouck, Cyrus, son of Jacob L. Jun., killed in Civil War.... 404 

Hasbrouck. Daniel 75, 106, 353 

trooper in 1715 117 

soldier Ulster County Militia 1738 118 

Hasbrouck. Daniel, son of Ahm. the Patentee 30. 100, 411 

Hasbrouck, Daniel, .son of Col. Abraham 383 

m. cousin Rachel Hasbrouck 392 

Hasbrouck, Daniel, son of Benjamin, m. Van Vlecken.. 394 

Hasbrouck, Daniel, son of Daniel 394 

Hasbrouck, Daniel, son of Elias 374 

Hasbrouck, Daniel, son of Montgomery 374 

Hasbrouck, Daniel, son of Jonas, m. Margaret Schoonmaker 371 

Hasbrouck. Daniel, son of Solomon 372 

Hasbrouck, Daniel 60, 299, 309, 316, 370 

m. Wyntie Deyo 261, 369 

Hasbrouck, Daniel A., great-grandson of Josaphat 371 

Hasbrouck, Daniel B., son of Benjamin 372 



568 1 N D E X 

PAGE 

Hasbrouck, Daniel I 271 

son of Isaiah 372 

Hasbrouck, David, son of Daniel .370 

m. Maritje Houghland i~2 

Hasbrouck, David, son of Gen. Joe ,384 

Hasbrouck, DeWitt, son of Roelif ,373 

Hasbrouck, Dinah, da. of Roelif, wife of Jonathan LeFevre.... 373 

Hasbrouck, DuBois, son of Jacob, Jun j02 

Hasbrouck, DuBois, son of Josiah 403 

Hasbrouck, Edgar, son of Isaac S 406 

m. Jane Bevier 251 

Hasbrouck, Eli, son of Isaac, m. Elarriet Belknap 392 

Hasbrouck, Elias, son of Elias 374 

Hasbrouck, Elias, son of Solomon ^72 

Captain in Revolution 374 

m. Elizabeth Sleight 374 

Hasbrouck, Eliza, da. of Benjamin, wife of Stephen Ronk 389 

Hasbrouck, Eliza, da. of Dr. Cornelius D., wife of Peter P.arn- 

hart 403 

Hasbrouck. Elizabeth, da. of A1)r. of the Strand, wife of Dr. 

Richard Elting 384 

Hasbrouck, Elizabeth, da. of Benjamin 395 

Ha.sbrouck, Elizabeth, da. of Jean the Patentee 38 

wife of Louis Bevier 226, 400 

Hasbrouck, Elizabeth, da. of Col. Josiah, wife of Josiah Du- 
Bois 311, 401 

Hasbrouck, Elizabeth, wife of Louis Bevier 22,2,. 249 

Hasbrouck, Elizabeth, wife of Elias Ean 477 

Hasbrouck, Elizabeth, wife of Louis Bevier 2:^2,, 249 

Hasbrouck, Elizabeth, wife of Elias Ean 477 

Hasbrouck, Elizabeth, wife of Andries Hasbrouck 371 

Hasbrouck Ellsje 61 

Widow of Joseph, deed from, to her son, Jacob A 38S 

Hasbrouck, Elmira, da. of Henry C, wife of Abr. V. N. Elting. . 406 

Hasbrouck, Elsie, da. of Benjamin, wife of Jabez Ells 389 

Hasbrouck, Elsie, da. of Daniel, son of Abraham the Patentee, 

wife of Peter Smedes 370 

Hasbrouck, Elsie, da. of Daniel, wife of Hornbeck 392 

Hasbrouck, Elsie, da. of Isaac 386 

Hasbrouck, Elsie, da. of Jacob A 388 

Hasbrouck, Elsie, da. of Isaiah 371 

Hasbrouck, Emily A., da. of William C 390 

Hasbrouck, Esther, da. of Isaac 403 

Hasbrouck, Esther, da. of Major Jacob, wife of Dr. George 

Wirtz ( Wurts ) 401, 464 

Hasbrouck, Esther, da. of Jean, the Patentee 10, 516 

wife of Peter Guimar i, 254, 400 

Hasbrouck, Evert, son of Philip 375 

Hasbrouck, Ezekiel, son of Isaiah 371 

Hasbrouck, Francis, son of Benjamin, m. Elizabeth Swart- 

wout 394, 395 

Hasbrouck, Frank 255 

Hasbrouck, George, son of Joseph I., m. ]\Iaria Johnson 387 

Hasbrouck, Gilbert, son of Francis 394 

Hasbrouck, Gross, grandson of Captain John 405 

Hasbrouck, Heiltje, da. of Benjamin 39+ 



IN DE X 569 

PAGE 

JIasbrouck. Helena, da. of Ahr. of the Strand, wife of Henry 

Sharpe ". 384 

Hasbrouck. Henry C. son of Severyn. ni. Nancy Barnes 406 

Hasbrouck, Henry C, son of William C 389 

Lieut. Col. U. S. A. and Brig. -Gen. in war with Spain 390 

Hasbrouck, Henry H, son of Benjamin, m. Ruth Constable.... 389 

Hasbrouck, Hiram, son of Dr. Cornelius D 403 

Hasbrouck, Huram, son of Jacob J., Jun 402 

Hasbrouck, Isaac, son of Benjamin 395 

m. Delia Newman 389 

Hasbrouck, Isaac, son of Daniel, m. Maria Bevier 244 

Hasljrouck, Isaac, son of Jacob, son of Jean the Patentee 387 

m. ^laria Bruyn 400, 402 

Haslirouck, Isaac, son of Jacob 1 404 

Hasbrouck, Isaac, son of Jean the Patentee, soldier in 1711.... 117 

dies probably in Queen Anne's War 171 1 400 

Hasbrouck, Isaac, son of Col. Jonathan m. Hannah Birdsall.... 392 
Hasbrouck, Isaac, son of Joseph, son of Abraham the Pat- 
entee, m. Antje Low, widow of John Van Gaasbeck ....381, 386 

Hasbrouck, Isaac S., son of Sever_\n, m. Matilda Barnes 406 

Hasbrouck, Isaiah 30, 271. 483 

Hasbrouck, Isaiah, son of Daniel, m. ]Mary Bevier 371 

Hasbrouck, Isaiph, son of Isaiah 371 

Hasbrouck, Isaiah, son of Jonas, m. Elizabeth Westbrook 371 

Hasbrouck, Israel, son of Isaac 392 

Hasbrouck, Jacob 75, 106, 309. 316, 383, 414 

Hasbrouck, Jacob, of Marbleton, m. .Sarah Dubois 310 

Hasbrouck, Major Jacob, of New Paltz, m. Janitje DuBois.... 310 

Hasbrouck, Jacob, trooper in 1715 117 

soldier Ulster County Militia 1738 118 

Hasbrouck, Jacob, son of Benjamin, son of Abraham the Pat- 
entee 394 

Hasbrouck, Jacob, son of Benjamin, son of Joseph, m. Char- 
lotte Thorn 389 

Hasbrouck, Jacob, son of Jean the Patentee 29. 38 

m. Hester Bevier 227, 400 

Hasbrouck, Jacob, Jun .62, 99, 441, .185 

Hasbrouck, Jacob. Jun., son of Jacob 29 

m. Jrtne DuBois 400 

Captain in Revolution 400 

Hasbrouck, Jacob A., son of Joseph, son of Abraham the Pat- 
entee, m. Alaria Hornbeck 381, ,387 

will of 388 

Hasbrouck, Jacob T., son of Isaac, m. Sarah DuBois 493 

Hasbrouck, Jacob I., Jun., son of Jacob I., m. Catherine Knicker- 
bocker 404 

Ha^sbrouck, Jacob I., son of Isaac, m. Sarah DuBois 403 

m, I, ]\Iargaret Hardenbergh : 2, Anna DuBois 322, 402 

Hasbrouck, Jacobus, son of Jacob I '. . . 404 

Hasbrouck, Jacobus,, son of Solomon 98, 372 

Hasbrouck, Jacobus Bruyn, son of Isaac 403 

Lieutenant in Revolution 403 

m. Ann Abeel 406 

Hasbrouck. James, son of Col. Abraham 383 

Hasbrouck, James, son of Francis 394 



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Hasbrouck. James, son of Gen. Joe 384 

m. Henrietta Cornelia Bevier 251 

Hasbrouck, Jane, da. of Benjamin 389 

Hasbrouck, Jane, da. of Isaac, wife of John Crispell 386 

Hasbrouck, Jane, da. of Louis 385 

Hasbrouck, Jane. da. of Joseph I., wife of Cornelius DeWitt.. 387 

Hasbrouck, Jane, da. of Col. Josiah, wife of Joseph Hasbrouck 401 

Hasbrouck, Jansen, son of Abraham of the Strand 384 

Hasbrouck, Jean ( John) , the Patentee 

I, 13. 15, 28, 55. 56, 89, 91. 256, 293, 362, 369, 397 

m. Anna Deyo 10, 508 

Hasbrouck, Jeremiah, son of Petrus, m. Bruyn 373 

Hasbrouck, Jean, m. Hasbrouck, da. of Jacob A 388 

Hasbrouck, John, son of Daniel, m. Mary Bacus 394 

Hasbrouck, John, son of Elias 374 

Hasbrouck, John, son of Isaac 403 

m. Mary, da. of Jacob A. Hasbrouck 404 

Captain in Revolution 405 

Hasbrouck, John, son of John 375 

Hasbrouck, John, son of Joseph, m. Rachel Ann Traphagen and 

moves to Michigan 389 

Hasbrouck, John, son of Solomon 99, 372 

m. McDonald 375 

Hasbrouck, John, son of Zacharias 372 

Hasbrouck, John H 2)72) 

Hasbrouck, John L., son of David 384 

Hasbrouck, John, W., son of Montgomery 374 

Hasbrouck, Jonas, son of Abraham, baptized 40 

dies young 369 

Hasbrouck, Jonas, son of Daniel 370 

m. Catharine DuBois 371 

Hasbrouck, Jonathan, son of Col. Abraham 383 

Hasbrouck, Jonathan, son of Isaac, m. Phebe Field 392 

Hasbrouck, Jonathan, son of Col. Jonathan 392 

Hasbrouck, Col. Jonathan i, 327, 461 

son of Joseph, son of Abraham the Patentee, m. Tryntje, da. 

of Cornelius DuBois 310. 381, 390 

builds Washington's Headquarters at Newburg 390 

Colonel in Revolution 391 

Hasbrouck, Judge Jonathan 450 

Hasbrouck, Josaphat, son of Daniel, m. Cornelia DuBois. .. .300, 371 

Hasbrouck, Josaphat, son of Jonas, m. DuBois 371 

Hasbrouck, Joseph 89, 114 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, son Abram the Patentee, baptized 38 

mentioned 61, 63, 375, 380 

m. Ellsje Schoonmaker ^(<g 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, son of Col. Abr., called " Gen. Joe," Lieut- 

Col. Cantine's Regiment 2>77> 3^4 

m. Elizabeth Bevier 250, 383 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, son of Benjamin^ m. Rebecca Kelso 389 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, son of Jacob A., Ensign, Lieutenant and 

Captain in Revolution 388 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, son of Col. Jonathan 391 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, son of Gen. Joe, called "Col. Joe "..377, 384, 385 

Hasbrouck. Joseph, m. Jane, da. of Col. Josiah Hasbrouck 401 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, m. Sarah M. LeFevre 427 



INDEX 571 

PAGE 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, Jun tit, 37(3 

Hasbrouck, Joseph, Jun., son of Joseph L 385 

Hasbrouck, Joseph I., son of Isaac, m. Cornelia Schoonmaker. . 386 

Hasbrouck, Joseph L., son of Col. Joe 377, 385 

Hasbrouck, Joseph Osterhoudt, son of Joseph I., m. Eliza Ray 387 

Hasbrouck, Col. Josiah, son of Jacob, Jun 29, 311 

m. Sarah Decker; Lieutenant 3rd Ulster Regiment 401 

Hasbrouck, Dr. Josiah, son of DuBois 403 

Hasbrouck, Josiah, son of Isaiah 371 

Hasbrouck, Josiah, .son of Jacob 1 403 

m. Cornelia Deyo 270 

Hasbrouck, Josiah J 435 

Hasbrouck, Josiah Lewis, son of Jacob I., Jun 404 

Hasbrouck, Laura Maria, da. of Louis 386 

Hasbrouck, Levi 3g8 

Hasbrouck, Levi, son of Joseph I., m. Mary Decker 387 

Hasbrouck, Levi, son of Col. Josiah 29, 401 

m. Hylah Bevier 251 

Hasb.rouck, Levi, son of Louis 386 

Hasbrouck, Lodewyck "388 

Hasbrouck, Lorenzo, son of Henry C 406 

Hasbrouck, Louis, son of Isaac, soldier in Revolution 403 

m. Catharine Decker 406 

Hasbrouck, Louis, son of Jacob. Jun 402 

Hasbrouck, Louis, son of James 385 

Hasbrouck. Louis, son of Joseph, son of Abraham, m. Catharine, 

da. of Justus Banks 385 

Hasbrouck, Louis, son of Louis, son of Joseph, m. i, Louise Sej-- 

mour Allen; 2. Sarah Maria, da. of Levi Hasbrouck 386 

Hasbrouck, Louis, son of Louis, son of Louis 386 

Hasbrouck, Louis, son of Gen. Joe 384 

Hasbrouck, Louis I., son of Jacob I., m. Margaret Van Vleck. . 404 

Hasbrouck. Louisa, da. of Louis 385 

Hasbrouck, Luther, son of Gen. Joe 384 

Hasbrouck, Luther, grandson of Jacob. Jun 401 

Hasbrouck. Luther. Jane Westbrook, widow of, 2d wife of 

Jonas N. LeFevre 43 1 

Hasbrouck, Lydia. da. of Benjamin 389 

Hasbrouck, Magdalen, da. of Roelif, wife of Daniel DuBois.. 301, 2)72i 

Hasbrouck, Margaret, da. of Cornelius, wife of Capt. Eli Perry 389 

Hasbrouck, Margaret, da. of Daniel, wife of Severyn Bruyn.... 392 
Hasbrouck, Margaret, da. of Jacob I., wife of Dr. William 

Peters 404 

Hasbrouck, Margaret Peters, da. of Jacob I., Jun., wife of James 

C. Cornish 404 

Hasbrouck. Maria, da. of Abraham of Kingston, wife of David 

Bevier 231. 249. 250 

Hasbrouck. Maria, da. of Abr. of the Strand, wife of Robert 

Gosman 384 

Hasbrouck. jMaria, da. of Isaac 403 

Hasbrouck, Maria, da. of Jacob I., wife of Dr. Mathew DeVVitt 404 

Hasbrouck, Maria, da. of Joseph I., wife of Thomas Ostrander 387 
Hasbrouck, Maria, da. of Col. Josiah, wife of Christoper 

Reese 401 

Hasbouck, Maria Dewitt, da. of Jacob I., Jun 4«.4 

Hasbrouck. Maria H., da. of William C 390 



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PAGE 

Hasbrouck, ]\laria Jane, da. of Joseph, wife of Nathaniel Rous 389 

Hasbrouck, Marie 37 

HasI)rouck, Alary, da. of Benjamin 389, 394 

Hasbrouck, ]\Iary, da. of Isaac 392 

Hasbrouck, Mary, da. of Isaiah 371 

Hasbrouck, Alary, da of Jacob A 388 

Hasbrouck, Mary, da. of Jean the Patentee 10, 508 

wife of Isaac DuBois 254, 293. 400 

Hasbrouck, Mary, da. of Co!. Jonathan, wife of Capt. Israel 

Smith 392 

Hasbrouck, Mary, da. of Joseph and widow of James Gasherie, 

2d, wife of Abraham Hardenbergh 456 

Hasbrouck, Mathew, son of Isaac S 406 

Hasbrouck, Mathew De Witt, son of Jacob I., Jun 404 

Hasbrouck, Mathusalem, son of Petrus, m. Maria Deyo T,y^ 

Hasbrouck, Maurice, son of Jacob, Jun 401, 402 

m. DuBois 304 

Hasbrouck, Milton B 373 

Hasbrouck, Montgomery, son of Elias 374 

Hasbrouck, Noah, son of Isaiah 371 

Hasbrouck, Oscar, son of Col. Joe 385 

Hasbrouck, Oscar C 373 

Hasbrouck, Peter, son of Elias 374 

Hasbrouck, Peter, son of Philip 375 

Hasbrouck, Petronella, wife of Simon LeFevre 417 

Hasbrouck, Petrus, son of Solomon 99 

m. Sarah, da, of Abr. Bevier 244, ^7^ 

Lieutenant in Revolution .T,y^ 

Hasbrouck. Philip, son of John 375 

Hasbrouck, Philip, son of Gen. Joe 384 

Hasbrouck, Philip, son of Joseph, m. Esther Bevier 250 

Hasbrouck, Philip B., son of James 385 

Hasbrouck, Rachel, da. of Abraham, wife of Louis DuBois 2d 

; .••••. 314. 369 

Hasbrouck, Rachel, da. of David, wife of Benjamin I. Has- 
brouck 404 

Haslirouck, Rachel, da. of Isaac 392 

Hasljrouck, Rachel, da. of Jacob A 388 

Hasbrouck, Rachel, da. of Col. Jonathan, wafe of Daniel, son 

of Col. Abraham Hasbrouck 392 

heroic ride of y['-S 

Hasbrouck, Rebecca, da. of Joseph, wife of Linus Esterly 389 

Hasbrouck, Roc, son of William C 389 

Hasbrouck, Roelif, son of Petrus, m. i, Jane Elting; 2, Maria 

DeWitt 373 

Hasbrouck, Rufus, son of Jacob I., Jun ^04 

Hasbrouck, Samuel, son of Daniel 392 

Hasbrouck, Samuel, son of Petrus, m. Lydia Crispell 373 

Hasbrouck, Sarah, da. of Benjamin J95 

Hasbrouck, Sarah, da. of Isaac, wife of Walter Case 392 

Hasbrouck, Sarah, da. of Joseph, wife of John Titus .-89 

Hasbrouck, Sarah, da. of Roelif, wife of William W. Deyo.... ;i73 
Hasbrouck, Sarah B., da. of Joseph I., wife of Daniel Tuth ill. .386-7 

Hasbrouck, Sarah DuBois, da. of Jacob I., Jun 404 

Hasbrouck, Sarah Maria, da. of Levi. \\\ie of Louis Hasbrouck 386 

Hasbrouck, Sarah Sophia, da. of Louis 385 



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573 



PAGE 

Hasbrouck, Severyn, son of Isaac 403 

soldier in Revolution 413 

m. I, Maria Depew 405 

2, Maria Conklin 406 

Hasbrouck, Severyn. son of Isaac S 406 

Hasbrouck, Simon, son of Josaphat 371 

Hasbrouck. Simon, son of Petrus 373 

Hasbrouck. Simon, son of Solomon 372 

Hasbrouck, Solomon 75. 106, 309. 414 

Hasbrouck, Solomon, son of Abm. the Paentee, baptized 38 

m. Sarah Van W'agenen 369. 2)7^ 

Hasbrouck. Solomon, son of Petrus. m. Magdalen LeFevre. .373. 450 

Hasbrouck. Solomon, trooper in 1715 117 

Hasbrouck, Corporal Solomon, Ulster County Co., 1738 118 

Hasbrouck. Dr. Stephen, son of Joseph I., m. Elsie Schenck 387 

Hasbrouck, Thomas, son of Joseph 389 

Hasbrouck. Tunis, son of Daniel 394 

Hasbrouck. Washington, son of Philip 375 

Hasbrouck, Wilhelmus, son of Jacob 1 404 

Hasbrouck. William, son of David 372. 384 

Hasbrouck. William, son of John 375 

Hasbrouck, William C. son of Cornelius, m. Mary E. Roe 389 

Hasbrouck, William H.. son of William C 389 

Hasbrouck, William Peters, son of Jacob I., Jun 404 

Hasbrouck. Wyntje Deyo. wife of Daniel 371 

widow of Daniel 100 

Hasbrouck. Zacharias 265 

son of Daniel, m. Rachel W'aring 372 

Hasbrouck. Zacharias. son of Josaphat 371 

Hasbrouck. . da. of Benjamin, wife of Peter Rose 372 

Hasbrouck Institute. Jersey City. N. J 375 

Hass. Abraham 96 

Hass. Robert 265 

Haye. Mary, ist wife of Hugo Freer the Patentee 349, 509 

Helm. Elizabeth, wife of Peter Deyo, Jun 275 

Henderson, James. Patent 499 

Henderyckx. Roelif 14 

Hermance, Jacob, m. Sarah Bevier 240 

Higby, Dr. Moses, of New Windsor 337 

Hoffman, Elizabeth, wife of Jesse Bevier 234 

Hoffman. Jacob, m. Margaret LeFevre 418 

Hoffman, Jan. m. Magdalena Bevier 24S 

Hoffman, Josiah Ogden 385 

Hoft'man, "Capt. Nicholas 117 

Hoffman. Capt. Zacharias. of New Paltz Co.. 1717 118, 417 

Hoft'man. Zacharias. Patent 499 

Hoff'man, Capt. 259. 360. z^t, 

Holmes. Russell, m. i. Mary Ann Bevier; 2. Eleanor Bevier.... 252 

Hoornbeck (Hornbeck), Annatje. wife of Wilhelmus Bevier.. 238 

Hornlieck. Arriantje, wife of Cornelius Schoonmaker 499 

Hoornbeck. Charity, wife of Louis DuBois Bevier 251 

Hornbeck. Christina, wife of Lewis LeFevre 428 

Hoornbeck. Jophat. m. Jannetje Bevier 242 

Hornbeck, Dr. m. Elise Hasbrouck 392 

Hornbeck, Magdalene, wife of Nathaniel LeFevre 427 

Hornbeck, IMary, wife of Jacob Hasbrouck 381, 387 



574 INDEX 

PAGE 

Hornbeck, IMary, 26. wife of Dr. Jacob Wirtz 466 

Houghland, Maritje, wife of David Hasbroiick t^~2 

Houghtaling, Janetje, wife of Hendricus DuBois 311 

Haughtaling. Margaret, wife of Cornelius DuBois, Sr 309 

Houseman, Jane, wife of Rev. Wilhelmus Elting 497 

Howe, Lieut. 338 

Hubble, Livelet 96 

Hue, James 96 

Huested, Capt. 2>2>7 

Hull, Annie, da. of Nathaniel, wife of Lewis DuBois 345 

Hull Nathaniel 345 

Huntington, Major 337 

Hurs, Robert 95 

Hurta, James 96 

Hussey, Ann, 2d wife of Jochen Hendrick Schoonmaker 499 

Hutchins, Capt. Amos 330 

Hutchinson, Ebenezer, Surgeon's Mate 330, 342 

Huybertson. Lambert 14 

Huylands, Lammert 282 

Hyms, Frederick 65, 205 

Indian Fort 281 

the new 54 

village on the Wallkill 305 

Intermarriages between French and Dutch settlers 44 

Irving, Washington 130 

Irwin, Margaret, 2d wife of Jacobus Auchmoody 452 

Jackson, Lieut. Patten 331 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 332 

Jacobson. Aert, son of Jacob Gerritson 482 

Jansen, Abraham, m. Katrintje Bevier 244 

Jansen, Albert 14 

Jansen, Capt. Cornelius T 328 

Jansen, Daniel, m. Catharine LeFevre 419 

Jansen, Elizabeth, wife of Jacobus LeFevre 428 

Jansen, Hester, wife of Isaac Freer 360 

Jansen, Major Johannes, Jun 327 

Jansen, Margaret, da. of Daniel, wife of Abraham P. LeFevre. .. .431 

Jansen, Margaret, wife of Nathaniel LeFevre 420 

Jansen, Maria, wife of Dr. Mauritus (Maurice) Wirts 466 

Jenkins, Crimes, m. Rachel Hardenbergh 97 

Jenkins, James, m. Rachel LeFevre 427 

Jessup, Thomas K 269 

Jochensen, Hendrick 14 

Johnson, Maria, wife of George Hasbrouck 387 

Johnson, William, m. Catharine Hasbrouck 389 

Johnson, James, Quartermaster and Ensign 342 

Johnston (Johnson). Capt. John 331, 342 

Jorisse, Maddeleen, wife of Mathew Blanshan 507 

Keator, Mrs. , da. of Montgomery Hasbrouck 374 

Kelsey, Julia, wife of Joseph Deyo 270 

Kelso, Jane, wife of Cornelius Hasbrouck 389 

Kelso, Rebecca, wife of Joseph Hasbrouck 389 

Kettletas, Abram, son of Garret 423 



INDEX 575 

PAGE 

Kettletas, Kateltas, Kataltas. Garret 50. 62, 92, 423 

Kettletas, John, son of Garret _\22, 

Kettletas, Peter, son of Garret 423 

Kiersted. Christopher, m. Leah DuBois 3H 

Knickerbocker, Catharine, wife of Jacob I. Hasbrouck, Jun 404 

Koleman, Peter g6 

Koole, Israel 96 

Kregier, Crieger, Capt.. expedition of, against Esopus Indians.. 7, 281 

Kritsinger, Catrina, wife of John Deyo 279 

Krom, Jacob 265 

LaFayette, Marquis de 394 

Lambertson, Gerrit 89, 91 

LaMontagne. W' 358 

Laraway Family 358 

LaRue, , Mary, wife of Samuel Budd 453 

LaToinelle. Esther 39 

LaToinelle, . godmother 38 

Lawrence, Lieut. Andries T 325 

Lawson, Robert, m. Gertrude Budd 453-4 

LeBlan (LeBlanc). Maria, wife of Louis Bevier..io. 39, 225, 22,^, 509 

LeConte, Mary, wife of Christian Deyo 451 

LeConte, see deGraff. 

Lee, Capt. 337 

Lee, Capt. Thomas 331 

LeFevre, LeFever. Lesfabor 

LeFevre, Abram 62, loi 

LeFevre, Abraham, son of Isaac of Penna 408 

LeFevre, Abraham, son of Jean, son of Simon the Patentee. .50. 422. 431 

m. Maria Bevier 243, 430 

private Capt. Hoffman's Comp 417 

LeFevre, Abram, son of Simon the Patentee •... 410 

Lesfover, Abraham, Overseer of the Poor, New Paltz 300 

LeFevre. Abram A. son of Abram N 428 

LeFevre, Abram X., son of Nathaniel, m. Sarah, da. of Isaac 

LeFevre of Bontecoe 428, 442 

LeFevre. Abm. P., son of Philip, m. i, Margaret Jansen 431 

2, Maria Elting, widow of Dr. John Bogardus 491 

LeFebre, Adam 410 

LeFevre, Adam, son of Conrad -t49 

LeFevre, Affie, da. of Conrad, wife of Daniel Blanshan 449 

LeFevre, Andre .309 

LeFevre, Andre and Simon, the first of the New Paltz Le- 

Fevres 407, 409 

LeFevre, Andre, the Patentee 10, 13. 15, 30, 508 

sells a house at Hurley 19. 411 

not married 441 

dies without issue no 

LeFevre, Andries. son of Simon the Patentee. 30, 50. 75, 4x0, 414, 433 

m. Cornelia Blanshan I.15 

Lieutenant Capt. Hoffman's Co 417 

LeFevre, Andries 62, 92, loi, 353 

LeFevre. Andries. of Kettleboro, m. Rachel DuBois 2>22 

LeFevre, Andries. called " Flagus,'' m. Magdalen LeFevre 430 

LeFevre, Lieut. Andries, of New Paltz Co., 1717 118 



576 INDEX 

PAGE 

LeFevre, Andries. son of Isaac 441 

LeFevre, Andries, son of Jean son of Simon the Patentee. .. .50, 418 

settles at Kettleboro 419, 422 

m. Rachel, da. of Nathaniel DuBois 424 

member, of Prov. Congress 425 

LeFevre, Andries, son of Nathaniel 427, 428 

LeFevre, Andries, Jun., son of Simon, m. Magdalen LeFevre.... 418 

called ■' L'ncle Flagus " .' 

LeFevre, Andries, Jun., son of Simon, son of Andre 417 

LeFevre, Andries A., son of Andries J 427 

m. Maria LeFevre 428 

LeFevre, Andries L, m. Maria Bevier 239 

LeFevre, Andries J., son of Johannes, m. Hannah DuBois. .. .311, 427 

LeFevre, Andries P., son of Philip 431 

m. Magdalen Elting 432 

LeFevre, Andrew, son of Simon 421 

LeFevre, Andrew, m. Delia Ann Deyo 2J7 

LeFevre, Andrew & Co 89 

LeFevre, Ann, da. of Petrus 435 

LeFevre. Ann. da. of Capt. Simon, wife of Abm. DuBois 450 

LeFevre, Asa 423 

LeFevre, Ben of Ohio, grandson of John, of New Rochelle.... .409 

LeFevre, Blandina, da. of Jacobus, wife of Roelif Elting 428 

LeFevre. Catharine 448 

LeFevre, Catharine, da. of Abraham, wife of Daniel DuBois.. 303, 430 

LeFevre, Catharine, da. of Andries, wife of Wessel DuBois.... 426 

LeFevre, Catharine, da. of JNIathew ^20 

wife of Roelif S. Elting 421 

LeFevre. Catharine, da. of Nathaniel, wife of Daniel Jansen.... 419 

LeFevre, Catharintje, da. of Andre, wife of Simon DuBois ..299, 417 

LeFevre, C. Hornbeck, son of Nathaniel 427 

LeFevre, Christopher, son of Jacob 435 

LeFevre, Cornelia, da. of Andries. wife of Solomon Elting. ...426, 492 

LeFevre, Cornelia, da. of Johannes, wife , of George Wurts 427 

LeFevre, Cornelia, da. of Moses 420 

LeFevre, Conrad, son of Mathew ; m. Swart 443 

LeFevre. Cornelius, son of Moses 420 

LeFevre, Cornelius, son of Petrus 435 

m. Maritje Van Wagenen 438 

LeFevre, Cornelius D., son of .Andries J ^27 

LeFevre, Cornelius D., m. Gitt}- Elting 491 

LeFevre, Daniel 270 

LeFevre, Daniel, son of Isaac 99, 435, 440, 441, 447 

brother-in-law of Colonels Johannes Hardenbergh. Jun., and 

John Cantine 440 

m. Catharine Cantine 421, 435 

LeFevre, Daniel, son of Isaac of Penna 408 

LeFevre, Daniel, son of Jacobus, m. Ellen LeFevre 428 

LeFevre, Daniel, son of Peter, ni. jNIary Blanshan. widow of 

Abm. Hasbrouck 443 

LeFevre, DuBois, son of Nathaniel 427 

LeFevre, Egbert, son of Nathaniel 427 

LeFevre, Eliza, da. of Jacobus, wife of Deyo DuBois 428 

LeFevre, Eliza, da. of Simon, wife of Clinton Hasbrouck 421 

LeFevre, Elizabeth, da. of Andries of New Paltz, wife of Jona- 
than DuBois 318, 417 



INDEX 577 

PAGE 

LeFevre, Elizabeth, da. of Andries J., wife of Josiah P. Le- 

Fevre 427 

LeFevre, Elizabeth, da. of Andries of Kettleborough, wife of 

Zachariah Bruyn 426 

LeFevre, Elizabeth, da. of Daniel, wife of Mathew LeFevre.... 

419, 420, 421 

LeFevre, Elizabeth, da. of Moses :|.2o 

LeFevre, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Abraham Deyo 264 

LeFevre, Ellen, wife of Daniel LeFevre 428 

LeFevre, Garret, son of Jonathan 422 

LeFevre, Garret, son of Levi 449 

LeFevre, George, son of Simon 449 

LeFevre, Gertrude, da. of Abram N 428 

LeFevre, Gertrude, da. of Andries, wife of Pilip Deyo 271, 426 

LeFevre, Gertrude, da. of Andries J., wife of Roelif DuBois.... 427 

LeFevre, Gilbert, son of Daniel z[4i 

LeFevre, Gitty, da. of Isaac 441 

wife of Dr. John Bogardus 442 

LeFevre, Gitty, da. of Mathew 420, 421 

LeFevre, Gitty, da. of Simon, ist wife of Jacob Elting 421 

LeFevre, Hippolytus, of Salem, N. J 407 

LeFevre, Isaac, of N. J I07 

LeFevre, Isaac, of Penna., m. Catharine Ferree and moves to 

Lancaster County, Penna 408 

LeFevre, Isaac 75, 92, 106, 309, 504 

LeFevre, Isaac, m. Mary Freer 353, 415, 433 

LeFevre, Isaac, son of Isaac 435 

LeFevre, Isaac, son of Johannes, m. Mary LeFevre. .. .426, 441, .(47 

LeFevre, Major Isaac, son of Petrus, m. Catharine Burhans.... 435 

LeFevre, Isaac, son of Simon the Patentee 37, 50, 58, 410, 414 

private Capt. Hoffman's Comp 417 

moves to Bontecoe 433 

wins foot race 435 

LeFevre, Isaac, Jun., son of Isaac, private Capt. Hoffman's Co. . 417 

LeFevre, Isaac C., son of Cornelius 438 

LeFevre, Jacob, son of Petrus, m. Lydia Deyo 435 

LeFevre. Jacob, grandson of Jonathan 420 

LeFevre, Jacobus, son of Nathaniel, m. Elizabeth Jansen 428 

LeFevre, James, the French preacher 10, 410 

LeFevre, James, son of National 427 

LeFevre, Jan 92 

LeFevre, Jane, wife of Daniel L. Deyo 271 

LeFevre, Jane, da. of Petrus 435, 448 

LeFevre, Jane, wife of Samuel DuBois 303 

LeFevre, Jean (John), son of Simon the Patentee 

•••-.••••. SO, 410, 414, 418. 433 

soldier in Queen Anne's War 415, 422 

m. Catharine Blanshan 415 

private in Capt. Hoffman's Co 417 

LeFevre, Jean (John) 75, 106, 309 

LeFevre, J. Elting 427 

LeFevre. Johannes 264 

LeFevre, Johannes, of Kettleborough, son of Andries, m. Eliza- 
beth DuBois 319, 426, 427 

LeFevre, Johannes, son of Isaac 99, 447 

m. Sarah Vernooy 435, 441 

27 



578 INDEX 

PAGE 

LeFevre, Johannes, son of Nathaniel 427 

LeFevre, Johannes A., son of Andries J 427 

LeFevre, John, of New Rochelle, son of John of St. Domingo. .. . 409 

LeFevre, John, of St. Domingo 409 

LeF"evre, John (Jean), bond of, to brother-in-law, Daniel Du- 

Bois 423 

LeFevre, John, son of Abraham i,-io 

m. Mar}' LeFevre 43 1 

LeFevre, John, son of Jonas, m. Nancy Ransom 428 

LeFevre, John, son of Nathaniel, m. Eglie Swart, widow of 

Capt. Simon LeFevre 419 

private in Revolution j2o 

LeFevre, John son of Simon, baptized -8 

LeFevre, John L, son of Isaac 441, 442 

LeFevre, John M., son of Mathew 431 

LeFevre, John N., of Kettleborough, son of Noah, ni. Sarah Du- 

Bois 311, 431 

LeFevre, John P., son of Petrns 435 

m. Mnry Hardenburgh 438, 448 

LeFevre. Jonas, son of Nathaniel 428 

LeFevre, Jonas N., son of Noah, m. i, Catharine Budd ; 2, 

Jane Westbrook, widow of Luther Hasjrouck 431, 453 

LeFevre, Jonathan, m. Dinrh Hasbrouck ^jt, 

LeFevre, Jonathan, son of Conrad 449 

LeFevre, Jonathan J., son of Jonathan 422 

LeFevre, Jonathan J., son of Levi 449 

LeFevre, Jonathan, son of Mathew, m. Swart 448 

LeFevre. Jonathan, son of Nathaniel 419 

private in Revolution 420 

LeFevre, Jonathan, son of Nathaniel, m. Catharine Freer. .. .420, 422 

LeFevre, Josiah, m. Maria LeFevre 428 

LeFevre, Josiah, son of Abram N 428 

LeFevre, Josiah, son of John N 431 

LeFevre, Josiah P., son of Peter 443, 493 

LeFevre, Ms. Josiah P 425 

LeFevre, Josiah R., son of Ralph 443 

LeFevre, Levi, son of Jonathan, m. • Newkirk j 19 

LeFevre, Lewis, .son of Jacobus, m. Christina Hornbeck 428 

LeFevre. Lewis, son of Nathaniel 428 

m. Rachel Bell 430 

LeFevre, Lorenzo, son of Adam 449 

LeFevre, Luther, son of Nathaniel 427 

LeFevre, Ma^-dalen, da. of .A.braham, wife of Andries LeFevre 

" Flagus " 430 

LeFevre, Magdalen, da. of Andre, wife of Johannes Bevier.. 

' • -'43- 245, 417 

LeFevre, Magdalen, da. of Mathew 420 

LeFevre, Magdalen, da. of Peter 493 

LeT^evre, Magdalen, da. of Philip, wife of Mathusalem Kiting. . 431 
LeFevre, Magdalen, da. of Simon, wife of Nathpniel J. Le- 
Fevre 421 

LeFevre, Magdalen, da. of Capt. Simon, wife of Solomon Has- 
brouck 373, 450 

LeFevre, Magdalen, wife of Andries LeFevre, Jun 418 

LeFevre, Margaret, da. of Abraham, ist wife of Abraham Be- 
vier 236 



INDEX 



579 



PAGE 

LeFevre, Margaret, da. of Abraham, wife of Vernooy.... 430 

LeFevre, Margaret, da. of Jacobus, wife of Cornelius Wurts 428 

LeFevre, Margaret, da. of Jean, son of Simon the Patentee, 

wife of Jacob Hoffman 418 

LeFevre, Margaret, da. of Nathaniel, wife of Daniel Deyo of 

Ireland Corners ' .266, 419 

LeFevre, Maria, da. of Abraham N., wife of Andries A. LeFevre 428 

LeFevre, Maria, da. of Jacobus, wife of Josiah LeFevre 428 

LeFevre, Maria, da. of. Philip, wife of Abraham Van Orden .... 431 

LeFevre, Maria, da. of Simon, wife of C. Wynkoop 421 

LeFevre, Maria, wife of Daniel DuBois 50 

LFevre, Maritje, da. of Andre, wife of Nathaniel LeFevre 417 

LeFevre. Mary, da. of Andre wife of Conrad Vernoy 417 

LeFevre, Mary, da of Andries, wife of Lsaac LeFevre 426 

LeFevre, Mary, da. of Andries of Kettleboro, widow of Isaac 

LeFevre, wife of Capt. Abm. Deyo 264, 441 

LeFevre, Mary, da. of Daniel, wife of Jonathan Dej'o 270, 440 

LeFevre, Mary, da. of Isaac, wife of Col. Johannes Ffarden- 

burgh, Jun 435, 461 

LeFevre, Mary, da. of Jonathan, wife of Smith Ransom 422 

LeFevre, Mary, da. of Simon the Patentee, wife of Daniel Du- 
Bois 412 

LeFevre, Mary, wife of Jean LeFevre 431 

LeFevre, Mathew 50 

LeFevre, Mathew, son of Andre, son of Simon the Patentee.... 407 

m. Margaret Bevier 243, 448 

Lieut. Cantine's Regiment 448 

LeFevre, Mathew, son of John, m. Sarah LeFevre 431 

LeFevre, Mathew, son of Moses 420 

LeFevre, Mathew, son of Nathaniel 100, 427 

m. Elizabeth LeFevre 419, 420, 421, 440 

Lieutenant in Revolution 419 

LeFevre, Mathew, son of Simon 421 

LeFevre, Mathew, son of Capt. Simon 450 

LeFevre, Mathew J., m. Sarah LeFevre 427 

LeFevre, Moses, son of Conrad 449 

LeFevre, Moses, son of Mathew, m. Margaret Vernooy 420 

LeFevre, Moses, son of Simon 421 

LeFevre, Moses P., son of Peter 303, 443, 493 

LeFevre, Myndert, son of Isaac of N. J 407 

LeFevre, Nathan, son of Abraham 430 

LeFevre, Nathaniel 62, 100, 383, 485 

LeFevre, Nathaniel, m. cousin, Maritje LeFevre 417, 418 

LeFevre, Nathaniel, son of Abram N 428 

LeFevre, Nathaniel, son of Andries, m. Mary Deyo 426, 428 

LeFevre, Nathaniel, son of Jan, son of Simon the Patentee. .422, .^25 
LeFevre, Nathaniel, son of Jean, private in Capt. Hoffman's 

Co 417 

LeFevre, Nathaniel, son of Johannes, m. Magdalene Hornbeck 427 

LeFevre, Nathaniel, son of Lewis, called "' Sing " 430 

LeFevre, Nathaniel, son of Mathew, m. Margaret Jansen 420 

LeFevre, Nathaniel, son of Simon 421 

LeFevre, Nathaniel J., m. Magdalen LeFevre 421 

LeFevre, Nellie, wife of Daniel A. Deyo 268 

LeFevre, Noah, son of Abraham 430 

m. Cornelia Bevier 245, 431 



58o INDEX 

PAGE 

LeFevre, Peter, son of Daniel of Bontecoe 440, 447, 463 

m. Magdalen Elting 442, 493 

LeFevre, Peter, of New Amsterdam 407 

LeFevre, Peter, son of Isaac 441 

LeFevre, Peter, son of Cornelius C 438 

LeFevre, Peter D., son of Daniel 303, 443 

LeFevre, Peter E., son of John of New Rochelle 409 

LeFevre, Peter R., son of Ralph 443 

LeFevre, Petronella, da. of Johannes, wife of Daniel A. Deyo. . 427 

LeFevre, Petrus, son of Isaac 99, 435, 437, 447 

m. Elizabeth Vernooy 435 

LeFevre, Philip 276 

LeFevre. Philip, of Kettleborongh, son of Abraham 430 

m. Elsie DuBois 319. 431 

LeFevre, Philip, son of Isaac of Penna 408 

LeFevre, Philip, son of Simon 421 

LeFevre, Philip D., m. Elmira Deyo zyy 

LeFevre, Rachel, da. of Abraham, wife of Johannes DiiBois. . . . 430 

LeFevre, Rachel, da. of Abraham N., wife of Andrew Brodhead.. 428 
LeFevre, Rachel, da. of Andre, wife of Johannes Bevier of 

Wawarsing 235, 417 

LeFevre, Rachel, da. of Isaac 441 

wife of John Brodhead 442 

LeFevre, Rachel, da. of Jacobus, wife of William Deyo 428 

LeFevre, Rachel, da. of Johannes, wife of James Jenkins 427 

LeFevre, Ralph, son of Peter, m. Rachel Elting 443, 491 

LeFevre, Samuel, son of Abraham 430 

LeFevre, Samuel, son of Mathew, m. — ■ Swart 448 

LeFevre, Samuel, son of Capt. Simon 450 

LeFevre. Samuel, widow of, marries John LeFevre 449 

LeFevre, Samuel T., of Iowa 408 

LeFevre, Sarah, da. of Andries, wife of Samuel Bevier.. 235, 236, 417 
LeFevre, Sarah, da. of Andries of Kettleborough, wife of Jo- 

siah R. Elting 426, 491 

LeFevre, Sarah, da. of Isaac of Bontecoe, wife of Abraham N. 

LeFevre 428, 442 

LeFevre, Sarah, da. of Johannes, wife of Mathew J. LeFevre. . 427 

LeFevre, Sarah M., da. of Nathaniel, wife of Joseph Hasbrouck 427 

LeFevre, Sarah, da. of Peter, wife of Elias Bevier 247, 248 

LeFevre, Sarah, da. of Petrus 435 

LeFevre, Sarah, da. of Philip 431 

LeFevre, Sarah, wife of Andries DuBois 319 

LeFevre, Sarah, wife of Mathew LeFevre 431 

LeFevre, Seven Sisters 4^7 

LeFevre, Simon, the Patentee 10, 13, 15, 30, 50, 56, 58, 236, 271. 508 

m. Elizabeth Deyo n, 410 

sells a house at Hurley I9' 41 1 

widow of, marries Moses Cantine 411 

settlement of estate of 412 

LeFevre, Simon, son of Andre, private in Capt. Hoffman's Co. ; 

m. Petronella Hasbrouck 417 

LeFevre, Simon, son of Mathew, m. Swart 448 

Captain in Revolution 449 

LeFevre, Capt. Simon, widow of, marries John LeFevre 419 

LeFevre, Simon, son of Mathew 420 

m. Elizabeth Deyo ; Captain in 1812 421 




INDEX 581 

PAGE 

LeFevre, Simon, son of Samuel, m. Hendricks 449 

LeFevre, " Sing " 267, 430 

LeFevre, Solomon 273 

LeFevre, Solomon, son of Abraham 430 

LeFevre, Solomon P., son of Philip 431 

m. I, Sarah Deyo ; 2, Jane Elting 432 

LeFevre, Tjerck, son of Jacob 437 

LeFevre, Washington, son of Cornelius 438 

LeFevre, Zebedee 448 

LeFevre, ■ — — — , da. of Petrus, wife of Samuel DuBois 438 

LeFevre, — , da. of Petrus, wife of Elias Revier 438 

LeFevre, ■ , da. of Petrus, wife of Charles Hardenburgh. . 438 

LeFevre, various French families of, settled in America 407 

LeFevres of Bloomingdale 448 

LeFevres of Bontecoe 432 

LeFevres, of Kettleborough 422, 432 

Leggett (Lent), Ensign Abm., taken Prisoner at Fort A'Tontgomer\'. .332 

Leman, Adelia, da. of Henry E 346 

Leman, Henr}' E., of Lancaster, Pa., m. Anna DuBois 346 

Leman, Henry E., son of Henry E 346 

Leman, James C, son of Henry E 346 

Leman, Lewis D., son of Henry E 346 

Leman, Samuel W., son of Henry E 346 

Lent, Ensign Abraham 331 

LeRoy, Francis, son of Simeon 358 

LeRoy, Joanna, wife of Dennis Relyea 502 

LeRoy, Leonard, son of Simeon 358 

LeRoy, Marie Ann, wife of Hugo Freer, 2d or Sr 39, 356 

LeRoy, Philip, m. Julia Deyo 277 

LeRoy, Simeon 357 

LeSaeur. Jane, wife of William Elting .4.82 

Lester, Murry 96 

Livingston, Gil 315 

Livingston, J. Gil 64 

Lockwood. Charles, son of Daniel 346 

Ixickwood, Daniel, son of Daniel 346 

Lockwood, Daniel, m. Margaret DuBois 346 

Lockwood, Deborah, wife of David Bevier 252 

Lockwood, Ely T., son of Daniel 346 

Lockwood. Lewis D., son of Daniel 346 

Lockwood, Nathaniel D., son of Daniel 347 

Lockwood, Rachel, da. of Daniel 346 

Logan, Major Samuel 330 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 332 

Lounsberry, Hester, wife of Johannes Freer 363 

Louis, Johanna, widow of Peter Van Bome, 2d wife of Abra- 
ham Freer, Jun 364 

Low, Abraham, son of Peter Cornelius 468 

Low, Antje, widow of John Van Gasbeck, m. Isaac Hasbrouck.. 381 

Low, Antje, wife of Simeon Deyo 269 

Low, Cornelia, da. of Cornelius 344 

Low, Cornelius, son of Peter Cornelius 468 

Low, Cornelius, m. Rachel Low 344 

Low, David, son of Simeon 409 

Low, Ezekiel, son of Simeon 469 

Low, Isaac, son of Peter, son of Mathew 468 



582 INDEX 

PAGE 

Low, Jacob, son of Johannis M 469 

Low. Jacob, son of Peter Cornelius 468 

Low, Jacob, son of Simeon 469 

Low, Janitje, da. of Simeon 469 

Low, Johannis 351 

Low, Johannes, son of Johannes M 469 

Low, Johannis, son of Peter Cornelius 468 

Low, Johannes M. or Jun., son of Mathew 95, 100, 353 

m. Rebecca Freer 469 

Low, Jonathan, son of Peter, son of Mathew 468 

Low, Judith, wife of Jonathan Bevier 248 

Low, Lena, da. of Johannes M 469 

Low, Maria, da. of Johannes M., wife of Roelif J. Elting. . . .469, 487 

Low, Maria, da. of Simeon 469 

Low, Mathew, son of Peter Cornelius, m. Jannetje Van Har- 

ring 468 

Low, Peter 92 

Low, Peter, son of Mathew, m. Catherine DuBois 307, 468 

Low, Peter, son of Peter Cornelius 468 

Low, Peter Cornelius, from IJolstein, m. Elizabeth Blanshan.... 468 

Low, Petrus 94 

Low, Petrus, Surveyor of Highways 300 

Low, Samuel, son of Simeon 469 

Low, Sarah, da. of Simeon, wife of Petrus Van Wagenen 479 

Ivow, Simeon, son of Johannes M., m. Christina McMullen 469 

Low, Solomon 94 

son of Peter, son of Mathew 468 

Low, Trintje, wife of, i, Philip Bevier; 2, Adriance Newkirk. .243, 244 

Ludlum, Judge G. W., m. Catharine Hasbrouck 384 

Lj'on, Halsey, m. Catharine Ann Hasbrouck • 389 

Lyon, Louise, wife of Benjamin C. Hasbrook 389 

Mackey, Alexander q6 

Markle, Cornelia, wife of Lucas Van Wagenen 480 

Masten. Ezekiel, m. Janet Ronk 501 

Mattyse, Jan 13 

Maty. Johannes. Jun 106 

McArthur. Lieut. Alexander 331 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 332 

McClaughry, Ensign John 331 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 332 

McDonald, William, of Wawarsing, m. Mary DuBois 311 

McDonald, , da. of William, wife of John Hasbrouck 375 

McKinney, Arthur 123 

McKinstry, David, m. Abagail Bevier 240 

McKinstry, Mrs. F. S 421 

McMullen, Christina, wife of Simeon Low 469 

Meckel, Hagar 38 

Memorial House at New Paltz 50, 311 

See New Paltz. 

Meyer, Rev. John FT 156 

Meynema, Rev. D. B 145 

Miller, Mrs. Peter, da. of Edward Wait 393 

Mitchell, Ambrose, m. Maria Bevier 247 

Mitchell, James, m. a da. of Lucas Van Wagenen 480 



INDEX 583 

PAGE 

Moncrief, Major Thomas, Royal Army, exchanged for Major 

Zach. DuBois 334, 335 

Monion, Richard 96 

Montanye, Catharine, wife of Jean Bevier 226, 233, 234 

Montgomery, General 325 

Morris, Arthur, m. Elizabeth Bevier 236 

Morton, Levi P 482 

Mott, Lieut. Ebenezer 331 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomer}^ 332 

Moulinars, Rev. J. J 143 

Muller, Simon, m. Lena Bevier 240 

Myer, Rev. Herman, m. Rachel Hardenbergh 461 

Myer, W. D 282 

Nap, Moses 96 

Nees, John 265 

Newburgh. Washington's headquarters at i 

Newkirk, Adriance, m. Trintje Low?, v^ridowr of Philip Bevier 243 

Newkirk, Gerrit, m. Maria Bevier 248 

Newkirk, Mathew, m. Cornelia Bevier 236 

Newman, Delia, wife of Isaac Hasbrouck 389 

New Paltz, Indian deed for 12 

New Paltz Patent 1 1 

New Paltz, Patent, boundaries of 63, 316 

New Paltz. Memorial House at 28, 99, 362. 402, 421, 465 

New Paltz. names of Patentees of 15, 510 

New Paltz. coat of arms of, people 1 19 

New Paltz, Patentees of, want more land 21 

New Paltz, Patentees of, houses of 29, 30 

New Paltz, Dutch families in 467 

New Paltz people and Indians 78 

New Paltz, Huguenot Memorial Society 307, 397, 402 

New Paltz, ferry at. across the Walkill 127 

built by subscription 127 

lists of subscribers 128 

New Paltz, division of the Patent of no 

New Paltz, territory annexed to Precinct of 107 

New Paltz. agreement for the defense of title 103 

New Paltz. mills in and about 115, 116 

New Paltz. the Dusine of 69 

New Paltz, ordinances 66 

New Paltz, election of officers 299, 300 

New Paltz. men of, as county and provincial officers 160 

New Paltz, matters submitted to vote in 112 

New Paltz, papers relating to, in County Clerk's Office 160 

New Paltz, taxes in 89, 92, 94, 108 

New Paltz, training of militia 131 

New Paltz in the Revolution 122, 167, 171. 178-190 

list of inhal^tants of, in 1765 94 

in 1775 ;••■: 168 

farms and farming in 190 198 

towns in. precinct of 199-215 

New Paltz Church, called the Walloon; the first built of logs..., 134 

first stone church 9, 139 

second stone church 152 

a brick church 158 



584 INDEX 

PAGK 

New Paltz, church at, French records of 2>y 

See Church. 

New Paltz, church of, faithful to the Coetus 148 

New Paltz, ministers of the Church at 136-159 

New Paltz, schoolmasters in 216 

Nicholson, Col. John 327 

Nickel, Agatha, wife of Pierre Deyo 10, 253 

Northrop, Willet S., m. Magdalen DuBois Bevier 251 

Nottingham, Stephen, Capt., 1758 119 

Nottingham, Susan, wife of Cornelius Bevier 238 

Nottingham, W 294, 414, 481 

Noyes, Oscar, m. Mary Deyo 269 

Occum, Rev. Samson 345 

Oliver, Mathew, m. Jane Elting 497 

Ostrander, Jacob, m. Maria DuBois 321 

Ostrander, Johannes 501 

Ostrander, Lana, wife of David Relyea 3d 503 

Ostrander, Peter, m. Christina Ronk 501 

Ostrander, Peter, m. Debora Deyo 275, 516 

Ostrander, Thomas, m. Maria Hasbrouck 387 

Parmiter, Michael 96 

Parkus, Ebenezer 96 

Parkus, Valentine 96 

Pawling, Capt. Albert 328 

Pawling, Lieut. Henry 331 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 332 

Peartree, Col. William 470 

Pendelton, Lieut, Samuel Solomon 331 

taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery 332 

Perrine, Ann, wife of Abraham A. Bevier 238 

Perry, Capt. Eli, m. Margaret Hasbrouck .- 389 

Peters, Dr. William, m. Margaret Hasbrouck 404 

Petilon, Mary 37 

wife of Abraham Rutan 38 

Philippse, Adolph 47° 

Piercy, Lieut. Jonathan 328 

resigns 329 

Pierson, Dr. William, m. Jane DuBois 311 

Piatt, Richard 327 

Captain 328 

resigns 329 

Plum, Dr., m. Anna Ronk 501 

Pontinear, Henry 265 

Pontinear Lewis 96 

Post. Arien 482 

Poyer, , wife of Simon DuBois 301 

Pratt, Alden J., m. Caroline Deyo, widow of Dewitt Ransom.... 277 

Pratt, Frances E., wife of Luther Dej'o 277 

Pratt, George W 277 

Preevost, John 361 

Presslar, Johannis 96 

Public highway, the first from New Paltz 62 

Putnam, General, letters from 335 



INDEX 585 

PAGE 

Ransom, Devvitt, m. Caroline Deyo 277 

Ransom, Miss, schoolteacher, m. Henry G. DuBois 218 

Ransom, Nancy, wife of John LeFevre 428 

Ransom, Phelick 96 

Ransom, Smith, m. Mary LeFevre 422 

Ray, EHza, wife of Joseph O. Hasbrouck 387 

Reese, Christopher, m. Maria Hasbrouck 401 

Reeve, Dr. Isaac, m. Elizal^eth DuBois 311 

Reille (Relyea), Dennis 41 

Relyea (Relje), Benjarriin, m. MeHssa DuBois 301 

Relyea (Relje), Claudina, da. of Dennis 503 

Relyea, David, son of Dennis 503 

Relyea, David, 2d., son of Dennis 2d 503 

Relyea, David, 3d, m. Lana Ostrander 503 

Relyea, Dennis, soldier in Revolution 503 

Relyea, Dennis, m. Joanna LeRoy 502 

Relyea, Dennis, 2d, m. Marytje Van Vleit 503 

Relyea, Hester, da. of Dennis 503 

Relyea, John, soldier in Revolution 503 

Relyea, Peter, soldier in Revolution 503 

Relyea. Simeon, soldier in Revolution 503 

Rice, Gilbert C, schoolmaster 218 

Rich, Peter, m. Margaret Ronk 501 

Roe, Mary E., wife of William C. Hasbrouck 389 

Roe, William 389 

Rohrer, DuBois, son of Reuben H 346 

Rohrer, Leland, son of Reuben H 346 

Rohrer, Mifflin, son of Reuben H 346 

Rohrer, Reuben H., of Lancaster, Pa., m. Clementine Williams 

DuBois 346 

Rohrer, Reuben S., son of Reuben H 346 

Romp, Sergt 6 

Ronk, de Ranke 

Ronk, A. M., sen of John George, son of Laurents 502 

Ronk, Mrs. A. M., grandaughter of Joseph L Hasbrouck 386 

Ronk, Anna, da. of John George, wife of Dr. Plum 501 

Ronk, Christina, da. of John George, wife of Peter Ostrander.. 501 
Ronk, Cornelius, son of John George, private 4th Ulster County 

Regiment 501 

Ronk, Janet, da. of John George, wife of Ezekiel Masten 501 

Ronk, John, son of John George, m. Sinsabagh ; soldier in 

Revolution 501 

De Ronk. John George 266 

m. Clara Battle 500 

Ronk, John George, son of Laurents 501 

Ronk, Laurents, son of John George Soi 

Ronk, Margaret, da. of John George, wife of Peter Rich 501 

Ronk, Philip, son of John George, soldier in Revolution 501 

Ronk. Stephen, m. Eliza Hasbrouck • 389 

Roos, Hyman 282 

Roos, Jan 282 

Roos, Nathaniel, m. Maria Jane Hasbrouck 389 

Roosa, Elizabeth, wife of Conrad Bevier 237 

Roosa, Engeltje. wife of Cornelius B. Schoonmaker 499 

Roosa, Geesje, wife of Jan Ean 476 

Roosa, Lyman Albertson 91. 4^^ 



586 INDEX 

PAGE 

Roosa, Leah, wife of Benjamin Bevier 238, 242 

Roosa, Marytje, da. of Nicholas, ist wife of Abraham Hardenbergh 456 

Roosa, Nicholas 92 

Rosa, Abraham, Overseer of the Poor, New Paltz 300 

Rose. Daniel 370. 372 

Rose, Jacob, m. Catharine TTasbrouck 373 

Rose, Jacobus, m. Mary DuBois 300 

Rose, Lieut. Jacobus, a Tory 122 

Rose, Peter, m. Hasbrouck 372 

Rosecrans, Capt. Jacobus or James 330, 342 

Rutan, Rutemps, Abraham 37. 38 

Rutan, David, son of Abraham 38, 39 

Rutan, Esther, da. of Abm 39 

dies 40 

Rutan, Paul, son of Abm 38 

Rutan, Peter, son of Abm 40 

Rutsen, Jacob 282, 504 

Rutsen, Col. Jacob 92 

Rutzen, Catharine, da. of Jacob, wife of Johannes Hardenbergh.. 456 

Rutzen, John, Capt. of troop in 1715 117 

Savage, Capt. 337 

Sawtell. Luther, m. Catharine Bevier 247 

Sax, Michael, m. Johanna Bevier 227 

Saxton, ■ — . wife of Livingston Deyo 278 

Scharp, Catharine, wife of Philip Freer 364 

Scheneck. Elsie, wife of Dr. Stephen Hasbrouck 387 

Schepmoes, Dirck I4> 284 

Schepmoes, Jeapie, wife of Gerrit Jans Hardenbergh 455 

Schepmoes, Capt. Johannes 117 

Schoolmasters, French, at New Paltz 25 

Schoonmaker, Abram, son of Abram 500 

Schoonmaker, Abraham, son of Cornelius 500 

Schoonmaker. Abraham, son of Isa?c. m. Rachel Deyo 500 

Schoonmaker, Adjutant Abraham ■ 327 

Schoonmaker, Abm. P., m. a da. of Jonas Freer 2d 363 

Schoonmaker, Arriantje, ist wife of Jacob L Schoonmaker 500 

Schoonm-'ker, Cornelia, wife of Joseph L Hasbrouck 386 

Schoonmaker, Cornelius, son of Abram 500 

Schoonmaker, Cornelius B., son of Jochem Hendrick. m. Engeltje 

Roosa 499 

Schoonmaker, Cornelius C, son of Cornelius 500 

Schoonmaker. Cornelius, son of Cornelius B., m. Arriantje Horn- 
beck 499 

Schoonmaker, David, son of Abram S^o 

Schoonmaker, Elidia, wife of Benjamin Hasbrouck 381, 389 

Schoonmaker. Elsie, wife of Joseph Hasbrouck 369, 375, 380 

Schoonmpker, Elihu. son of Jacob 1 500 

Schoonmaker. Mrs. Elihu, da. of Samuel Hasbrouck 373 

Schoonmaker, Evert 279 

Schoonmaker. George, son of Abram 500 

Schoonmaker, Harriet, da. of Isaac, wife of Goetcheous.. 500 

Schoonmaker, Hendrick Jochenson. m. Elsie Van Breestede. . . . 499 

Lieutenant W. L Co 499 

Schoonmaker, Sergt. Henrv. "missing" at Fort INTontgomery. . . . 3,^2 

Schoonmaker, Isaac, son of Cornelius, m. Sarah DuBois 500 



m 



INDEX 587 

PAGE 

Schooninaker, Jacoli 1., son of Isaac, m. i, Arriantje Schoon- 

niaker ; 2, Ann Baird 500 

Schoonmaker, Jochem Hendrick, son of Hendrick Jochenson, m. 

I. PetroneUa Sleght ; 2, Ann Hussey 495 

Schoonmaker, John A., son of Abram 500 

Schoonmaker, Lucas E 403 

Schoonmaker. Margaret, wife of Daniel Hasbrouck 371 

Schoonmaker, Mathusalem, son of Isaac 500 

Schoonmaker, Petrus 95 

Schoonmaker, Philip, m. a da. of Jonas Freer 2d 363 

Schoonmaker, Policy, da. of Isaac, wife of Tjerck De Witt .... 500 

Schoonmaker, Samuel 95 

Schoonmaker, Selah. son of ,\bram 500 

Schuneman, Rev. Johannes 145 

Sergeant, Robert 96 

Sergeant, William 265 

Seven Sisters, the 417 

Sharpe, Gen. George H., son of Henry 384 

Sharpe, Henry, m. Helena Hasbrouck 384 

Shaver, Martha J., wife of Andrew Bevicr 241 

Shultz, Charles, m. Elizabeth Bevier, widow of Moses Bevier .... 242 

Sinsabagh, , wife of John Ronk 501 

Slaves, owners of 299, 370, 457, 470 

list of 93 

(Slecht, Sleght, Sleight.) 

Slecht, Antho 106 

Slecht, Cornelius 481 

m. Tryntje Tynebrouck 482 

Sleight, Hend 106 

Sleight, Ensign Jacobus 331 

Sleght, Jacomeyntje 13 

Slecht. Jacomyntje, da. of Cornelius, wife of Jan Elten 482 

Slecht, Jan 106 

Slecht, Mattys 92, 282, 353 

Sleght, Mattys, Jun 75, 474 

Sleght, Mattys C., m. Maria Maddaleen Crispell 474 

Sleght. PetroneUa, ist wife of Jochem Schoonmaker 499 

Sleight, Rachel, wife of Abraham Hasbrouck, Jun 372 

Slouter. Wouter. a Tory 122 

Sluyter, Benjamin 265 

Smedes, Catharine, wife of Charles Hardenbergh 460 

Smedes, Catharine Ann, 2d wife of Hiram Budd 453 

Smedes, Catrina, wife of Benjamin I. Hasbrouck 404 

Smedes, Peter, m. Elsie Hasbrouck 370 

Smeedes, Gertrude, wife of Lewis Bevier 243 

Smith, Elizabeth, ist wife of Jacobus Auchmoody 452 

Smith, Hannah, ist wife of John Bevier 246 

Smith. Hendrick 503 

Smith, Henry, son of William 2d 504 

Smith, Capt. Israel, m. Mary Hasbrouck 392 

Smith, Ruth, wife of Deyo 269 

Smith, William, ist 503 

soldier in Revolution 504 

Smith. William. 2d 503 

Smith. William, 3d, son of Henry 504 

Smith, Wyntje, wife of Jeremiah Bevier 248 



588 INDEX 

PAGE 

Snyder, Capt. Jacob L., m. a da. of Calvin Hasbrouck 387-8 

Snyder, John A., m. Jenneke Bevier 242 

Soldiers in Colonial times 117 

in War of Independence. . 172-177, 265, 312, 321, 322, 325, 350, 

359. 430 

in War of 1812 350 

Sprague, G. I., Provincial Secretary 379 

Sprague, Josiah 271 

Spratt, Johannes 265 

Steen, Mathews 404 

Steward, Asa, m. Mary DuBois 344 

Steward, Elizabeth, da. of Asa 344 

Steward, Margaret, da. of Asa 344 

Stewart, Capt. James 330, 342 

Stewart, Capt., — , 9th Regiment Royal Army 338 

Stilwell, Samuel B 49, 62. 316 

Stilwell, Stephen, m. Catharine Bevier 250 

Stokhard, Catharine, wife of Jonas Freer 358, 361 

Stokhard, Clarissa, wife of Moses Deyo 259. 516 

Stover, George , • 95 

Sullivan's Expedition 342 

Suylant, Catharine, wife of Benjamin DuBois 307 

Swart. Eglie, widow of Capt. Simon LeEevre, wife of John Le- 

Eevre 419 

Swartout, Ensign Henry 331 

taken prisoner at Eort Montgomery T)2>- 

Tappen, Jurgan 315 

Taylor, Daniel, a British sp}', arrested 336 

court martial to try 337 

condemned 338 

hung 339 

Taylor, E. J 261 

Tears, Jacob 501 

Teachout, Elizabeth, wife of Johannes Bevier 240 

Tebenin, Jean, the schoolmaster 25. 60, 143 

Temple, Mrs. Henry A 230 

Ten Broeck, Johannes, Capt. Ulster County Co., 1738 118 

Ten Broeck, Wessel 14, 282 

Captain in 171 1 117, 422 

Ten Eyck, Catharine, da. of Richard, wife of Benjamin Rosa Be- 
vier 240 

Ter Boss, Hendrick, m. Rachel Freer 353 

Terpenning. John 75, 89, 91. 92, 106 

m. Esther Freer 353 

Terwilliger, Aurt 265 

Terwilliger, Elidia, wife of Deyo 260 

Terwilliger, Elizabeth, wife of Peter Bevier 241 

Terwilliger, Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Freer 359 

Terwilliger, Terwellego, Evert, Assessor of New Paltz 3'0o 

Terwilliger, Evert, m. Sarah Freer 3^.> 

Terwilliger, Evert, Jun V-O 

Terwilliger, John 94 

Terwilliger, John, Jim 265 

Terwilliger, Jonathan 95. lot 

Terwilliger, Joseph 95, loi 



INDEX 589 

PAGE 

Terwilliger, Josiah, Jun 205 

Teni^isson, Arent 28.J. 

Thomas, Patty, wife of Elijah Deyo 278 

Thorn, Charlotte, wife of Jacob Hasbrouck , 3K9 

Thorn, Jane, wife of Lewis DuBois 5th 345 

Titesorte, Haignies (PAgnes) and Abraham Frere married ..41, 363 

Titesorte, Elizabeth ^i 

Titus, John, m. Sarah Hasbrouck 389 

Tooker, Ellen, wife of Harvey Deyo 278 

Townsend, Nathan 301 

Townsend, Samuel, Paymaster 330 

Traphagan, Rachel Ann, .wife of John Hasbrouck 389 

Tschirkey, Oscar 278, 493 

Turtle, James 96 

Tuthill, Daniel, m. Sarah B. Hasbrouck 386-7 

Twelve men, the, see the Dusine. 

Van Aken, Annitje, wife of Jacob Freer 365 

Van Aken, Marynus 95 

m. Margaret Deyo 516 

Van Benschoten, Lieut. Elias 325 

Captain 328 

Van Benthuysen, Catrina, wife of Antoine Crispell 524 

Van Bergh, Dinah, widow of Rev. John Frelinghuysen, wife of 

Jacob Rutze Hardenbergh 460 

Van Borne, Peter, Johanna Louis, widow of, m. Abraham Freer, 

Jun 364 

Van Breestede, Elsie, da. of Jan Jansen, ist wife of Hendrick Jo- 

chensen Schoonmaker 499 

Van Bumble, Helen, wife of Ezekiel Bevier 248 

Van Bummel, Margaret, wife of Hendricus Deyo 273, 515 

Van Buren, President Martin 130 

Van Cortlandt, Philip, Col. 2d N. Y 343 

Van Dam, Rip \yo 

Vandemark, Abraham 95, 100 

Vandemark, August 92 

Vandemark, Petrus 96 

Vanderbilt, Nell^^ 2d wife of Abraham Bevier 237 

Van der Burgh, Van den Burgh, Van de Bergh 

Van der Burgh, Barthal, Ensign 342 

Van den Burg, Lieut. Henry 328, 331 

Van der Burgh, ?Ienry Ensign 342 

Van den Burgh, Ensign Henry J 331 

Van der Burgh, Henry W., Lieut 342 

Van der Merkan, Abraham 106 

Van Driessen, Rev. Johannes 141 

Van Dyck, Catharine, da. of Lawrence C. Van Dyck. wife of 

Louis Bevier 25 1— 2 

Van Dyck, Cornelius L., m. Maria Bevier 251 

Van Dyck, Peter, m. Elizabeth Bevier 252 

Van Gasbeck, John, widow of, m. Isaac Hasbrouck 381 

Van Harring, Jannetje, wife of Mathew Low 468 

Van Keuren, Elizabeth, da. of Tjerck Matthysen, wife of Ben- 
jamin Bevier 236, 23S 

Van Keuren, Garretje, wife of Lewis Bevier 238 



590 IN D EX 

PAGE 

Van Keuren, Mathys io6 

Van Kleeck. Michael, m. Dinah Freer 353 

Van Kleeck, , wife of Lucas De\'0 276 

Van Kuykendale, Maryanette, wife of William Freer 363 

Van Leuven, Peter 230 

Van Metten. Rebecca, wife of Cornelius Elting 482 

Van Niest, Rev. Regnier 385 

Van Olinda, Rev. Douw 158 

Van Orden, Abraham, m. Maria LeFevre 431 

Van Orden, C. L 321 

Van Oden, Solomon 430 

Van Schaick, , Col. ist N. Y 343 

Van Veck, Margaret, wife of Louis L Hasbrouck 404 

Van Vleit, Elizabeth Gonzales, 2d wife of Johannes Bevier .... 235 

Van Vleit, Marytje, wife of Dennis Relyea 2d 503 

Van Vliet, Debora, wife of Christoffel Deyo 275, 516 

Van Vliet, Elizabeth, wife of Gerrrit Freer 365 

Van Vliet, Gertje, wife of Gerrit Freer, son of Jacob 365 

Van Vliet, Jenneke, wife of Benjamin Deyo 516 

Van Vliet, Tunis 123 

Van Volgen, Tennis Clausen, of Schenectady, m. Sarah Freer. 352, 527 

Van Wagenen, Aritje, wife of Jacob P"reer 364 

See Van Weyen. 

Van Wagenen, Aart 358 

Van Wagenen, Abraham 95 

Van Wagenen, Aert (Archa) P., son of Petrus, m. Maria Freer, 

da. of Jonas 363, 480 

soldier in 1812 480 

Van Wagenen, Alexander, son of Archa P 480 

Van Wagenen, Archa, of Wagondahl '. . 479 

Van Wagenen, Benjamin, m. Catharine, da. of Jonathan Du- 

Bois 321, 480 

Van Wagenen, Catharine, wife of Abraham Fan 477 

Van Wagenen, Catharine, da. of Petrus 480 

Van Wagenen, Daniel, son of Petrus, soldier in Revolution .... 480 

Van Wagenen, Ezekiel, son of Petrus 480 

Van Wagenen. Lieut. Garret 328 

resigns 329 

Van Wagenen, George 315 

Van Wagenen, Hannah, wife of Dr. Cornelius D. Hasbrouck 403 

Van Wagenen, Isaac, m. Sarah Deyo 517 

Van Wagenen, Janet je, da. of Lucas 480 

Van Wagenen, Jonas, son of Archa P 480 

Van Wagenen, Jonathan 265 

Van Wagenen, Jonathan, son of Jucas 480 

Van Wrgenen, Jonathan, son of Petrus 480 

Van Wagenen, Levi, son of Petrus, soldier in Revolution 480 

Van Wagenen, Lucas, son of Petrus, m. Cornelia Markle 480 

Van Wagenen, Magdalen, da. of Archa P., wife of Jacob Bedford 480 

Van Wagenen, Maria, da. of Lucas 480 

Van Wagenen, Maria, da. of Petrus 480 

Van Wagenen, Maria, wife of Samuel Bevier 241 

Van Wagenen. Maritje, wife of Cornelius LeFevre 438 

Van Wagenen, Petrus 95, lOl 

Van Wagenen, Petrus, son of Archa, m. Sarah Low; solder in 

Revolution 479 



INDEX 591 

PAGE 

Van Wagenen, Rebecca, wife of Henry (Hendricus) DuBois ... 313 

Van Wagenen, Rebecca, wife of Jean Freer 365. 527 

Van Wagenen, Sarah, da. of Petrus 480 

Van Wagenen, Sarah, wife of Johannes Deyo 275 

Van Wagenen, Sarah, wife of Solomon Hasbrouck 369 

Van Wagenen, Simon, m. Sarah DuBois .' 307 

Van Wagonen, Isaac, m. Catharine Freer 353 

Van Wagoner, George 483 

Van Wagener family, descent of 482 

Van Weye, Hendrick 89, Qi 

Van Weyen (Wagen), Aritje, wife of Jacob Freer 527 

Van Winkle, Cornelius, m. Maria Kiting 497 

Vas, Rev. Peter 415 

Vernooy, Anna, wife of Jacob Bevier 235, 236 

Vernoy, Conrad, m. Mary LeFevre 417 

Vernoy, Cornelia, 2d wife of Johannes Bevier 237 

Vernooy, Cornelius, m. Cornelia DuBois 318 

Vernooy, Cornelius G., m. Maria Bevier 236 

Vernooy, Elizabeth, wife of Petrus LeFevre 435, 447 

Vernooy, Hendrick 470 

Vernooy, Jennike, wife of Abraham J. Bevier 238, 242 

Vernooy, Margaret, wife of Moses LeFevre 420 

Vernooy, Rachel, wife of Abraham Bevier 226, 233, 235 

Vernooy, Sarah, wife of Conrad Bevier 240 

Vernooy, Sarah, wife of Johannes LeFevre 435, 447 

Vernooy, , m. Margaret LeFevre 430 

Vernooy, , Capt 117 

Viele, Lewis, of Schenectady, m. Mary Freer 352, 527 

Vilar, Jane 39 

Viltfil, Daniel, son of Richard 42 

Viltfil, Richard, and wife Madaline Chut 42 

Viltful, , child of Richard and wife Madelin Chut, baptized 41 

Vrooman, Rev. B 142 

Wait, Edward, m. Betsey Hasbrouck 392 

Waldron, Catharine, wife of Lewis Hardenbergh 400 

Wall, Thomas, of Somerset Co., N. J., m. Grietje Elting 482 

Walters, Nathaniel 265 

Wamboon, Mariten, wife of Simon Freer 359 

Ward, John 14, 284 

Waring, Rachel, wife of Zacharias Hasbrouck 372 

Wasemiller, Hendrick 96 

Watkins, Elidia, m. Clorine Deyo 277 

Watson, Capt. ■ 337 

Weaver, Ensign Edward 331 

Weed, Barton, m. Emeretta Deyo 278 

Wells. Philipp, Surveyor Gen 376 

Westbrook, Anthony 02 

Westbrook, Elizabeth, wife of Isaiah Hasbrouck 372 

Westbrook, Jacob 42S 

Westbrook, Solomon, m. Esther Bevier 234 

Westvall, Claritje, wife of Solomon Freer 2i^2>, .S28 

Wheeler, James 96 

Wherry, Lieut. Evans 328 



592 INDEX 

PAGE 

Wibau, Jannitje, 2d wife of Hugo Freer the Patentee 351 

Winfield, Aiinanius, n:. Jane Newkirk Bevier 249 

Winfield, Catharine, wife of Josiah DuBois 311 

Winfield, Ruh, wife of Abel Hasbrouck 387 

Winfield, Silas, m. Neeltje Bevier 249 

Winslow, John, Dept. Commissioner of Prisoners, N. Y 334 

Wirtz (Wurts), Catharine, da. of Dr. George 465 

Wirtz, Cornelius, m. Margaret LeFevre 428 

Wirtz, David, son of Dr. Jacob 466 

Wirtz, George, M. D., first physician at New Paltz, m. Esther 

Hasbrouck 401, 464, 465 

Wirtz (Wurts), George son of Dr. Jacob 46(5 

m. Cornelia LeFevre 427 

Wirtz (Wurts), Gertrude, da. of Dr. Jacob 466 

Wirtz, Gitty Jane, da. of Dr. Jacob 466 

Wurtz, Jacob 435 

Wirtz, Dr. Jacob, son of Dr. George, m. i Catharine DuBoi3 4C5 

2, Mary Hornbeck 466 

Wurts, Jane, wife of John Elting 492 

Wirtz (Wurts), Janetje, da. of Dr. George 465 

Wirtz, Jansen, son of Dr. Maurice 466 

Wurtz, John H 426, 428 

son of Dr. Maurice 466 

Wirtz, Mathusalem, son of Dr. Jacob 466 

m. DuBois 304 

Wirtz, Maurice, son of Dr. Jacob 466 

Wurts, Dr. Maurice (Mauritius) 420 

son of Dr. George 465 

m. Maria Jansen 466 

Wirtz, , da. of Dr. Maurice, wife of Gilbert Elting 466 

Wirtz, , da. of Dr. Maurice, wife of Nathaniel Elting .... 466 

Wolverson, Cornelius 41 1 

Wood. Capt. 337 

Woodhull, Col. Jesse, m. Hester DuBois 322 

Woodworth, John, Judge Advocate 338 

Wool, Capt. Isaac 328 

Woolsey, Daniel 278 

Woolse\% John y6 

Woolsey, Phebe, wife of Hendricus Deyo 3d 276 

Wolsey, Thomas 96 

Wurts (see Wirtz.) 

Wyard, Nathaniel 96 

Wygant, Asa, son of John W 344 

Wygant, Cornelius, son of John W 344 

W^ygant, Elizabeth, da. of John W 344 

Wygant, J. Ward, son of John W 344 

Wygant, John W., m. Elizabeth DuBois 344 

Wygant, Mary Jane, da. of John W 344 

Wygant, Ostrom, son of John W 344 

, Rebecca, wife of John DuBois 344 

Wygant, William D., son of John W 344 

Wyllis, Capt. 2>2>7 

Wynkoop, C, m. Maria LeFevre 421 

Wynkoop, Cornelia, da. of Dirck, wife of Peter Elting \2)'^ 

Wynkcop, Cornelius 411 



INDEX 



593 



PAGB 

Wynkoop, Cornelius, of Hurley, m. Leah DuBois 310 

Wynkoop, Dirck, m. Sarah Elting 485, 486 

Wynkoop, Gertrude, da. of Dirck, wife of Alexander Golden, later 

of David Golden 486 

Yandel, Mary, wife of Jacobus Bevier 247 

Yamton, Anthony 96 

Yelverton, Anthony 75 

York, John 265 

m. Janetje Bevier 247 

York, Maria, wife of Isaac Bevier 247 

York, Maria, wife of Jacob Bevier 2d 246, 247 

Young, Henietta, da. of Lewis W 345 

Young, Jas. Henry, son of Lewis W 345 

Young, Juliet, da. of Lewis W 345 

Young, Lewis W., m. Rachel Margaret DuBois 345 



APPENDIX 

GIVING 

Additional Information Concerning the Revolu- 
tionary Period 

LIKEWISE 

Wills of a Number of the Patentees and Their Sons in 
Whole or in Part 

ALSO 

More Extended Notice of Those who Moved from New Paltz in the 
Early Days and a Variety of Other Matter 




MAP OF KEW PAI.TZ 



The ribbed line shows the present boundary of the town; the heavy 
black line the boundaries of the town before being dismembered. 
A part of Esopus was taken from New Paltz in 1843 ; part of 
Rosendale in 1844; all of Lloyd in 1845 and part of Gardiner Jn 

1853. 

There were in 1820 fourteen towns in the county, with a total popula- 
tion of 32,015. New Paltz was ahead of Kingston and every other 
town in the county in population, in valuation both of real and 
personal property, in the number of its mills and in everything 
noted in the census except extent of unimproved land. The 
population of New Paltz was 4,704. Shawangunk came next with 
a population of 3.589. Kingston had only 3,010; Marbletown. 
2,879; Saugerties, 2,664; Marlborough, 2,364; Rochester, 2.227; 
Plattekill, 2,058; Wawarsing, 1,964; Esopus, 1.520; Olive, 1,520; 
Hurley, 1,283; Woodstock, 1,273; Shandaken, 960. 

The town's of Lloyd, Rosendale, Gardiner, Hardenbergh and Ulster 
had not been created. 







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CERTIFICATE OF CHURCH MEMBERSHIP OF PIERRE DEYO AND WIFE 

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BASHA S SPRING, 

Where Loviis DuBois shot the Indian woman, near the New Fort in 
Shawangunk as she was raising the alarm, when the captive 
women and children were rescued by Capt. Kreiger's men. See 
page 9. 




INTERESTING RELICS IN MEMORIAL HOUSE 

Since its purchase and opening by the Huguenot Memorial Society a 
great number of valuable relics have been gathered at the Memorial 
House. Among the number are the lance head brought from 
Holland to this country by Jan. Elting, the trap in which the last 
wolf was caught in this town, the skates on which Major Isaac 
LeFevre skated from the Strand at Rondout to Albany and back 
in one day, all of which are shown in this picture. There are also 
in the Memorial House, documents, with the sigiiatures of several 
of the Patentees, a number of old family bibles, ancient articles 
of dress and household furniture, etc., etc. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Chapter I 

PAGE 

Huguenot churches in the Province of New Yoirk i 

Chapter II 

A church controversy in the olden times y 

Chapter III 

The Books of tlie Dusine i6 

The first division of land in the New Paltz Patent i6 

Divisions of land in the Patent i8 

The last division of land in the Patent 30 

The lawsuits- of the Dusine 31 

Examination of Abraham Dow 35 

Examination of Jas. Tompkins 35 

Affidavit of Wm. Beekman 37 

Affidavit of James Turk 40 

Report of Judge Lewis 40 

Letter from John Addison 43 

Chapter IV 

The Patent granted to Noah Elting and Nathaniel LeFevre .... 47 

Chapter V 

Papers in Town Chest in 1 749 55 

Some old French papers 56 

The Great Fence 60 

Soldiers in the early Colonial period 63 

Chapter VI 

The Wills of the old people 65 

Chapter VII 

The Legislative Act of 1 785 87 

Chapter VIII 

Peter Van Orden of Plattekill 91 

A soldier in the Revolution 91 

Justice in olden times 97 



vi CONTENTS 

Chapter IX p^^^ 

Valuable old papers in the Hasbrouck family loi 

Copy of old French letter to Jean and Abraham Hasbrouck. ... 103 

Denization papers of Jean Hasbrouck 104 

Some matters relating to the Hasbrouck family 106 

The lost heir 107 

Chapter X 

The family of Garret I'^reer, Jr 1 1 1 

The Bontecoe Freers 113 

The LeFevres of Green iield 115 

Daniel LeFevre of Delaware county 116 

Chapter XI 

Emigrations from New Paltz in the early days 119 

Matthew DuBois 121 

David DuBois of Rochester 124 

Jacob DuBois of Hurley 125 

The DuBois family of New Jersey 128 

The family of Abram DuBois, son of Abram the New Paltz 

patentee 130 

The DuBoises of Catskill 134 

The Staten Island DuBoises 136 

New Paltz Huguenots in Poughkeepsie before the Revolution. . 138 

The DuBois family in Poughkeepsie and vicinity 145 

Chapter XII 

Descendants of Jacques DuBois in Ulster and Dutchess counties 149 

The Oliver family 1 53 

The Deyos in Dutchess and Albany counties 157 

Chapter XIII 

History of education at New Paltz 161 

Chapter XIV 

A mysterious murder 189 

Our village in 1850 190 

The Huguenot Bank 192 

The Memorial House and Patentees' Monument 194 



Appendix to History of New Paltz 

CHAPTER I 

Huguenot Churches in the Province of New York 

There were in the province of New York four Huguenot 
churches, all organized previous to 1700. They were located 
as follows : one in New York City, one on Staten Island 
near Richmond, one at New Paltz and one at New Rochelle. 

The church in New York has continued until the present 
day. Its records have been translated and printed in book 
form. The church on Staten Island was organized at an 
early date, flourished for a long time and enjoyed the minis- 
trations of Rev. David Bonrepos ; but the church organization, 
the church records and the church building are all gone; 
the tombstones in the graveyard long remained but they too 
are gene now. At New Paltz the church organization has 
always remained and the records have been translated and 
printed in book form ; the Dutch language superseded the 
French about 1750 and the church at about that time became 
affiliated with the Dutch churches of the surrounding coun- 
try. At New Rochelle the records have been translated and 
transcribed but not yet published in book form. 

The information concerning the Huguenot churches given 
in this sketch is from the Ecclesiastical Records of the iState 
of New York published in 1901 by the state. These Records 
consist of what is known as the "Amsterdam Correspondence " 
together with such extracts from other colonial records and 
notes by Hugh Hastings, state historian, as are necessary to 
a proper understanding of the matters which are discussed 
in the correspondence. The "Amsterdam Correspondence " 



2 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

comprises letters sent by the Dutch churches in the province 
of New York to the Classis of Amsterdam, with which they 
were connected. In these Ecclesiastical Records we find occa- 
sional reference to the Huguenots and Huguenot churches in 
New York. The information contained in these letters, though 
fragmentary and not affording a complete history is reliable 
and authentic so far as it goes. 

The history of the Huguenots in the province of New York 
began in 1622 when certain Walloons petitioned the king of 
England for permission to settle in Virginia. The petition 
was not granted. About two months later certain Walloons, 
probably the same persons, petitioned the States General of 
Holland for permission to settle in New Netherlands and their 
request was granted. 

In the spring of 1623 the W^est India Company equipped 
a vessel called the New Netherlands of which Cornelius Jacobs 
was skipper with thirty families, mostly Walloons. They 
sailed by way of the Canaries and reached New Amsterdam., 
where they became the first permanent settlers. 

In 1628 Rev. Jonas Michaelius the first minister in New 
Amsterdam writes to one of the ministers of the Collegiate 
church at Amsterdam, giving an account of matters in the 
colony and in the church in which he says " The W^alloons 
and French have no service on Sunday except in the Dutch 
language, for those who understand no Dutch are few. 
Notwithstanding the Lord's Supper was admin- 
istered to them in the French language and according to the 
French mode." 

A letter in 1650 from John Walraven, schoolmaster at 
Manhattan, to the Classis of Amsterdam says that a French 
minister, Charles de Rocherfort, having been requested to do 
so had administered holy baptism to a number of persons. 



AP P EN D IX 3 

In 1663 a considerable number of Huguenots, originally 
from Rochelle, arrived in the country and settled on Staten 
Island. 

Rev. Hermanns Blom, pastor of the church at Wiltwyck 
sends, Sept. 18, 1663 to the church at Amsterdam a long 
letter describing matters at Wiltwyck and telling of the 
massacre by the Indians three months before. This letter, 
which was written about ten days after the return to Wilt- 
wyck of the expedition to Shawangunk and the women and 
children rescued at the New Fort, says that the total number 
killed at tlie massacre was twenty-four and of prisoners 
forty-five, of whom thirteen were still in the hands of the 
savages. 

On the I2th of May, 1664, the rest of the persons having 
been recovered, the Director General and Council of New 
Netherlands issued a proclamation for a day of thanksgiving 
on account of the delivery of all the Christian prisoners " out 
of the barbarians' hands, against all human expectation " and 
for the conclusion of an honest and advantageous peace with 
the Esopus savages. 

August T4th, 1664, Governor Stuyvesant wrote to the Direc- 
tors at Amsterdam in relation to a number of French families 
from Rochelle and St. Martin, several of whom had come to 
New Netherlands and being much pleased with Staten Jsland 
had asked that they might settle there and be provided with 
a good French preacher and had said that the preacher at 
St. Martin could be persuaded easily to come. 

In 1676 Louis DuBois, Antoine Crispell, Matthew Blanshan 
and about sixty other residents of W^iltwyck and Hurley (none 
except Louis DuBois being afterwards settlers at New Paltz) 
sent a petition to Governor Andros that a minister might be 
sent to Esopus who could preach both in Dutch and English 



4 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

and recommending that Rev. Peter Teschenmaker be selected 
for the place. 

The next year the three villages of Kingston, Hurley and 
Marbletown petitioned Governor Andros that they be per- 
mitted to call a minister. Toward his support Kingston 
promised to give annually 400 schepels of wheat, Marbletown 
and Hurley 100 schepels, each. 

Rev. Henry Selyns in a letter to the Classis of Amsterdam, 
dated Oct. 21, 1683, says: " Domine Pierre Daille, formerly 
professor at Salmur [Saumur, France], has become my col- 
league. He is full of zeal, learning and piety. Exiled for 
the sake of his religion he now devotes himself here to the 
cause of Christ with untiring energy." A few months before 
this Rev. Mr. Daille had organized the church at New Paltz. 

In 1687 Jean Boutillier and other French Protestants of 
New York petitioned Governor Dongan that they be allowed 
the same privileges as his majesty's subjects in regard to trad- 
ing. This petition received a very kind answer and it was 
requested that the names of all French Protestants who de- 
sired to settle or remain here be given in order that they 
may have " letters of denization." 

In 1688, Oct. loth. Rev. Henry Selyns wrote to the Classis 
of Amsterdam, "Our French ministerial brethren in the Lord 
are doing well. Their congregations grow not a little almost 
daily because of the continual arrival of French refugees. The 
French minister at New Castle (Caspar Carpentier) is dead. 
About five hours from here where Nova Rupella (New* 
Rochelle) is laid out and is building up a new French min- 
ister (David Bonrepos) has arrived. 

In 1688 Rev. Rudolphus Varick, pastor on Long Island, 
wrote to the Classis of Amsterdam, " The French congrega- 
tion increases by daily arrivals from Carolina, the Carribean 



APPENDIX 5 

islands and Europe. Lately two French preachers came over. 
I have as yet made the acquaintance and spoken to only one 
of them. I hear favorable reports about them. . . . We 
have received Mr. Andros as governor the second time." 

The Journal of Assembly of New York May i, 1691, says: 
" Information was given that Dally (Daille) the French min- 
ister had received a petition signed by several of the inhabi- 
tants of Harlem and Westchester. Daillie was summoned to 
appear and was asked through an interpreter if he had such 
a paper. He refused to give any information. He was 
committed for contempt until he should answer. In the after- 
noon he said he had received such a letter but his wife had 
burned it. He was discharged after paying certain fines." 
The document referred to was no doubt signed by friends 
of Jacob Leisler, who in the beginning of the reign of Wil- 
liam and Alary was by the approval of most of the people, 
pushed on to become lieutenant-governor of the province. 
When the new governor, Sloughter, arrived he ordered Leis- 
ler's arrest and execution. This was an outrage and caused 
very bitter feeling. Dailie was a friend of Leisler. 

A letter from Rev. Messrs. Henry Selyns, Rudolphus Varick 
and Godfridus Dellius to the Classis of Amsterdam, Oct. 12, 
1692, says : " We must not omit to inform your reverences 
that the two French churches (New York and New Paltz?) 
have been united and that Domine Perrot will generally preach 
in the city and Domine Dailie will generally preach in the 
country. But the two form but one church and the income 
will be divided equally between them." 

In 1693 appears a list of contribvitors from churches in 
New York and New Jersey for the ransom of certain Chris- 
tian prisoners, held by Moslems at Salee in the Barbary 
states. In this list the " Staten Island French church " is set 



6 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

down as contributing £3 and the New Rochelle church about 
half as much. No mention is made of the churches at New 
Paltz or Kingston. 

Rev. Henry Selyns in a letter to the Classis of Amsterdam, 
Sept. 31, 1696, says there were then five Dutch ministers in 
the province : himself in New York, Dellius at Albany, Nu- 
cella at Kingston, Lupardus on Long Island and Bertholf in 
New Jersey. He also says : " Domine Daillie, recently the 
French minister here has been called to Boston and ministers 
to the French church there. Domine Perrot, a man of great 
learning, formerly a minister in France, now serves the 
church of God here. Domine Alorpe labors in the more dis- 
tant places in the country. Domine Brodet ( Bondet) who 
was formerly professor at Salmur (Saumur) and who has 
lived and preached eight years among the Indians, has been 
called to New Rochelle, five hours from here, where he gives 
good satisfaction by his gifts and holy life." This letter makes 
no mention of Rev. David Bonrepos, whose first recorded 
service at New Paltz was in May of this year. 

In [1696?] a number of the inhabitants at New Rochelle 
petitioned Governor Fletcher stating that they had been forced 
by persecution to flee from France and forsake their estates 
and that their majesties by a proclamation in 1689 had granted 
them an asylum and invited them to buy land here. They 
said they were poor and needy and asked that their case 
be given consideration. 

In 1699 five ministers, representing the Dutch. French and 
English churches, signed a testimonial concerning Rev. Mr. 
Dellius, minister at Albany. The French ministers, signing 
the testimonial are Petrus Pieret, minister of the French 
church in New York and Daniel Bondet, minister of the 
French and English church at New Rochelle and assistant 
teacher of the Indians. 



APPENDIX 



CHAPTER II 

A Church Controversy in the Olden Times 

There was a warm controversy between the cluirch at New 
Paltz and the church at Kingston about 1750, an account of 
which is found in A^okmies IV and V of the Ecclesiastical 
Records of New York, where appear the communications 
sent to the Classis of Amsterdam, in Holland. The question 
at issue was whether the church at New Paltz was an inde- 
pendent organization or a part of the Kingston church. 

Rev. G. W. Mancius, minister of the Kingston church in a 
letter to the Classis of Amsterdam endeavors to show that 
there was no rightful consistory at New Paltz and asserts 
that John \ an Driessen, who had been received by the New 
Paltz people in 1733 was not a legally ordained minister of 
the Dutch church though the New Paltz people " persistently 
adhered to him "' and allowed him not only to conduct service 
when he came to New Paltz, which was several times a year, 
but had also permitted him to install a consistory. Rev. Mr. 
Alancius complains, moreover, that Rev. J. H. Goetschius, who 
was preaching at New Paltz as a supply in 1750 had admin- 
istered the sacrament of communion to those of the New 
Paltz people, who had been cut off from the ordinance of 
the Lord's supper by the church at Kingston for persistently 
adhering to Van Driessen, after being admonished to leave 
him by the consistory of the Kingston church and others. 
Rev. G. W. Mancius states furthermore in this communica- 
tion to the Classis of Amsterdam that Rev. Mr. Goetschius 
had raised the standard of revolt by declaring at Fishkill that 
" before his black head had turned gray other ministers than 
those from Holland would officiate here." Besides all this 



8 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Rev. Mr. Mancius says in regard to Rev. Mr. Goetschius, 
" That gentleman seems not only to question your high author- 
ity over the churches, but more than that he has allowed one 
of his pupils to occupy the pulpit." 

To these statements of Rev. Mr. Mancius the New Paltz 
church, through its representatives Samuel Bevier and Daniel 
Hasbrouck made answer, under date of Oct. i8, 1750, that 
" Samuel Bevier, at present elder of New Paltz, is willing, 
together with many other witnesses, to testify that he and 
several others saw Andries LeFevre and others swear before 
a magistrate that the Paltz as a French Reformed church 
had always been accustomed to be provided with a minister 
and consistory of its own, but as they were now vacant [that 
is when Andries LeFevre and the others appeared before the 
magistrate] they were now willing to promise to unite with 
Kingston for the support of a minister from Europe; but 
with this understanding that whenever they could have a 
minister of their own again they might then consider them- 
selves released from this promise." 

In continuing their answer Samuel Bevier and Daniel Has- 
brouck say, " that it is entirely untrue that New Paltz had 
no other consistory than that of Kingston, for as early as 
August 22, 1683 under Monsieur Pierre Daille there were 
elected and installed an elder and a deacon — Louis DuBois 
as elder and Hughe Frere as deacon ; as it also appears from 
their church book ; whence it also appears that on June 9, 
1690 there were chosen Hughe Frere elder and Louis Bevier 
deacon and these remained in office until their death. There- 
fore when Mr. John Van Driessen came to the Paltz [in 
1733] there was, it is true, no consistory, but he appointed 
one and this the Rev. Goetschius rightly considered a lawful 
consistory, for the Rev. Coetus had set him an example. 



APPENDIX 9 

Therefore we are assured that the conclusion of Rev. Mancius 
is wrong. From the foregoing explanation it clearly appears 
that the Paltz was always a church and congregation by itself 
and so independent of Kingston." 

After the Kingston minister and the New Paltz church 
had presented their arguments the case was referred to Rev. 
J. C. Freyenmont, who decided that New Paltz was an inde- 
pendent church and he installed a consistory. 

Rev. Mr. Mancius was not yet satisfied to let the matter 
rest and in another letter to the Classis of Amsterdam in 
December, 1750, he returns to the subject and says that the 
New Paltz people promised to contribute and did contribute 
part of the salary of Rev. Vas, who was minister of the 
Kingston church and had been Rev. Mancius' colleague since 
1732; moreover that the Paltz for a time had no other con- 
sistory than that at Kingston. He closes by asking the Classis 
of Amsterdam to decide whether New Paltz was an inde- 
pendent church and concludes by saying that if the Classis of 
Amsterdam will not decide the matter he will be compelled 
to go to the Synod for a decision. 

These documents, setting forth the controversy between the 
churches at New Paltz and Kingston, besides being of much 
interest in themselves, are valuable as furnishing conclusive 
proof that there was no minister here from 1700 to 1733. 
Hence the inference that there had been a book containing 
marriages and baptisms for this period and that it had been 
lost, is unfounded. Had there been any minister here from 
1700 to 1733 the fact would certainly have been mentioned 
by Samuel Bevier and Daniel Hasbrouck in their answer to 
Rev. G. W. Mancius. 

In Volume V of the Ecclesiastical Records there is a letter, 
dated Dec. 10, 175 1, from the New Paltz consistory to the 



lo HIS T RY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Classis of Amsterdam, which is of special interest on account 
of the historical information it contains and because of the 
determined spirit it manifests of opposition to Kingston church 
rule. At the time this letter was written the coetus had 
decided that New Paltz was right in claiming independence, 
but the Classis of Amsterdam, from whom the minister must 
come had not yet acceded to the request, which, however, it 
did soon after and sent Rev. Barent Vrooman, as requested, 
who became the first regularly ordained minister of the Dutch 
church and thus ended the existence of the Walloon (Hugue- 
not ) church here. 

The following is the letter, omitting some comparatively 
unimportant parts : 

\^ery Rev. Classical Assembly, Beloved Fathers and 
Brethren in Christ : 

We, the undersigned, consistory of the Reformed Walloon 
Church at New Paltz^ having a short time ago placed our- 
selves under the direction of the Rev. Coetus at New York, 
and so under that of your Reverences, wish your Rev. Assem- 
bly blessing and life forevermore. 

Since it has come to our ears that your Rev. Assembly does 
not consider the action of the Rev. Coetus regarding us as 
worthy of praise, we feel impelled to present to your Rever- 
ences as clearly as possible, the whole matter of our con- 
tention with the consistory of Kingston, asking your Rever- 
ences, in a fraternal spirit, to give us a patient hearing, as 
indeed we expect you will. 

For their most holy faith, our ancestors fled from France 
to this wilderness, to escape the Roman Antichrist. Having 
bought a land-patent from the Indians, they settled in this 
locality in the year 1677. This place of residence was guar- 



APP EN D IX II 

anteed to them by the Duke of York (subsequently James the 
Second, King of Great Britain), through Governor Andros. 
And until the present time, they, and we their descendants, 
have, without political interference, enjoyed protection and 
privileges, as French Protestant Refugees. 

As far as their strength allowed, which was indeed small 
at first, they saw to it that, besides maintaining Family 
Worship, they should have in their midst the public service 
of pure Religion. In the village of the Paltz they built a 
church about the year 17 18 and worship was conducted there 
every Sunday in the French language by French ministers 
whenever they were to be had; such as Rev. De Pierre d'Alje 
(Daille) and Rev. Bon Repos, who in the year 1683, appointed 
a consistory. Several others also officiated, of whom Molinaer, 
who was minister at Xew Rochelle, was the last, in the year 
1739. Whenever there was no minister a sermon was read 
in French. 

"Meanwhile Dutch families came to take up their residence, 
here and there, among us. About the year 1727 services of 
worship began to be held afternoons in the Dutch language. 
Because there was no more French ministers to be had, we 
employed also provisionally some German ministers. Some 
of us also contributed something toward the salaries of the 
ministers of Kingston ; because, when we had no minister 
of our own, we did sometimes trouble that church and its 
minister, as being nearest to us, for the baptism of our 
children. 

Many of us, who understood the Dutch language, did at 
times go to church there. As well disposed neighbors, we 
also contributed toward its church building and church 
•expenses. Some Dutch families, having removed from the 



12 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Kingston community and its villages, as also from some 
other places, to take up their residence among us, still con- 
tinued their connection with the Kingston church. Some 
while dwelling among us, were received on confession there, 
because we had no minister. 

Finally the Kingston church attempted to draw us entirely 
to itself and to make us a part of itself, in order that we 
might supply a permanent perquisite for its ministers. In 
our continuous opposition to that attempt, we diligently sought 
to keep our greatly increasing church in combination with 
one or two of the neighboring churches nearest to us, but 
west of us, for the settlement of a minister. Kingston, how- 
ever, always tried to prevent this. It was in a condition to 
make many inroads upon us and to draw away many of our 
residents, because we were as yet too weak to support a 
minister of our own; for we lacked the living voice of preach- 
ing as well as the administration of the sacraments — privileges 
which the neighboring Kingston always enjoyed. 

Upon the advice, and what seemed to us the well-founded 
reasonings of Rev. Petrus Van Driessen, minister at Albany, 
concerning the ordination in New England of Jan Van Dries- 
sen (whose conduct in these regions had not yet then become 
open to remarks), we, as a French church, which, by the 
statutes of England, had a right to correspond with any 
Protestant churches which are in the King's dominion, in the 
year 1733, thought proper to call this Jan Van Driessen to 
be our minister. Kingston had very much to say against this, 
under the ridiculous pretext that we were a part of its church. 
But what reason had we, Walloon Refugees, who at the time 
were under no obligation, either to Kingston, nor under the 
jurisdiction of any other Dutch church, to believe Rev. Peter 



APPENDIX 13 

Vas, of Kingston, rather than Rev. Peter Van Driessen. 
Both were outsiders and simply advisers. But alas ! What 
happens? Our neighbor, Kingston, to whom we had done 
so much good and whose church burdens, out of pure benevo- 
lence we had helped to carry, unfortunately goes to work and 
puts us under discipline. Why ! because we, poor French 
Refugees, a Walloon church, had made use of our rights and 
of the country's liberties, which had been granted us by our 
gracious King. We did not know that a Dutch church had 
the power to put under the ban a Walloon church. Nor can 
we yet account for it ; for it looks so utterly incomprehensible 
to us. 

Upon the advice of Rev. Goetschius we have now gone 
over to you, having by the Rev. Coetus been reorganized and 
accepted as a church independent of Kingston. May it please 
God, now and hereafter, to reward a thousandfold the Chris- 
tian compassion manifested by the ministers and elders of the 
Rev. Coetus. The above mentioned Mr. Mancius, as long as 
he has been a resident of Kingston, has done his best to 
divide us ; yea, indeed, to make us appear as Schismatics 
under discipline, both before your Revs, as also before the 
Rev. Coetus, notwithstanding the fact that our whole condi- 
tion is perfectly known to the Rev. Coetus and that many 
of its worthy members are intimately acquainted with us. 
And to our great grief and agitation we must hear him daily 
revile and treat with despite these (Coetus) members, with 
his slanderous tongue. Indeed, even the Rev. Classis does 
not escape his inconsiderate remarks, because that body 
assured us by letter of the 15th of November, 1749, as well 
as by the mouth of Rev. Freymuth [Freyenmout], who had 
been authorized thereto, that it had received us under its 
protection. 



14 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Wen, Fathers and Bretheren do but think how painful this 
must be to us. Although our parents escaped from under 
the ban of the Roman Antichrist, we in this day, should 
still encounter obstruction, and that from a consistory and 
minister who count themselves as belonging under the juris- 
diction of your Reverences ; and that they have done such a 
shameful deed as though it were by your Reverences con- 
nivance. 

And now in the fear of God, we are ready, if necessary, 
by clearest argument and with mathematical precision, to 
demonstrate to the Rev. Coetus and also to your Reverences, 
and to convince even our greatest enemy if he has still a 
spark of human conscience left, that from our earliest occu- 
pancy of our Patent ( which is older than the Kingston's 
Patent), we have been a complete French church, with con- 
sistories of our own, and independent of Kingston ; and that, 
therefore, we have been wronged and offended in this 
Kingston discipline, in the most unchristian manner, and par- 
ticularly by the action of Mr. Mancius. 

We make this further request of the Rev. Classical Assem- 
bly. In case this letter should be delivered before brother 
Vrooman (whom we expect to be our minister, and who has 
the affections of the whole church), presents himself to the 
Rev. Classis, ordain him, in accordance with Church Order 
and usage, to be the regular minister of our church in com- 
bination with those of Shawangunk and W'alkill. Thus that 
matter on which so much depends for the welfare of our 
church, will no longer be retarded by unreasonable opposi- 
tion and our poor church will not be put to greater incon- 
venience. 

With all due submission to your Reverences, We the Elders 
and Deacons, chosen and installed bv order of the Rev. 



APPENDIX 15 

Coetus at New York, by authority of our church at New 
Paltz, subscribe our names: 

Daniel DuBois 
[Col.] Johannes Hardenberg 
[of Rosendale] 
Johann George Rank 
[of New Hurley] 
Evert Terwilltger 

[of Shawangunk] 
New Paltz, Dec. 10, 1751, O. S. 



The foregoing communication, which has slumbered in the 
archives in Holland for 150 years shows that the New Paltz 
church did not give in its allegiance to the Classis of Amster- 
dam until 175 1 and then only because they had not been able 
in many years to obtain a French minister and were now 
assured that they, with Shawangunk, should have a minister 
of their own and not form part of the Kingston church. 

This communication shows certain other facts : that when 
the people had no minister a sermon was read in French ; 
that about 1727 services began to be held in Dutch in the 
afternoon ; that family worship was maintained ; that because 
no more French ministers were to be had they had employed, 
provisionally, some German ministers, who had come over, 
doubtless, in the great Palatine emigration. There is no record 
on the church book of any marriages or baptisms by any 
such minister, but probably they performed marriages and 
baptisms and failed to record them or recorded them on 
loose sheets of paper, which have been lost. Most of the 
children were baptized at Kingston during the period from 
1700 to 1733 and again from 1736 until 1749 while New 
Paltz was without a minister. 



i6 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 



CHAPTER III 

The Books of the Duzine 

There are two books which have come down to us from the 
Duzine. One narrates the divisions of land which they 
made; the other gives an account of the lawsuits in which 
they were engaged concerning the boundaries of the Patent. 
There are no records of other action which they may have 
taken concerning other matters, though there is reason to 
believe that some action was taken and no permanent record 
-kept. 

The First Division of Land in The New Paltz Patent 

On the 25th of August, 1703, the surviving New Paltz 
Patentees and representatives of those who were dead signed 
and sealed documents apportioning to each Patentee or his 
heirs his just part of land in the Patent. 

The paper assigning to the children of Simon LeFevre their 
inheritance is as follows: 

To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall 
or may come : Abraham Hasbrouck, Jean Hasbrouck, Abra- 
ham DuBois, Louis Bevier, Antoine Crispel, Peter Deyo, Mary 
DuBois, wife and executor of Isaac DuBois deceased, and 
Hugo Frere, eldest son of Hugo Frere deceased, all of New 
Paltz, in the County of Ulster, send greeting: 

Whereas there is a patent obtained by Lewis DuBois, Chris- 
tian Deyo, Abraham Hasbrouck, Andries LeFevre, Jean Has- 
brouck,' Peter Deyo, Lewis Bevier, Antoine Crispel, Abraham 
DuBois, Hugo Frere, Isaac DuBois and Simon LeFevre from 
:Sir Edmund Andros, late Governor of this province, bearing 



APPENDIX 17 

date ye 29th day of September, 1677, for a certain piece of 
land at the Esopus, in the county aforesaid, lying and being 
on ye south side of ye Rondout creek or kill, beginning from 
ye high hills called Moggonck, from thence stretching south- 
east near the Great River to a certain point or hook called 
Juffrous Hook, lying in the long reach called by the Indians 
Magaatramis, then north alongst the River to an island in ye 
crooked elbow in the beginning of the long reach called by the 
Indians Raphoos, then west to the high hills to a place called 
Waratahoes and Tawaratagu and so along the said hills south- 
west to Moggonck, aforesaid and we the said owners and pro- 
prietors of said land being desirous to convey to each partner 
his share of ye land aforesaid, Now Know ye that we ye said 
Abraham Hasbrouck, Jean Hasbrouck, Abraham DuBois, Louis 
Bevier, Antoine Crispel, Peter Deyo, Mary DuBois, Daniel 
DuBois, and Hugo Frere do by these presents convey, transfer, 
alienate and set over to Andries LeFevre, Isaac LeFevre, Jean 
LeFevre and Alary LeFevre all the lots and parcels of the above 
said land befallen unto them from their father, Simon LeFevre 
and from their uncle, Andries LeFevre and one fifth part of 
their grandfather's land. Christian Deyo as it is layed out 
divided, all now in their possession, together with two twelfths 
parts and one-fifth of the twelfth part of the whole Patent, 
being of their said grandfather of all the land not yet laid 
out or divided to have it in such place and part as they with 
their partners, their heirs or assigns, shall from time to time 
think fit to divide and lay out the same to have and to hold 
the said lots and parcels of land and tracts not yet laid out 
with their hereditaments and appurtenances to the said An- 
dries LeFevre, Isaac LeFevre, Jean LeFevre and Alary Le- 
Fevre, their heirs and assigns, forever, provided they their 



i8 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

heirs and assigns forever pay their proportion of ye quit rents 

in the above said Patent, according to ye part of their land. 
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and 

unchangeably affixed our seals at the New Paltz, this 25th 

day of August, 1703. 

Abraham Hasbrouck, 
Peter Deyo, 
Mary DuBois, 
Jean Hasbrouck, 
Daniel DuBois, 
Abraham DuBois, 
Hugo Frere, 
Louis Bevier, 
Antoine Crispel. 



In presence of us 



John Briellane, 
Samuel Bevier. 



In presence of me W. W. Nottingham, Justice of the Peace. 

Divisions of Lands in the Patent 

In old papers allrsion is found to a division in 1703 by 
the Patentees and their children, by parole without deed, of 
the land lying along the Wallkill, which had previously been 
cleared by the united labor of the settlers. At a still earlier 
date there was individual ownership in houses and home lots. 
In the Books of the Duzine however, we have no account of 
what transpired previous to the organization of that body in 
1728; nor has any document been found telling just how the 
land was divided in 1703. 

The first meeting of the Duzine for division of lands, of 
which account is given in their book, now in the town clerk's 
office, was held Oct., 1738. This was not an original division 



APPENDIX 19 

of the land, but rather a confirmation to the owners of their 
title to the tracts which had previously been divided by parole 
without deed. This division, no doubt, defined the boundaries 
more accurately than the previous agreement had. A great 
portion of the land in the immediate valley of the Wallkill 
was occupied and under cultivation in 1738. 

No surveyor was employed by the Duzine (or Twelve 
Men, as they are frequently called) in making this division. 
Some stones were set in the ground and the place where some 
brook flowed or emptied into the Wallkill, served to some 
extent in marking the division lines between the different 
tracts. 

The record in the book begins as follows : 

" Whereas the Freeholders of the Township of the New 
Paltz on the first Tuesday in April in the year of our Lord 
Christ 1728 did meet then and there, according to an amicable 
agreement, appearing by an instrument in writing under their 
hands and seals, dated the 21st day of April, 1728 did elect 
and chuse twelve able and sufficient men, freeholders and 
inhabitants, who have an interest in the Paltz Patent, repre- 
senting the twelve Patentees, every one of them all owners 
and occupyers and a right of each Patentees share respectively, 
to wit : Jacob Hasbrouck, Roelif Eltinge, John LeFevre, Dan- 
iel DuBois, Samuel Bevier, Daniel Hasbrouck, John Ter- 
pening, Solomon Hasbrouck, Abraham Dojou, John Ken, Isaac 
LeFevre and Josiah Eltinge, who are all, or the major part 
of them, authorized and invested [with] full power to settle 
the several Divisions and partitions that have hitherto been 
made between them by parol!, without deed, reference being 
had unto aforesaid instrument in writing [from which it] 
may more and at large appear what power and authority the 
aforesaid Twelve elected men have got." 



20 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

With this introduction the record in the book of the Duzine 
goes on to say that at a meeting, Oct. 9, 1738, divisions and 
partitions of the lots that had previously been divided by 
parole, without deed, were settled as follows : Beginning at 
the south bounds of the Patent, at the north bound of Solo- 
mon DuBois, on the west side of the Wallkill, the owners 
of the lots comprising the Grote Stuck or Grand Piece shall 
continue to hold and enjoy their lots to the Killtje bridge, 
except that the northernmost lot in said Piece, belonging 
to Abraham Deyo, extends along the south side of Grote 
Stuck Killtje, till it meets a lot of Daniel Hasbrouck. 

Then, going on north the bounds of lots are settled as 
follows : The lot of John LeFevre on the north side of the 
"Grote Stuck Killtje, called in Dutch " to a lot of Daniel 
Hasbrouck upon the "Avenjier " [oatsfield] ; also the lots of 
Daniel Hasbrouck upon the "Avenjier;" the bounds of every 
lot upon the " Rompassy " from the brook that divides the lot 
of Daniel Hasbrouck and that of Andrew LeBVvre, deceased, 
to the " maree " of Samuel Bevier and " every respective 
owner of said lots shall hold and enjoy said lots as they have 
them in their actual possession to them and their heirs and 
assigns, forever " and the maree [swamp] which belongs to 
Samuel Bevier shall run from the last mentioned stone along 
the brook as it winds to the Wallkill where it empties itself. 
The lot of the heirs of Andrew LeFevre is described and 
it is said that it ranges along a swamp to the lot of Roelif 
Eltinge and all the other lots from thence to the " Dryhech " 
[swing gate] being the north bound of a lot of Jacob Hasbrouck 
and bounded on the east by the Wallkill and on the west by a 
swamp and stones set in the ground all along said swamp. 
Next are mentioned two lots on the north side of the High 
Bridge creek [Humpo] belonging to Daniel DuBois and Sam- 



APPENDIX 21 

uel Bevier. This closed the work for the day as we find it 
recorded in tlie book of the Duzine. 

The next day, Oct. lo, the record of their action is resumed 
as follows, going on northward from what is now Spring- 
town : " The Twelve Men came to a voting to settle the north- 
ern and southern division and partitions of the Klein Bontekoe 
[now the R. \'. X. Beaver farm] and the majority of them 
ordered that the southern line of the said Klein Bontekoe is 
to begin by the Paltz River [Wallkill] at a ditch by a stone 
set in the ground, by the banks of the River and running 
from thence westerly to another stone on the west side of 
the King's highway and from thence as them two stones 
ranges to the high mountain; and on the north side of the 
Klein Bontekoe aforesaid to begin by the River side by a 
stone, standing in the ground, on the west side of the King's 
highway, by a bridge, called John the Hollander's bridge and 
a swinging gate, and from thence westerly to another stone 
set in the ground and from thence as the two stones ranges 
to the high mountain and lots lying between the north bounds 
and south bounds of the Klein Bontekoe shall remain unto 
the respective owners to them and their heirs and assigns 
forever hereafter." 

"And it is further agreed at this present meeting' by the 
twelve elected men or the major part of them that the lots 
lying on the Groet Bontekoe shall be and remain to the respec- 
tive owners as follows: beginning at a lot of Daniel DuBois 
and extending northerly along a small ridge to a swamp near 
the Bever kill and along the Bever kill to the Wallkill." 

The record, then, without saying anything about further 
divisions to the north on the west side of the Wallkill crosses 
to the east side of the stream and proceeds as follows : "And 
it is further ordered and agreed by the twelve elected men 



22 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

or the major part of them for setthng the Umits and bounds 
between the Commons and the (hvided lots lying on the 
east side of the Paltz River, called in French Bouree Wallron, 
beginning at a stone set in the ground on the bank of the 
Wallkill, where said River makes a turn to the high falls at 
a lot belonging to John Terpening " and from thence, describ- 
ing the route, but not mentioning the names of any owners 
to " Bontekous kill ; thence as the kill winds westerly to 
stone set in the ground near the bridge and from said stone 
to a mark on a rocky hill near John Een's house." 

The Twelve Men next proceed to the " lots called Solomon 
Hasbrouck's, Roelif Eltinge's and Jacob Hasbrouck's bouerys 
from the " pature a coshon [Hog Pasture] of Roelif Elting." 
The bowerys are set aside for the persons above named. 

Next the pature a coshon of Roelif Eltinge is set aside 
to him and his heirs forever. Then, passing by all the lots 
in the village without any mention, as their bounds were 
already definitely settled, the record next says, "And further 
the elected men proceeded to settle the division between the 
bowereys [farms] lying at the south side of the New Paltz 
called formerly Plat Campaine and now by the name of the 
Plane [Paltz Plains] and the Common and undivided land, 
to begin at the mouth of a small run, where it empties itself 
into the Wallkill, known by the names of Hugoes Frere's 
Mill Creek [the brook at the brick yard], and running along 
the mill creek as he winds southerly as far as the creek 
makes a turn into the woods and from thence to a stone set 
in the ground at the gate of Roelof Eltinge [now the Edmund 
Eltinge place] by the wood side and from thence to another 
stone set in the ground, near the division line of Solomon 
DuBois and the New Paltz and from thence running along 
the bounds of Solomon DuBois to the Wallkill, aforesaid, and 



APPENDIX 23 

from thence as the River winds to the mouth of the small 
run or Mill Creek first mentioned, comprehending the lots 
of Roelof Eltinge, Daniel DuBois, John LeFevre and Louis 
Bevier, within these bounds and the lots shall be and remain 
unto the respective owners as they have got them in their 
actual possession. 

Having finished, the Twelve Men return to the Klein 
Bontekoe to give a more complete description of the small 
lots there as follows : "And it is further agreed by the majority 
of the twelve elected men on the Klein Bontekoe that the 
owners of the respective lots shall run from the Wallkill and 
extend from thence westerly the full breadth of each lot as 
the stones range so far westerly as the west side of Jonah 
Freer's house, except the division line between Jonah Freer's 
lot and the heirs of Catharine Danielson [Donaldson] the run 
shall be the division between the two lots." 

"■ It is also further ordered that there shall be twelve stones 
set at the mountain of an equal distance and that every lot 
shall run from the stone set in the ground the distance from 
ye creek as Jonah Freer's house is and then to run every 
lot with a direct line to the mountain and every lot shall be 
to them and their assigns, forever." 

" In testimony whereof the twelve elected men or the major 
part of them have set their hands the tenth day of October, 
in the twelfth year of his majesty's reign of George the sec- 
ond, over Great Britain, France and Ireland, Anno Domini, 

1738." 

This document shows the method of procedure taken by 
the Duzine in reference to lands along the Wallkill in cases 
where the bounds of lots had not been previously located or 
defined with exactness. A considerable portion of the lots 
are not mentioned at all, for the reason, no doubt, that the 



24 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

bounds were already exactly understood. Some of the names 
of localities mentioned in this paper have come down to the 
present day — Klein liontekoe, Grote Bontecoe, Bontekous kill, 
Rompassy, Avenjier. But the brook passing through the 
southern part of our village is no longer known as Hugo 
Freer's Mill brook or the brook on the north side of James 
E. Deyo's farm as the Bever kill. 

Following the account of the action, in 1738 in the division 
of lands along the Wallkill comes a memorandum, in 1755, 
stating it had been found that a mistake had been made in 
the division between the bowery of Solomon Hasbrouck and 
others north of the village and that there were still undivided 
lands lying at what is now known as Middletown, between 
the lands of Solomon Hasbrouck and those of Geesje Fan, 
widow of Jan Fan ; therefore the action of the Twelve Men 
was ordered revoked as far as this particular division was 
concerned. 

Following this memorandum comes an account of the draw- 
ing made by the Duzine in 1739 of lands on the west side of 
the Wallkill, west of the old divided lands and extending 
from the Grote Stuck bridge to the Humpon [Humpo] the 
whole tract being divided into twelve lots and each lot being 
drawn by one of the Duzine, descended from that one of 
the original Patentees whom he represented in the Duzine. 

The first lot commencing at a run of water " which run- 
neth through the olinut [Butternut, the ancient name of the 
Butterville neighborhood] running to the extent of the Patent 
on the Great Hill, was drawn by Daniel Hasbrouck and fell 
to the Patentee's share of Christian Deyo, deceased (known 
as Grandpere's lot)." 

" Lot No. 2, being on the west side of the old land as 
aforesaid and extending westerly to the extent of the Patent 



APPENDIX 25 

on the Great Hill was drawn by Abraham Deyo, one of the 
elected men, and fell to the Patentee's share of piter Deyo 
deceased or those who may legally represent him, as by the 
last will and testament or deed of conveyance may appear." 

Each of the lots extended from the divided land to the 
top of the mountain. The width of the lots is not stated in 
any case. The phraseology in the notice of the lots is about 
the same all through. Lot No. 3 was drawn by Josiah Elting 
" and fell to the Patentees' share of Louis DuBois and Abra- 
ham DuBois, deceased, or either of them." 

Lot No. 5 was drawn by Solomon Hasbrouck for the Paten- 
tee's share of Abraham Hasbrouck. Lot No. 6 was drawn 
by Jacob Hasbrouck for the Patentee's share of Jean Has- 
brouck. Lot No. 7 was drawn by Jean LeFevre for the Paten- 
tee's share of Andries LeFevre and Simon LeFevre. Lot No. 
8, beginning at the west of the old divided land as aforesaid, 
being from a stone set in the ground, numbered 8 and one 
other stone, likewise No. 8 and being in breadth, northerly, 
to the Lot No. 9 and extending as said stones ranges to the 
extent of the Patent on the Great Hill was drawn by Daniel 
DuBois for the Patentee's share of Isaac DuBois. No. 9 
was drawn by Jean Terpening for the Patentee's share of 
Hugo Freer. Lot No. 10 was drawn by Isaac LeFevre for 
the Patentee's share of Simon LeFevre or Andries LeFevre. 
Lot No. 1 1 was drawn by Jean Fan for the Patentee's share 
of Anthony Crispell. Lot No. 12, being " in breadth northerly 
to the land of Daniel DuBois at the Humpon [Humpo] and 
running up the creek of the Hompon, was drawn by Samuel 
Bevier for the Patentee's share of Louis Bevier. 

Then going on north the Twelve Men again make out 
twelve more lots, beginning " by the founteintje [spring] called 
new Bouri " at a stone set in the ground on the west side of the 



^6 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

King's highway. Lot No. 5 extended to the Little Bontekou 
•of Samuel Bevier. Lot No. 6 began at the north east bound 
of the Little Bontekoe. Lot 8 was marked " by a stone set 
in the ground on the east side of the King's road by the 
creek and also one stone set in the ground near the mountain, 
both stones being marked with the number 8." Lot No. 12 
extended as far as the Beaver kill " then down along the 
Beaver kill to the Wallkill." 

In 1745 the Duzine proceeded to settle the partitions and 
divisions of all the lots on the west side of Hudson's River, 
beginning at Juffrou's Hook and extending to the Little 
Esopus Island, the whole territory being divided into twenty- 
four lots by the Twelve Men. 

Lot No. I began " by a certain gully, on the bank of the 
River, where a small run of water empties itself into the 
River and a tree marked with the letters P L [Paltz Limits] 
and several other marks, which tree stands on the north 
.side of said gully. The house of Deni [Relyea] stands on 
t:he south side of said gully, which said house by said gully 
as deemed and esteemed to be Juffrau's Hook as aforesaid, 
and we take it to be so likewise ; from thence running north- 
westerly into the woods to a stone marked No. i and further 
into the woods to another stone, also [marked] No. i and 
-being in breadth, northerly along Hudson's River to the Lot 
No. 2 and extending northwesterly from Hudson's River to 
the stones set for said lot, ranges three miles into the woods : 
rwhich said Lot No. i being drawn by Samuel Bevier, one 
of the elected Twelve Men for the Patentee's share of Louis 
Bevier." 

; Twelve lots, extending northward, along the River, are 
'diyided in this manner. Each lot extended three miles into 



APPENDIX 27 

the woods. The breadth of the lots is not given. Having 
divided the twelve lots the Duzine proceeded northward with 
the drawing of twelve more lots called the " Northern Lots." 
No mention is made of any survey or any surveyor. Two 
stones were set in the ground in each case. 

Further proceedings of the Duzine are found in their book 
as follows : 

In 1749 appears a memorandum stating that a mistake had 
been made in the apportionment for Granpere's lot on the 
southwest bounds of the Patent and that therefore something 
should be added to thisjot on the east side of the Paltz creek 
on the north side of Granpere's '" Patture a coshon." This 
memorandum is signed by the Duzine for that year. 

In 1763 the previous land divisions are rehearsed and the 
previous division by parole alluded to and a further division 
made of twenty-four lots on the east side of the Wallkill, 
east of the lands previously allotted. This time the division 
is made by a surveyor's description for the first time. Louis 
Bevier was the surveyor employed. 

All of the divided lots extended about a mile east to what 
is now the Put Corners road or its extension north. 

Lot No. I commenced on the south bounds of the patent, 
at the bowery of Louis Bevier, at a stone set in the ground 
on the east side of a run of water which comes from Nathaniel 
LeFevre. This lot was drawn by John Hasbrouck. It is the 
Daniel Rose farm of our day. 

Lot No. 2 began on the north side of the bridge which 
goes to Louis Bevier's bowery and running along a little 
creek to the great kill, then along the great kill to the "Grote 
wy, so called in Dutch " of Samuel Bevier. This was drawn 
by Nathaniel LeFevre. 



28 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

In the description of lot No. 3 mention is made of Josias 
Elting's " schapen wy " [sheep pasture] and " grote wy " 
[big pasture]. 

In the description of lot No. 4 mention is made of Josias 
Elting's " schapen wy " and of a lane which goes into the 
woods ; also of Abm. Deyo's orchard and of Petronalla Le- 
Fevre's hog pasture. This lot was drawn by Abm. Deyo 
and is, we think, the farm north of the turnpike, which came 
down from one Abm. Deyo to another to modern times. The 
lane mentioned as running into the woods is, we think, the 
turnpike of our day. 

In the description of lot No. 5 mention is made of different 
hog pastures. 

The description of lot No. 6 speaks of the pasture of the 
heirs of Daniel Hasbrouck and of the old dam [now the 
dam of Perry Deyo's ice pond]. 

In lot No. 7 mention is again made of hog pastures and 
of the addition here made to Granpere's lot on account of 
Granpere's lot on the other side of the Wallkill in the former 
division. 

In the description of lots No. 8, 9 and 10 allusion is again 
made to hog pastures which lay along the western bounds 
of these lots. No. 8 was drawn by Hugo Freer, Jr., No. 9 
by Simon DuBois and No. 10 by Josias Elting. Mention is 
here made of a lane, which must be the Shivertown road of 
the present day. 

Lot No. 1 1 was drawn by Flias Fan, senior, for the Paten- 
tee's share of Anthony Crispell and is without doubt the farm 
which descended in the next generation to Flias Fan, Jun., 
and then to his son James Fan. 

Lot No. 12 commenced at the bowery of Solomon Has- 
brouck, which lay to the west. This was drawn by Johannes 
LeFevre for Granpere. 



AP P EN D IX 29 

The division into twelve lots comprising the south division 
of the first tier was now concluded, the land being divided 
as far north as the present Middletown school house. Here 
a lane was located and twelve more lots laid out. The 
ground to the east was so rough and hilly that the lane 
was moved farther north. 

Lot No. I of the second division commenced at the present 
Middletown school house. It extended along the lane, with 
the bowery of Solomon Hasbrouck to the west. 

Lot Xo. 2, which was the only one lying on the west side 
of the present highway, is described as follows : " From the 
Great Hill and along the same as it runs northerly to the 
bowery of John Ean, deceased, to a mark on a rock, being 
marked for the said bowery ; being sixty links from the 
southwest corner of the house of said Ean, then south forty- 
two degrees, east six chains and twenty-five links to a stone 
by the edge of the kill, by or near the Bontekous kill, then 
up said kill as it runs, easterly, including all the turnings 
and windings of the same to a stone standing on the end of 
lot No. 4, one chain and thirty-four links from the house 
made by Christopher Deyo." [This must be what is now 
the Edmund Rosa house.] 

Lot No. 3 commenced on the north bounds of lot No. i, 
on top of the ^Middletown hill. Here by the east side of 
the present road was still to be seen in modern times a stone 
set in the ground and marked with a figure 3. 

Lot No. 5 was drawn by Jacob Hasbrouck, for the Paten- 
tee's share of Jean Hasbrouck. This lot is still owned in 
the family and is in woods except the western part, which 
is the Charles A. Johnston place. 

Lot No. 6 was drawn by Petrus LeFevre and is now the 
property of Simon LeFevre. 



30 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

In the description of lot No. 7, now the Dr. Green farm^ 
it is simply said on the west that it runs along the old divided 
land. This lot was drawn by John Hasbrouck for the Paten- 
tee's share of Abraham Hasbrouck. 

Lot 9 ran along the old divided land till it came to a 
little creek and land formerly of Christian Deyo, deceased; 
then through a little strip of undivided land. This was 
drawn by Hugo Freer, Jr., for the Patentee's share of Hugo 
Freer. 

Lot 10 ran along old divided land to the land of Jacob 
Freer. 

Lot II ran to the lane. [Is this the lane just south of the 
Bontecoe school house?] 

Lot 12 ran along the old divided land of Hugo Freer to 
a stone set by the Great Creek, then along said creek to the 
line called Graham's line. [That is the line marking the 
north bounds of the Patent, run by Aug. Graham in 1709.] 
Then to the rock which lies at Patture's Killtje. 

t 
The Last Divisions of Land in the Patent 

The last divisions of land in the Patent were made in 1762 
and in 1772. 

The division made in 1762 comprised the territory extend- 
ing eastward from what is now known as the Put Corners- 
road. 

In the record of this division mention is made of the line 
run by Graham from the Esopus Island (now Pell's Island) 
to the rock at Patture's Killtje. The lots divided in 1762 ex- 
tend east to the lots laid out in 1743 along the River, which 
extend three miles back from the Pludson into the woods. In 
this division in 1762 mention is made of 12 lots from the Fly 
to the moimtain over the Swartz Kill. ^Mention is also made 



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315 



of " one other parcel of land which is laid out for a place to 
build a church on and is added to said lot to be drawn with 
the same, lying on the east side of the little run that runneth 
out of Abraham Deyo's pasture." We can not from the de- 
scription locate the spot reserved for the building of a church,, 
but think it must have been about where Plutarch now is. 

Ten years afterwards on the 28th day of November, 1772,. 
the twelve men made the final division of lands in the Patent. 
The territory to be divided was cut up into 24 lots, one half 
of the number lying easterly of the second tier on the east 
side of the Big Meadow; also 12 lots lying along Graham's 
line at the Barrens, and bounded southerly by Graham's line, 
easterly by the River lots, northerly by lot No. 17 the lots over 
the Fly; westerly by No. 12 of the small lots along Graham's 
line over the Fly. 

We are not familiar with the locality, but it must be some- 
where in the central western part of the present town of 
Lloyd. 

It is said that the tract usually called Pang Yang, lying 
about three miles north west of the present village of Lloyd, 
was never divided, probably on account of the poverty of the 
soil. This afforded the unique people called Pang Yangers 
opportunity to locate there. It is stated that they came from 
Dutchess county, probably about 1800. They were noted for 
their extreme poverty and general shiftlessness. At one time 
there were about 20 voters in Pang Yang. Gradually they 
moved to other places. 

The Lawsuits of the Duzine. 

One of the two books of the Duzine is taken up almost 
altogether with an account of the law suits carried on in re- 
gard to the boundaries of the Patent. This litigation lasted 



32 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

over half a century. It related mainly to the south bounds 
of the Patent and the location of Juffrou's Hook, which was 
mentioned in Gov. x\ndros' grrant as the south east corner of 
the Patent. 

In the grant of the patent the four corners are set down 
as Moggonck, Jufifrous Hook. Raphoos and Tawaratague. 

The tract was irregular in shape. It had a frontage of 
about twelve miles on the river and six miles on the mountains. 
Its north line was about eight m^iles long and its south line 
twelve miles in length. 

The table rock at Paltz Point was reckoned in surveys 
as the starting point or Moggonck; the southernmost point of 
Pell's Island in the Hudson is Raphoos ; the white, marked 
rock in the mountain, just west of Rosendale Plains is 
Tawartague. These points were never disputed ; but the de- 
cision as to what spot on the River was Juffrous Hook was 
not arrived at until it had been 44 years in dispute and the 
final decision was a great disappointment to the New Paltz 
people. This was without doubt the most important legal con- 
test ever carried on in New Paltz and able lawyers were em- 
ployed. Blue Point, as it is now called, was finally determined 
in I7Q4 to be Jufifrous Hook. The New Paltz people had 
claimed that Juffrous Hook was a spot half a mile further 
down the Hudson, about lyi miles north of Milton. 

Aug. Graham, surveyor-general, who made a survey and 
draft of the entire Patent in 1709, had designated this point as 
Juffrous Hook and marked a line of trees all the way thence 
to Moggonck. Cadwalader Golden had run the south line of 
the Patent in 1729 and his survey agreed with that of Graham. 
Fifteen years after this we have an intimation that trouble 
concerning the boundaries must be prepared for in the famous 
compact of 1744, in which the owners of the Patent, 34 in all, 



AP P EN D IX 33 

bind themselves for fifteen )^ears to pay all assessments made 
by the Duzine in defending the title of any owner. The next 
year the Duzine divided all the land along the Hudson, ex- 
tending three miles back into the woods. 

They commenced at the southeast corner of the Patent. 
The record in their book in the safe in our town clerk's office 
says that Lot No. i began "' by a certain gully on the bank 
of the river, where a small run of water empties itself into 
the river and a tree marked with the letters P. L. [Paltz 
Limits] and several other marks, which tree stands on the 
north side of said gully. The house of Deni [Relyea] stands 
on the south side of said gully, which house, by said gully, 
is deemed and esteemed to be Juffrous Hook and we take it to 
be so likewise." In 1750 the litigation seems to have begun 
as is shown by several affidavits of that date still preserved in 
the town clerk's office. In 1752 the legal hostilities actually 
commenced. The same year another survey of the entire 
Patent was made. Charles Clinton was employed to do the 
work. He was paid £10 and his chainbearer ten shillings. 
Clinton's map, still preserved in the town clerk's office, is on 
parchment. It does not disturb Juffrous Hook and makes the 
total area of the Patent 39.873 acres. A beech tree on the 
river is set down as the starting point. 

The following affidavits, made in 1750. give a presentation 
of the other side of the case and give also valuable historical 
information. 

Affidavit of Peter Winne, Now in Town Clerk's Safe. 

Examination of Peter Winne of the city of Albany, mariner, 
pursuant to an order of governor in council of this day, taken 
upon oath before me, Simon Johnson, recorder, and one of bis 
Majesty's justices of the peace for the city and county of 



34 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

New York ; this deponent saith that he hath no interest in ye 
patent called ye New Paltz, that he knows the point commonly 
called Juffrous Hook, that it lies in ye long reach between the 
Dance Chamber and Crom Elbow, that the said Point, so 
long as he can remember, which is upwards of 40 years, is 
ye point of land or high, rocky hill putting into ye river, that 
ye same point lyes northward of a valley where Air. Dennis 
[Relyea] lived and, according to his judgment, is between 
half a mile and a mile distance from said settlement, that he 
knows not nor has heard of any other place between the set- 
tlement and point aforesaid called JufTrous Hook, that he does 
not know where the south bounds of the Paltz extends or 
terminates, that if he had seen a sloop lying southward or 
northward of the said point and any one had asked him where 
that sloop lay he would have answered below the point if 
she lay southward of the point ; but if northward he would 
say above ye point of Juffrous Hook, and if abreast of ye 
point he would say opposite Juffrous Hook. 

Cross examined by Air. Abraham Hasbrouck ; saith that he 
does not know nor hath not heard of a place to the southward 
of the point called Alaagratramis. that if he in a sloop should 
lie south or north of the point of said Juffrous Hook and 
should be asked by any one where he had been at anchor he 
would say in a general way, at Juffrous Hook ; but if asked, 
just at ye hook w'd say southward or northward. Even 
should he be half a mile or a whole mile on the one side or 
the other he would say that he had been at Juffrous Hook ; 
but if asked particularly would answer as above said, that he 
don't know where the north bound of the land late of John 
Barber ie is. 

Peter Winne. 

Acknowledged and sw^orn to this 9th of August, 1750. 



APPENDIX 35 

Examination of Ahm. Dow. 

Abraham Dow of full age of the city of Albany, mariner, 
being examined in manner aforesaid, saith the same in sub- 
stance as Peter \\'inne, only differing as followeth ; that for 
20 years he hath sailed the Hudsons river as skipper between 
New York and Albany, that should he in a sloop lye exceeding 
half mile distance south or north of ye point of Juffrous Hook 
and any one should ask him where he had lain he would say^ 
above the hook or below the hook, but if within less than half a 
mile he would say, he lay at Juffrous Hook. 

Cross examined by Mr. Hasbrouck : 

If his sloop should lie opposite the settlement of Denie he 
would say, at Denie's or Juffrous Hook; if he were to show 
any one where Juffrous Hook was he would show the point 
extending furthest into the River. 

Abraham Dow. 

Acknowledged and sworn to. 

Examination of Jos. Tompkins. 

Joseph Tompkins of Ulster county, of full age, being ex- 
amined, pursuant to an order of governor in council says that 
he hath no interest in the Paltz Patent, that he knows the 
point or hook called Juffrous Hook and hath known the same 
about 30 years, that there is a rocky part of ye point, putting 
out into Hudson's River, which rocky point he understands to 
be Juffrous Hook ; that he knows of no other place called 
Juffrous Hook between the Crom Elbow and the Dance Cham- 
ber; that he was present and saw two old Indians and one 
young one show to Henry Vanderburgh, Col. Moore and some 
others a red cedar tree with ye top cut off and said that tree 
was ye Paltz bounds and that the Paltz land lay all to 



36 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

ye north side of said cedar tree ; that said cedar tree stood 
about three or four rods from ye river and on ye point that 
extended furthest into ye river; that so long as this deponent 
has known the hook aforesaid, being about 30 years he hath 
known a beech tree standing near Hudson's river about north- 
easterly from the house of old Dennie, just on ye north side of 
a gully there, ranging between the house and said tree ; that 
the deponent saw the Paltz people sett out to run their line 
from that tree and that the owners of the Paltz land had, all 
the time he knew that country, claimed to that tree as their 
south bounds ; that he never heard the place called Juffrous 
Hook, where the said beech tree stood ; that he has not heard 
any part of ye blufif called Juffrous Hook, but the Point (ex- 
cept by ye Paltz people) and they said the Hook extended to 
the beech tree ; that he believes the distance from the beech 
tree to Juffrous Hook may be about 50 chains. 

Cross examined and being asked if he did not understand 
and believe when the cedar tree was shown to Mr. Vander- 
bergh and Col. Moore, as aforesaid, did he not understand that 
Col. Moore was executor of one of the Barberies and acted in 
behalf of children of Mr. Barberie, answered that he under- 
stood it so, for he heard Col. Moore say he must look after 
the estate and further saith that Mr. Vanderbergh, by order 
of Col. Moore, began at ye aforesaid cedar tree and run a line 
from thence to ye New Paltz line, but how^ far he run the line 
he can not remember ; that when he first settled there on the 
Barberie land he saw a line of old marked trees extending from 
ye aforesaid beech tree ye whole length of Mr. Barberie's land, 
but whether further or not he don't know ; that he heard and 
understood that old Mr. Dennie had liberty of ye Paltz people 
to clear land and till ye same on ye north side of the said 
line and that he did clear some land there by the said liberty 



APPENDIX 37 

and that the said Hue was esteemed, as he had heard, the 
south bounds of the Paltz patent and further this deponent 
saith not. 

Joseph Tompkins. 

Sworn this ninth of August, Anno Dom, 1750, before ma 
S. Johnson. 

Affidavit of William Beekman. 
Wm. Beekman of the city of New York, about 64 years of 
age, being examined and sworn pursuant to an order of gov- 
ernor in council of this day saith : That he hath no interest in 
ye Paltz Patent, that he knows the point commonly called 
JufTrous Hook, that it is a high bluff, extended into Pludsons 
river on west side : that about 48 years ago he was with his 
father on his sloop, that some of the Patentees of the Paltz 
were also on board on their passage, that the said Patentees 
showed this deponent's father and himself a red cedar tree 
standing on ye pitch of ye point called Juffrous Hook just by 
the water; said cedar tree the said Patentees said was the 
south bound of their patent— that the patent began there; the 
stump of which tree this deponent hath seen about eight years 
last past as he thinks, that he never heard of any other place 
called or pretended for the south bounds of the Paltz patent 
but the point of said Hook which extends furthest into said 
river ; that on or near 40 years past he was in ye house of old 
Dennie, [Relyea] or about the beginning of his settle [settle- 
ment] that ye house as well as he remembers stood about 
half a mile or more distance from the point of Juffrous Hook 
and on the south side of said point, that the said Juffrous 
Hook and cedar tree, showed to him as aforesaid, lies be- 
tween the Dance Chamber and Crom Elbow. 



38 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Cross examined by Air. Hasbrouck the deponent saith that 
he never heard of any place at or near Juffrous Hook called 
Magatramis, that if he in a boat lay half a mile south or north 
of ye point of Juffrous Hook and should be asked where he 
had lain he would answer in like manner as Peter Winne m 
his examination hath answered ye like question ; that Abraham 
Hasbrouck and Lewis Davo [ ?] and Abraham DuBois were 
the persons who showed him the cedar tree and Juft'rous Hook 
as aforesaid, whom he understood were Patentees. Further, 
deponent saith not. 

Wm. Beekman. 

Sworn the 9th of August, 1750, before S. Johnson. 

After 1750, the date when the above affidavits were made, 
there is an interval of 44 years, during which there are among 
the papers of the Duzine no accounts of the litigation except 
the names of the lawyers employed, the record of large sums 
of money raised to defend the Patent and the names of per- 
sons against whom ejectment suits were carried on. There 
were evidently lawsuits in regard to other boundary lines like- 
wise, though these were of much less importance. 

The first entry in the book of the Duzine in regard to these 
lawsuits is in 1752 when Johannes Hardenbergh is paid for the 
attorney £3 and Jonas Freer is allowed 8 shillings for payment 
to the sheriff for arresting a man ; Jacob Hasbrouck and Josias 
Elting are paid for furnishing meat, drink, lodging and rum 
for svirveyor and chainbearer when the New Paltz line was 
run and Josias Elting is allowed 6 shillings for " carrying a 
letter over the River to go to New York to the attorney." 

In the same year, 1752, appears the names of the first at- 
torneys emplo}'ed, Abm. Lodge and .Wm. Alsop, who received 
£5 each. Another entry shows that the Duzine paid the claim 



APP EN D IX 39 

of several gentlemen " for expenses they paid to treat .\lsop 
and Mr. Lodge when they met at New York about a sute." 

In 1/54 the sum of £4 is subscribed and it is ordered that 
Josias Elting and Matthew Allen go to Kingston to deliver the 
money and letter to the skipper, to deliver the same to the at- 
torneys in New York and the major part of the twelve men 
shall stand jointl}- with them to defend them if they become 
security for an order of ejectment begun against Isaac Tomp- 
kins in the possession of the New Paltz. Next follows an 
order to pay Wm. Smith £5 to carry on the ejectment suit 
against Isaac Tompkins. 

In 1760 Louis Bevier is paid his bill for surveying part of 
the land in the Patents. 

In 1773 an appropriation is voted of £30 as a retaining fee 
to defend the boundaries of the Patent and Capt. Noah Elting 
is allowed 8 shillings for going to confer with Mr. Clinton in 
behalf of the Twelve Men. 

In 1780 the very large sum of £600 is raised by the Duzine 
and in the various items of expense appears a retaining fee of 
£200 for Egbert Benson who was a noted lawyer in those days. 

In 1781 the sum of £50 is raised. In 1784 the sum of £25 
is voted and in this, case a suit against another man — Stephen 
Case, is mentioned. 

In 1791 there is the further sum of £150 raised for carrying 
on the suits. In 1703 the Duzine voted to raise the sum of 
£200 to '' defend the Patent " and they resolved to commence 
a suit for ejectment against Titus Ketcham and to defend the 
ejectment suit of Stephen Case against Peter Palmatier. 

A committee consisting of Petrus Hasbrouck, Petrus Le- 
Fevre, Jr., Josiah Hasbrouck, Andries LeFevre and Daniel 
DuBois is appointed to look after these lawsuits and to pro- 
cure persons and papers and they are to be allowed 8 shillings 



40 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

a day for actual service in the county and lo shillings a day 
when out of the county. 

In 1794 we have a new chapter in the story of the litigation 
concerning Jufifrous Hook — an affidavit on the New Paltz side 
of the case; also Judge Lewis' report of his charge to the 
jury and a letter from John Addison, lawyer for the Duzine, 
to Col. Josiah Hasbrouck intimating that a continuation of 
the litigation was practically hopeless. 

Affidavit of Jacob Turck. 

Jacob Turck being sworn deposes and says that he is 
upwards of 74 years of age, that when he was a boy about 
12 years of age he went to New York with his mother, and 
the skipper showed him the house of Denie Ralyea for Juffrous 
Hook; that he commenced boating in 1744 ; that in going down 
and coming up the river he never knew any other place for 
Juffrous Hook; that the Point [PJlue Point] was not then 
called the Hook, but was about a quarter of a mile to the north- 
wards of Dennis' house ; that when he came to anchor they 
generally ran round the point into the hook for shelter; never 
heard of the Point being called the Hook until the dispute be- 
tween Wentworth and the Paltz people. 

Jacob Turck. 

Sworn to this third of Alay, 1794, before me Mos. Ferris. 

Report of Judge Lewis. 

In the case of James Jackson, on the demise of Andries 
LeFevre, Jn. vs. Titus Ketcham in ejectment for lands in 
the town of Nevv^ Paltz in the county of Ulster the single 
question of agreement of the parties submitted to the jury was 
the southern bounds of the patent of New Paltz. 



APPENDIX 41 

The grant was made the 29th day of September, 1677 and 
is bounded on the south by a line run from the high hills 
called Moggonck to a certain point or hook in the River called 
the Juffrous Hook, lying in the long reach called by the 
Indians Magaatramis. 

The plaintiff's deduction of title was admitted and it was 
agreed that Moggonck was the place now called Paltz Point 
on Shawangunk mountains, which left the jury to ascertain the 
single fact of which was Juffrous Hook, the plaintiff insist- 
ing that the Hook was the head of an inlet or bay of the 
Hudson's River, and the defendant that it was the middle- 
most of three points jutting into the said River about 50 chains 
north of the place set up by the plaintiff and forming the 
northern headland of the aforesaid bav. 

To establish the reputation of the country as to this fact 
parol testimony was introduced on both sides, but the weight 
of evidence, arising from the number of witnesses, the facts 
they related, their means of information, and the definition 
of the terms Hook or Point was clearly and satisfactorily to 
my mind in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff gave in 
further evidence a line of old marked trees counting 85 years, 
extending from Moggonck to a beech stump, w^hich in the 
memory of one of the witnesses had been also a marked tree 
and stood a little to the northward of the place set up by him 
for the Hook. This witness furthermore deposed that that 
beech tree was considered the south bounds of the Paltz by 
his father who lived near it ; but the witness had not been at 
the place since the age of 14, until the view and his father 
died before he left the place. He was now 80 years old. No 
evidence was given of the occasion on which those trees were 
marked or bv whom it was done. 



42 HISTORY OF NEW F ALT Z 

' The plaintifif next introduced a patent of the T2th of May, 
1748, to Noah Elting and Nathaniel LeFevre for lands lying 
south of and adjoining to the line by him set up, recognizing 
the line of old, marked trees as the south bounds of the patent 
of New Paltz. This recognition was, however, nearly in the 
terms of the petition on which the patent was granted the 
petitioners, showing that the lands applied for were adjoming 
those of New Paltz and Elting and LeFevre were both proved 
to have been at the time of the last mentioned grant proprietors 
in die Paltz patent. Evidence was next given of sundry 
possessions, seven or eight in number, under the Paltz title, 
north of the line set up by the plaintiff, none of which exceeded 
33 years and few which reached that period. A patent to 
Jacob and Abraham Hasbrouck and others of June 20th, 1753, 
recognizing the old line of marked trees and the corner of 
Noah Elting's lot therein, but without mentioning it as the 
bounds of the Paltz patent, closed the testimony on the part 
of the plaintiff. 

The defendant showed that these last mentioned patentees 
were also proprietors in the Paltz patent and closed his proof 
with the production of a patent of July 13th, 1751 to ITugh 
Wentworth for a tract of land, beginning at Hudson's River 
at the middlemost of three out jutting points commonly called 
Juffrous Hook or Point and running thence to Paltz point. 

In summing up the evidence I observed to the jury that 
there was but a single point in the case on which they were to 
decide and that was where is Juft'rous Hook; that the lights 
by which they must be guided were the words of the Grant, 
the meaning of the two governing terms Point or Hook, the 
parol testimony as to the place intended, the course of the 
southern boundary line as given in the grant, the recognitions 
to be met with in subsequent grants, the line of marked trees 



APPENDIX 43 

and the different possessions. I observed to the jury that the 
description of lands in the subsequent patents introduced in 
evidence, could not be taken for recognition on the part of the 
government, first; because of the absurdity of supposing that 
the government would acknowledge both lines ; secondly these 
grants, especially Elting's, like all the grants I have met with 
in the country, passed upon the petition of the party setting 
forth the bounds of the tract applied for and were therefore 
not to be considered as issuing ex mero motre but at the 
suit of the party ; the descriptions for this reason as well as 
for his interest in the Paltz patent were rather his sugges- 
tions than the act of the Crown. Respecting the line of 
marked trees my observations were that its not being coeval 
with the patent showed that it was not run for the purpose of 
predicating the patent on it ; that the circumstance of its be- 
ing ^T, years younger than the patent, it not appearing by 
whom or for what purpose it was run, the probability of its 
being an ex parte act, lessened considerably its weight in the 
scale of testimony. 

It is not necessary for me further to detail the charge, 
having stated everything so far as memory serves me, (which 
is the only source, from the manner of conducting the exam- 
ination) necessary for the plaintiff's purpose. 

The verdict in my opinion was well warranted by the evi- 
dence and as satisfactory a one to me as ever I received in a 
contested cause. 

John McKisson, Clerk. 

Dated, Oct. 30th. 1794. 

Letter from John Addison. 

John Addison of Kingston, the attorney who had conducted 
the litigation for the New Paltz people, wrote to Col. Josiah 



44 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Hasbrouck as follows, under date of Nov. 3d, 1794, enclosing 
Judge Lewis' report : 

Sir: Inclosed is a certified copy of Jndge Lewis' report in 
the case of LeFevre vs. Ketcham on the motion for a new 
trial. On hearing the report Mr. Van Vechten and myself are 
of the opinion that it would be a fruitless attempt to persevere 
in the motion for a new trial. You will perceive the judge's 
report is strong against us, and as our arguments would be 
tested by the report only, it would contradict the strength of 
every argument we would bring forward. How far the Judge 
is right or wrong the Trustees may in part judge as well as we. 
In the present instance his opinion would prevail; at least 
would have a strong operation against us. Whatever determi- 
nation the Twelve Men shall see fit to take in future shall 
be faithfully attended to by their most obedient 

Jno. Addison. 

Josiah Hasbrouck. Esq. 

It is not probable that the Duzine continued the litigation 
concerning Juffrous Hook. 

In 1796 appears the following entry: " Alemorandum : that 
the twelve men have been paid for defending the ejectment 
brought by Titus Ketcham against Geo. Wurts, Simeon Low, 
Gilbert Saxton, David Safifer, Joseph Coddington and Peter 
Green, £151, lis 7d which money has been paid by Peter 
LeFevre, Jun. [grandfather.] 

The book of the Duzine contains accounts of the further 
expenditures of large sums of money from time to time in 
defending the Patent though it is not stated what portion of 
the boundary line was in dispute and it is quite certain that 
there was no further litigation concerning Jufl^rous Hook. 

In 1796, appears an entry showing that Aaron Burr had 
been paid £20 for his services as attorney. 



APPENDIX 45 

In 1798 the sum of £200 is called for to defend the boun- 
daries of he Patent and each of the Twelve Men proceeds to 
raise his proportion of that sum. 

In 1801 appears another call for money to defend the Patent 
and £400 is the amount needed. 

In 1804 there is an entry on the other side of the account 
and Philip Elting paid the Twelve Men £48 received of Titus 
Ketcham. 

In 1809 there is reference made to a suit between New 
Paltz and Marbletown concerning the boundary line. It is not 
stated how the suit terminated, but the writer remembers hav- 
ing heard when a child that the Duzine employed Aaron Burr 
as their attorney and that they won the case. 

After this date there is no entry of any importance but 
merely the mention each year of the names of the twelve 
men elected until in 1824 when the record stops altogether, 
showing that the elections of the Duzine had ceased. The 
fact that there are a number of blank pages following the 
last entry of names show that the record had not been 
transferred to another book. 

The very last record in the book follow^s the usual phrase- 
ology and is as follows : " At the annual town meeting of 
the free holders' and inhabitants of the town of New Paltz on 
the first Tuesday of April, 1824, the following persons were 
chosen and elected by plurality of the votes of the freeholders 
and inhabitants in pursuance of a certain instrument of writing 
made for that purpose: For the patentee's share of Jean 
Hasbrouck, Jacob J. Hasbrouck; for the patentee's share of 
Abraham Hasbrouck, Samuel Hasbrouck; for the patentee's 
share of Louis DuBois, Philip Elting ; for the patentee's share 
of Anthony Crispell, Elias Ean; for the patentee's share of 
Simon LeFevre, Matthew LeFevre; for the patentee's share 



46 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

of /Viidries LeFevre, Peter LeFevre ; for the patentee's share 
of Hugo Freer, EHas Freer; for the patentee's share of Chris- 
tian Deyo, Benjamin H. Deyo; for the patentee's share of 
Peter Deyo, Wm. Deyo ; for the patentee's share of Louis 
Bevier, Samuel DuBois ; for the patentee's share of Abraham 
DuBois, Ezekiel Ehing; for the patentee's share of Isaac Du- 
Bois, Daniel DuBois." To the list of persons chosen as the 
Duzine for that year is added the usual statement that all 
accepted the position. 

This ends the record of a most extraordinary body of men, 
whose existence continued from 1728 until i8?4, a period of 
very nearly 100 years. As far as their records show the only 
pONver they exercised was in the government of undivided 
land, the division of lands, the raising of money to defend 
the title and the employment of lawyers for the purpose, but 
there is reason to think that they performed other duties not 
recorded in the books that have come down to us and of 
which probably no permanent record was made. 



AP P li N D I X 47 



CHAPTER IV 

The Patent Granted to Noah Elting and Nathaniel 

LeFevre. 

In 1/47 George II being King and George Clinton Captain- 
General of the province of New York, there was granted to 
Noah Elting and Nathaniel LeFevre a patent for three tracts 
of land comprising about 2,500 acres, lying south of the Paltz 
Patent and to a great extent between the Paltz Patent and 
the patent granted in 1688 to Louis DuBois. This territory 
or a great part of it had been at one time supposed to be 
within the bounds of the Paltz Patent. It had been however 
partially and perhaps wholly granted by patent to Capt. John 
Evans and this patent subsequently revoked. 

In the Memorial House are two maps, long preserved in 
the Patentees' trunk, showing the south bounds of the Paltz 
Patent and showing also the other small patents, which had 
been granted along its southern line. It was finally decided 
that the south bounds of the Paltz Patent was a straight line 
from Table Rock at what is now known as Sky Top, to the 
Hudson river at Juffrou's Hook. The patent to Noah Elting 
and Nathaniel LeFevre is among the papers of the late Ed- 
mund Eltinge. It is on broad parchment, with the great seal 
of the province of New York attached. This seal is 43^2 
inches in diameter. On one side is a figure representing 
Indians on their knees before a white man, on the other side 
is a lion rampant. The patent is as follows : 

George the Second, by the grace of God of Great Britain, 
France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc. To 
all to whom these presents shall come greeting: whereas our 



48 HISTORY OF N EW P ALT Z 

loving subjects Noah Elting and Nathaniel Lefever, did by 
their humble petition, presented to our trusty and well beloved 
George Clinton Captain-General and Governor-in-chief of our 
province of. New York and territories thereon depending in 
America, vice-admiral of the same and vice-admiral of the 
Red Squadron of our fleet. In Council on the fifteenth day 
of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- 
dred and forty-seven, pray our letters-patent for three thou- 
sand acres of two or more pieces or parcels of vacant lands 
vested in us, lying and being in the county of Ulster, adjoin- 
ing to the lands of the township of New Paltz and the lands 
of the petitioners, or for so much thereof as upon a survey 
should be found vacant and unpatented, which lands are part 
of the lands formerly granted to Capt. John Evans, the 
patent whereof has been since vacated and the lands re- 
assumed and the said petition having been then and there 
read and considered by our Council of our said province did 
afterwards, to-wit on the eighteenth day of March aforesaid, 
humbly advise our said Governor to grant the prayer thereof. 
Wherefore our said Governor in obedience to our Royal in- 
structions for that purpose together with Archibald Kennedy, 
Esquire, Surveyor-General of our said Province and Cad- 
walader Colden, Esq., Surveyor-General of Lands for our said 
Province, three of the Commissioners appointed by our Royal 
instructions, for the setting out of all lands to be granted 
within our said Province have set out for the said Noah 
Elting and Nathaniel Lefever all those three certain tracts 
or parcels of land, lying and being in the county of Ulster, 
being part of the land formerly granted to 'Capt. John Evans 
as aforesaid, the patent of which has been long since vacated 
and the lands reassumed, the first of which tracts begins at 
a stake with a heap of stones round it, standing in a line of 



APPENDIX 49 

Old Marked Trees that runs south fifty-two degrees east from 
a point on the top of the Mountains commonly called Paltz 
Point, which line is the south bounds of the Patent of New 
Paltz and the said stake or place of beginning is sixty-seven 
chains from the Wallkill or Paltz river, measured along the 
said line And this tract runs from the said place of beginning 
along the said line of Old Marked Trees, south fifty-two 
degrees west ninety chains and fifty links to the land granted 
to Anne Mullender ; then along the line of the same land 
and of the land granted to Hugo ffrere northwest one hundred 
and fifty chains to the land granted to Cornelius DuBois and 
Ruloflf Elting, then along their line north forty-nine degrees 
east thirteen chains and north fifty-six degrees and forty min- 
utes west eighty-eight chains to the land granted to Louis 
DuBois and then along his bounds to the place where this 
tract first began containing one thousand five hundred and 
twenty-nine acres and the usual allowance for highways. 

The Second of the said tracts begins in the said line of 
Old Marked Trees One hundred chains from the northeast 
corner of the same tract at an Elm tree marked with three 
notches on four sides and X on the south side standing in the 
south end of a small swamp and on a flat rock lying even 
with the ground and marked with the letters I E and this 
tract runs from thence along the said line South fifty-two 
degrees east sixty chains ; then south twenty-five degrees west 
ninety chains ; then north seventy-two degrees w^est fifty-eight 
chains and then north twenty-five degrees east one hundred 
and ten chains and forty links to the place of beginning con- 
taining five hundred and sixty acres and the usual allowance 
for highways. 

The Other of the said three tracts lies on the west side of 
the Paltz River and begins on the said south bounds of the 

4 



50 HISTORY OF N E IV P ALT Z 

New Paltz Patent (being the said line that runs south fifty- 
two degrees east from the said point on the Mountains) and 
at the northwest corner of the land granted to Lewis DuBois 
and runs from thence along the said line north fifty-two 
degrees west sixty-four chains and forty links thence south 
forty-six degrees west twenty-nine chains to another line of 
marked trees, running from the said point on the mountains, 
about south thirty-seven degrees east being the line that was 
formerly reputed to be the bounds of the said Paltz Patent 
and which is the north bounds of the land then granted to 
Mr. Richard Nicholls as it was surveyed and laid out for him ; 
then along the said line south thirty-seven degrees east ninety- 
seven chains to the said tract of land granted to Lewis DuBois 
and then along his bounds to the place where this tract first 
began, containing three hundred acres and the usual allowance 
for highways which said three tracts or parcels of land con- 
tain in the whole two thousand three hundred and eighty- 
nine acres and the usual allowance for highways and in setting 
out thereof our said Commissioners have regard to the profit- 
able and unprofitable acres and have taken care that the 
length of the said tracts or either of them doth not extend 
along the banks of any River otherwise than is conformable 
to our Royal Instructions for that purpose as by a certificate 
thereof under their hands bearing date the ninth day of May 
instant and entered on record in our Secretary's office in our 
city of New York may more fully appear, which said three 
tracts or parcels of land set out as aforesaid according to 
our Royal Instructions we being willing to grant to the said 
Noah Elting and Nathaniel Lefever, their heirs and assigns : 
Know Yee that of our Especial Grace, certain knowledge 
and meer motion we have given, granted, ratified and con- 
firmed doe by these presents for us our heirs and successors 



APPENDIX 51 

give, grant, ratify and confirm unto the said Noah Elting and 
Nathaniel Lefever, their heirs and assigne, forever, all the 
said three tracts or parcels of land so set out marked, bounded 
and described as is above expressed concerning the same To- 
gether with all and singular the woods, underwoods, trees, 
timbers, pastures, meadows, swamps, waters, water courses, 
Rivers, brooks, riverlets, runs and streams of water, fishing 
fowling, hunting, hawking. Mines and Alinerals of all sorts 
whatsoever (except Gold Mines and Silver Mines) which 
now are standing, growing, lying, being or to be found or 
at any time hereafter shall be standing, growing, lying or 
found in or upon the above granted land or any part thereof 
or within the bounds or lines of the same, And all profits, 
liberties, privileges heriditaments, appurtanances whatsoever 
to the same lands and premises or any part thereof belonging 
or in any wise appertaining, and all our estate, right, title, 
interest, possession, benefit, claim and demand whatsoever of 
in and to the same lands and premises and any and every 
or part thereof and the revenue or revenues, remainder or 
remainders, of all and singular the said premises. Except also 
and always revenues out of this our present grant to us our 
heirs and successors for ever all trees of the diameter of 
twenty-four inches and upwards at twelve inches from the 
ground for masts for our Royal Navy and also all such other 
trees as may be fit to make planks, knees and other things 
necessary for the use of our said navy only, which now are 
standing, growing or being or at any time hereafter shall be 
standing or growing or being in or upon the above granted 
lands or any part thereof with full liberty and license for 
any person or persons whatsoever by us our heirs or suc- 
cessors to be thereunto especially appointed, under our or 
their sign manuel. either with or without workmen — Wag- 



52 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

g"ons Carts or any other carriage to enter and come into and 
upon the said lands and every or any part thereof and then 
to fall, cut down and root up, hew, square and saw, work up, 
have, take and carry away the same for the vises aforesaid. 
To have and to Hold all and every the three tracts and parcels 
of land, hereditaments, mines, minerals and premises with 
their and every of their appurtenances by these presents 
granted, ratified and confirmed or intended to be hereby 
granted, ratified or confirmed, except as hereinbefore excepted 
unto the said Noah Elting and Nathaniel LeFever, their 
heirs and assigns to their only proper use and behoof of the 
said Noah Elting and Nathaniel LeFever their heirs and 
assigns forever, to be holden of us our heirs and successors 
in free and common socage as of our Manor of East Green- 
wich, in the county of Kent, within our Kingdom of Great 
Britain, Yielding, rendering and paying therefor yearly and 
every year forever, unto us, our heirs and successors at our 
custom house in our city of New York unto our or their 
collector or Receiver General then for the time being on the 
Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, commonly called 
Lady Day the yearly rent of two shillings and sixpence for 
each hundred acres of the above granted lands and in pro- 
portion for any larger quantity thereof (the land allowed for 
highways only excepted) in lieu and stead of all rents, ser- 
vices, dues, duties and demands whatsoever on the above 
granted lands, mines, minerals, hereditaments and premises 
or any part thereof Provided always and vipon condition 
that if our Grantees, the said Noah Elting and Nathaniel 
LeFever or one of them, their or one of their heirs or assigns 
shall not within three years, next ensuing the date hereof 
plant, settle and efifectually cultivate at least three acres of 
every fifty acres which are capable of cultivation, or if our 



APPENDIX 53 

said Grantees or either of them, their or either of their heirs 
or assigns or any other person or persons, by their or any of 
their privity, consent or procurement, shall set on fire or bum 
the woods on the said land or any part thereof (so as to 
destroy, impair or hinder the growth of any of the trees that 
are or may be left for masts, planks, knees or other timber 
for use of our Royal navy) that then and in either of those 
cases this our present grant and everything therein contained 
shall cease and be void ; anything hereinbefore contained to 
the contrary notwithstanding. Declaring nevertheless that 
nothing in these presents reserved or contained shall or ought 
to be construed to extend or be intended to prohibit or in any 
wise hinder our said grantees or either of them their or either 
of their heirs or assigns or any of them from such burning 
of the woods or cutting down or falling of the trees that 
are or shall be growing or being on the above granted lands 
or any part thereof as shall be necessary or conducive to 
the clearing and efifectual cultivating of the same lands or 
any part thereof or to or for their own use or uses. And we 
hereby further declare that by the said burning of the woods 
is only meant and intended that our said grantees, their heirs 
and assigns are to be restrained only from settmg fire to and 
burning any timber and trees whilst they are standing and 
growing upon the above granted lands or any part thereof 
And we likewise declare that the preservation of all trees 
of the diameter of twenty-four inches and upwards at twelve 
inches from the ground for Masts tor our Royal Navy, and 
of such other trees as may be fit to make planks, knees and 
other things necessary for the use of our said navy is not 
nor ought to be construed to hinder our said grantees or either 
of them, their or either of their heirs or assigns from clearing 
or effectually cultivating the above granted lands or any part 



54 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

thereof And we do moreover of our Certain knowledge and 
meer motion consent and agree that this our present grant 
being entered on Record as is hereafter particularly expressed 
shall be good and effectual in the law to all intents construc- 
tions and purposes against us our heirs and successors, not- 
withstanding any misentering, misnaming or other imperfec- 
tions or omissions or in any wise (word not legible) the 
above grantees or intended to be hereby grantees lands, mines, 
minerals and premises or any part thereof. 

In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to 
be made patent and the great seal of our said province to 
be hereunto affixed and the same to be entered on Record 
in our said Secretary's Office in one of the Books of Patents 
there remaining Witness our trusty and Well Beloved George 
Clinton our Captain General and Commander-in-Chief of our 
Province of New York and territories thereon depending in 
America, Vice Admiral of the same and Vice Admiral of the 
Red Squadron of our fleet, at our fort George in our city 
of New York the twelfth day of May, in the twenty first year 
of our reign and in the year One Thousand seven hundred 
and forty Eight. 

Recorded in the Secretary's Office for the province of New 
York in Lib. Patents began in the year 1739 pa. 250. 

Geo. Banyar, Secretary. 



APPENDIX 55 



CHAPTER V . 

Papers in Town Chest in 1749. 

In the Book of the Duzine appears the following : 

Memorandum of the papers viewed the 9 day of December, 

1749- 

The town order. 

The survey of Cadawalader Colden, Esq. 

The Indian Deed of the Paltz Patent. 

The one paper where the division of Patent is written (3 
Tiers). 

The Patent of the New Paltz. 

A certificate of Mogonck, signed by Joseph Hasbrouck, J. 
Hardenbergh and Roelif Eltinge (Justices of the Peace). 

A petition to the Justices at Kingston. 

To several receipts of quit rent. 

A receipt of Wm. Eltinge. 

An order of the King's fence. 

A paper where the division of lands is made on and where 
the roads must go. 

To one other paper of land divided ye 1705. 

To town cash, £0 2s 4d. 

The above papers were left in the town chist with the said 
money the date aforasaid. 

The chist was ordered to Jacob Hasbrouck, with the papers 
here above mentioned, as witness his hand. 

Jacob Hasbrouck. 

The key was ordered to Noach Elting, as witness his hand. 

Noach Elting. 



56 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Some Old French Papers 

A number of documents in archaic French have long been 
in our possession. 

These papers are mostly difficult of translation because of 
bad penmanship, bad spelling and ungrammatical construction. 
They are, almost altogether, from the Freer collection and 
have come down from Hugo Freer senior, son of the Patentee 
of the same name. 

These documents are not of importance in themselves, but 
are of interest because they bear the signatures of certain of 
the earliest settlers in New P'altz and vicinity, which we have 
not found elsewhere. They also throw a little light on the 
usages and manner of life of the residents here in the old 
days and also show that there were business relations between 
the people of New Paltz, Minisink, Kingston and New York, 
when almost all the intervening coimtry was a howling wilder- 
ness. 

First on the list is a paper in good, plain handwriting, but 
not dated, signed by Moyse Cantain, who came to New Paltz 
about 1690, married Elizabeth Deyo, widow of Simon Le- 
Feyre and had one son, Peter, who is the ancestor of the Can- 
tine family. 

This paper is endorsed in Dutch, " Quittance van Moses 
Cantin." It is as follows: 

" Je sousine et reconnois avoir receus de Huge Frere lene- 
perre dix sequiple [schepels] de fromant dune part dune vache 
que granpere doyo leuy avoit misautre main. Don je le tien 

^ ^" Moyse Cantain. 

Translation 

I undersign and acknowledge having received from Hugo 
Frere ten schepels of wheat on the one part for a cow which 



APPENDIX 



57 



grandfather Deyo had put in on the other hand. I give this 

receipt. 

Moses Cantain. 

Next we have a letter and a receipt with the signature of 
Jaque Caudebec, who was one of the two Huguenots, who 
with five Hollanders, built a fort at Minisink in what is now 
Orange Co. at Cuddeback in 1690 long before there was any 
other settlement in what is now Orange county except that at 
Plum Point, and these papers contain reference also to Peter 
Guimar, the other Huguenot at Minisink, whose wife was the 
daughter of Jean Hasbrouck of New Paltz and also speak of 
Benjamin Prevoost. The letter and receipt are in a plain, 
bold hand. The letter is as follows : 

" Mons. Hugue Frere : Vous maves promis de remettre 
entre les mains de Mes. pitre Guimar le pimant de ce que vous 
me deves et vous ne laves pas fait et je vous prie de le faire 
ou autrement. Je seray contrain Don agir a utrement fait par 

J. Codebec. 
Translation 

Mr. Hugo Frere : You have promised to deliver into the 

hands of Mr. Peter Guimar the payment of that which you 

owe me, and you have not done it. I beg you to do it, or 

otherwise I shall be obliged to act in some other manner. 

Made bv me. ^ „ 

j. Caudebec. 

Next comes another paper with the signature of J. Caudebec 
acknowledging the receipt of the amount owed. It is as 
follows. 

Je sousigue Jaque Caudebec demeurant au ]\Iennesin en la 
county of Ulster certifie a tons quil appartiendra que Hugue 
Frere, demeurant au Noveau Palle en la surdit county ma en- 



58 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

tirement et pleinment payer et satisfait pour toutes les dette 
quil devoit a mon beaupere Benjamin Prevost dont Je le tient 
quitte et tons autres jusques a ce jourdhuy 12 jour de mars, 
170 7-8. 

Translation 

I the undersigned Jacob Codebec, living at Minisink in the 
county of Ulster, certify to all whom it concerns that Hugo 
Frere living at Nev^ Paltz has paid and satisfied me entirely 
and fully for all the debts which he owed to my father-in-law 
(or stepfather) Benjamin Prevoost for which and all others 
I give receipts. 

Made to-day the 12th day of the month of March 170 7-8. 

J. Codebec. 

The very oldest paper in the collection is a receipt from 
Abraham LaMater in 1677, but the writing is so bad that no 
one as yet has been able to translate it. 

Hugo Freer, senior, bought a great deal of land from one 
and another and was not always able to pay promptly. He 
bought of Jean Cottin the real estate which the New Paltz 
people had presented Cottin while teaching school here. The 
letter of which we give a translation below is in good French 
and must have been written shortly after Cottin's removal 
from New Paltz to Kingston : 

Hugo Frere, I know that you are paying everywhere, and 
you can pay me also. You pay your new debts and you leave 
me behind. Try not to make me the subject of your extrava- 
gant (outlay). Make me some payment. You have been 
owing me for a long time. I cannot wait longer. 
I am your affectionate 

Jean Cottin. 

Kingston, fifteenth June, 1703. 



APPENDIX 59 

There is a receipt from Monsieur Valleau, a merchant at 
Kingston, for a cask of molasses, paid for by i8 lbs. of flax 
(seed) and in 1699 a receipt in full from Marie Valleau, 
probably the widow of the above mentioned merchant as 
follows : 

Je subsigne & con f esse avoir Receu de hugue frere senior 
La Somme de tout se quil me denoit & somme quitte Jusques 
a present en Soy dequoy J'ay Signe le present acquit. 

A Kingston Ce 26 May 1699. 

Translation 

I undersign and acknowledge to have received from Hugo 
Frere senior the sum of all that he owes me in full up to the 
present (time) in faith (evidence) of which I sign the present 
discharge (receipt). 

May 26, 1699. Mary Valleau. 

There is also a memorandum in French of store goods pur- 
chased of Pierre Morin in New York in Oct. 1706; a receipt 
in 1 71 7 from a New York merchant for 16 pounds for a hogs- 
head of rum ; a credit for 53 pounds of butter at 7 pence a 
lb. and also a credit for beeswax ; a receipt in full from Pierre 
Morin of New York in English in Oct. 1716; also a bill of 
goods in English from a New York merchant in 1731, includ- 
ing a large copper kettle, a box of goose shot, 1-2 a box of 
swan shot, an iron pot. a heading chisel, a frying pan and 30 
pounds of nails. 

There are also papers showing business transactions with 
Dutchess county people; a receipt in behalf of Robert Livings- 
ton in 1713; a receipt for 100 guilders in Dutch in 1706 from 
Peter DuBois nephew of Louis DuBois, the New Paltz Paten- 
tee. (Peter was at that date still in Kingston, but about that 



66 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

time moved to Fishkill) ; a bond to Leonard Lewis in Pough- 
keepsie in 1732; a receipt from Jonas LeRoy of Dutchess 
county dated 1730; a receipt in French for 70 francs dated 
in 1704 from Mary Hasbrouck, widow of Isaac DuBois, who 
signs her maiden name, as it is also written in another French 
document in 1703, relating to the first apportionment of lands 
in the village. (We also find Elizabeth Deyo, widow of Simon 
LeFevre, signing simply her maiden name to a legal document 
in 1689.) There is a receipt with the signature of Abraham 
DuBois, the Patentee, dated in 1710 for i pound 10 s 6 d 3 
farthings; a memorandum in French, dated in 1709, signed by 
the following children of Hugo Frere, the Patentee: H. Frere, 
Maria Frere, Jacob Frere, and Sara Frere stating that " We 
have sold to our brother Jean the house of our father for 70 
pieces of eight." Then follows the statement, " I, Jean Frere, 
acknowledge the purchase." 

The Great Fence. 

One of the first enterprises undertaken after the settlers 
at New Paltz had erected the log houses for their humble 
homes was the construction of a great fence. The first men- 
tion we find concerning this fence is in i68| when an appli- 
cation is made to the court in session at Kingston for per- 
mission to buy land of the Indians and the statement is made 
t'^at " we must keep a great fence between us and the Indians." 

Now a fence, no matter how great and high, is not built 
to keep painted Indian warriors from making incursions into 
the settlement and the record goes on to say that " the Indians 
are disposed to sell us their land to the New Indian Fort," 
which was fourteen miles to the south, where the fight had 
taken place and the captive women and children had been 
rescued twenty years before. Although the court granted 



APPENDIX 6i 

permission the land was not purchased, neither do we find 
any further information of the fence until twenty-eight years 
afterwards. 

Then we have in the " New Paltz Orders," general direc- 
tions, in broken English, for building a fence about a dozen 
miles in length and including that portion of the valley of the 
Wallkill lying within the bounds of the Patent. The record 
says that at a general meeting of the inhabitants to " con- 
clude concerning all our fences of the land as also of the 
pastures," the following action was resolved upon: "First 
of all we shall begin to ye kill or creek next of Solomon Du- 
Bois, to ye Aest of sd Solomon and then the fence shall run 
to ye bounds of Abraham DuBois and then along a run of 
water and then to the pasture of Louis Bevier and the sd 
fence is to be made of three rails and three and fifty inches 
high and then ye sd Louis Bevier is obliged to make and 
repair a good and sufficient fence along his pasture to ye East 
until he comes to Abraham DuBois and then Jacob Hasbrouck 
shall make or have a good sufficient fence of the same high 
as here above mentioned until he comes to the pasture of 
Daniel DuBois near of the tourelle or neest and then the 
gate shall be set according as it is ordered or concluded." 

Before proceeding further we will say that the object of 
this fence was of course to prevent the stock from straying 
too far into the woods. The fence commences, as is stated, 
on the east side of the Wallkill, near the residence of Solomon 
DuBois, who lived near where Capt. W. H. D. Blake now 
resides, about two miles south of the village. Abraham Du- 
Bois, the Patentee, seems from this account to have owned 
land near the mouth of the Plattekill, perhaps including the 
tract where his son-in-law Roelif Elting afterwards built his 
house, near the Edmund Eltinge place. Then the fence ran 



62 HISTORY OF N E W P ALT Z 

along " a run of water " probably the brook that runs through 
the southern part of our village at the brickyard. Then cer- 
tain of the proprietors are directed to make or repair the 
fence and the pastures of Louis Bevier and Daniel DuBois 
are mentioned. Then it is directed that the " New Paltz 
town " shall build the fence until it comes to the village gate, 
which it is evident was just below where the old Normal 
school building stood. Next we have directions for building 
the fence from the " Landing place," a few yards north of 
the village gate, to the " erf " of John Hasbrouck. — John 
(Jean) Hasbrouck the Patentee built what is now the 
Memorial House and an " erf " means a large garden spot. 
Along the village street (now Huguenot street) and between 
the " erfs " a good and close fence is ordered from the Land- 
ing place at the south end of the street to the house of Hugo 
Freer at the north end of the street. 

Next mention is made in the " New Paltz Orders " of the 
fences of the Creupelbos (newly cleared land) lying north of 
the village. These fences were to be of six rails and fifty- 
three inches high. Beyond this all the way to the residence 
of Abraham Freer, who had been living for at least four 
years on the north bounds of the Patent, half a mile this side 
of Perrine's Bridge, a bush fence, three rails high is ordered. 

Next the directions for fence building are changed to the 
west side of the Wallkill at the " long bontecoe " that is no 
doubt what is called " great bontecoe " in our day at James 
E. Deyo's. Next the account speaks of the " petit macos or 
little bontecoe " that is what has been since known as " Klina 
Bontecoe," at the R. V. N. Beaver place and says that after 
two years the fence shall be changed and set " along the 
mountaing in ye best convenient place that we think suitable 
and then will be joined to the high bridge ( Humpo) fences 



APPENDIX 63 

and from the said bridge to the kill or kreke near Solomon 
DuBois, to the west." This portion of the fence is ordered 
to be three rails high. 

Now here we have directions for a fence on both sides of 
the Wallkill, placed probably above high water mark, intended 
no doubt to keep the stock from straying too far into the 
wilderness. 

Once afterwards we find mention of this fence. In the 
document with the signature of Cadwallader Colden dated in 
1729, establishing the line between the New Paltz and the 
lands of Solomon and Louis DuBois, Jr., he speaks of a 
stone that " lyes between the fence at the lands of the said 
New Paltz and the lands of the said Solomon and Lewis Du- 
Bois." Some time afterwards it was found that the lands of 
the New Paltz patent did not extend all the way south to the 
Louis DuBois patent, but that has nothing to do with the 
building of the fence. 

Soldiers in the Early Colonial Period. 

In Volume II of the Colonial Series as published by Hugh 
Hastings, State Historian, appears some Ulster county mili- 
tary records of a very early period. Under the date " 1686 or 
1687 " is given a " Lest of Tropers at Kingston " in which 
appear the names of Simon Lafare, anders Lafare and Jacob 
deboys. Next follows with the date 1687 a " List of Soldiers 
in Esopus " with the name Antonny Corpell and then with 
the date " 1686 or 1687 " a " Lest of the Company of fott in 
Kengstovn " in which are found the following names: Leften- 
nant Abraham harbcerke, Sergeantt Lewes bevier; Petter 
Delow, aberm Deboe, aseck Debeo, defed Debeo, Solaman 
Debeo, hevger fare. It is evident that at this early date 
(less than ten years after the settlement of New Paltz) the 



64 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

residents here were enrolled with those of Kingston. The 
names as enrolled were written down by some one who had 
not the least idea of how the surnames should be spelled. 
In the case of the LeFevre brothers the r in the last syllable 
should be v, which would make the name Lafave, as it is 
pronounced in French. By taking the Christian name and 
surname of the others together the names in the enrollment 
are seen to be intended for Jacob DuBois, Anthony Crispell, 
Lieutenant Abraham Hasbrouck, Sergeant Louis Bevier, 
Pierre Deyo, Abram DuBois, Isaac DuBois, David DuBois, 
Solomon DuBois, Hugo Freer. This list includes all the 
patentees except Christian Deyo, Louis DuBois and Jean 
Hasbroupk. The first named was dead. The two latter were 
too old. This list also includes, besides the patentees, David 
DuBois, Jacob DuBois and Solomon DuBois, who had be- 
come of suitable age for enrollment after locating at New 
Paltz. 

In his introduction to the appendix giving these Colonial 
Muster Rolls, State Historian Hugh Hastings says: "In 
1687 the French invaded Seneca county, an act that was 
followed by the first invasion of Canada by the Colonists — 
war being declared between England and France in May, 
1689." It is to be supposed that this enrollment was for 
actual and immediate service in the first invasion of Canada 
which took place in 1690. We presume therefore that the 
descendants of the men named are all entitled to membership 
in the Societv of Colonial Wars. 



APPE N D I X 6'. 



CHAPTER VI 

The Wills of the Old Peoplf.. 

A great portion of the wills in the old days were not 
recorded or filed. 

Tlie will of Hugo Freer, tlie Patentee, in French, and part 
of tlie will of his son Plugo, in Dutch, are in possession of 
llie writer and we have not found them on record anywhere. 
We have found two wills of Louis DuBois, the Patentee, 
filed with the clerk of tlie court of appeals at Albany. His 
third and last will is in Dutch dated in 1694 and is recorded 
in the Surrogate's office in New York. The will of Abraham 
DuBois, the Patentee^ is to be found with the clerk of the 
coiu't of appeals at Albany. Isaac DuBois, the Patentee, wdio 
died when he was about thirty years of age, probably left 
1.0 will. The same was doubtless the case with the Patentees 
Andre and Simon LeFevre, as their heirs made a division 
of the property among themselves. One of the wills of Chris- 
tian Deyo, the Patentee, and the will of Louis Bevier, the 
Patentee, the former in French, dated 1686 and the latter 
in Dutch, dated 1720, are recorded in the county clerk's office 
in Kingston. 

The following is a list of wills of New Paltz Patentees or 
their descendants in the office of the surrogate at New York: 

Abraham Dubois (Patentee), New Paltz, Ulster Co. Will 
proved 1731. 

Jonathan DuBois (son of Louis Jr.), New Paltz; will 
proved Sept. 30, 1749. 

Solomon DuBois (son of Louis the Patentee), New Paltz, 
Ulster county; wdll proved F^eb. 15, 1759. 



66 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Philip DuBois (son of Isaac the Patentee), Rochester, Ulster 
county; will proved June 29. 1764. 

Hezekiah DuBois, Sr. (son of Matthew), Saugerties, Cor- 
poration of Kingston; will proved May 26, 1767. 

Isaac DuBois (son of Jacob), of the Green kill, town of 
Kingston; will proved Sept. 21, 1773. 

Cornelius DuBois of the New Paltz (son of Solomon) ; will 
proved April 22^, 1781. 

Hendricus DuBois of the New Paltz (son of Solomon) ; 
will proved June 4, 1782. 

Peter DuBois [ ?] of the Wallkill; will proved Sept. 15, 
1781. 

Josaphat DuBois (son of David), town of Rochester; will 
proved Jan. 17, 1784. 

Roelif Elting of New Paltz (son of Jan of Kingston) ; will 
proved Jan. 13, 1747. 

William Elting, Kingston; Feb. 13, 1743. 

Jan Elting, Kingston; April 19, 1762. 

Noah Elting, Precinct of the New Paltz (son of Roelif) ; 
Aug. 16, 1 78 1. 

Simon LeFevre, New Paltz (son of Andre and grandson 
of Simon the Patentee) ; July 2, 1748. 

Jacobus Bevier, New Paltz, April 19, 1774. 

Samuel Bevier (son of Louis the Patentee), New Paltz; 
April 17, 1759. 

Samuel Bevier, Rochester, April 10, 1764. 

Abraham Bevier, New Paltz, June 7, 1771. 

Jonas Freer, New Paltz, April i, 1775. 

Col. Jonathan Hasbrouck, New Burgh, Dec. 21, 1782. 

Cousine Jacob Hasbrouck, of New Paltz (son of Jean the 
Patentee), Sept. 15, 1761. 



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In tlie county clerk's office at Kingston are found the wills 
of but a small portion of the New Paltz people of the first 
two or three generations. • , 

We note the following: 

The will of- Andre LeFevre, eldest son of Simon the Pat- 
entee, is recorded at Kingston and dated in 1738. It gives 
to his wife Cornelia his negro man Charles and dower; gives 
to his eldest son Simon his pistols and holsters as his birth- 
right; gives him also his shoemaker's tools, his gun and his 
big French bible ; gives to his son Matthew his wearing ap- 
parel and two bibles — one French and one Dutch ; gives to 
his two sons his farming utensils, wagons, sleds and all his 
land ; gives his seven daughters £400 to Ije paid by the brothers- 

The will of Daniel LeFevre of Bontecoe, proved before 
James Oliver, first judge of Ulster county. Sept. 4, 1784, 
gives to his wife Catharine his negro woman Bet ; also hi<! 
whole estate real and personal during her lifetime or widow- 
hood and after her demise gives to his son Peter his negro 
man John ; also his real estate at Bontecoe, being his old 
homestead, with his land west of the Grote fly or big meadow, 
also his right in Grandpere's lot, also his clothing; to his 
daughter Elizabeth, wife of Matthew LeFevre, his negro girl 
Margaret; to his daughter Maria, wife of Jonathan Deyo, his 
negro girl Dian ; to his two daughters Elizabeth and Maria, 
his land on North River and at Plat Binnewater, also his 
household furniture except one bed and bedding; other per- 
sonal estate to be divided equally between the three children. 

The will of Jacob I. Hasbrouck, of Colebaugh, in the town 
of -Marbletown, made in 1818, mentions his wife Sarah Du- 
Bois, gives to his eldest son Isaac his silver hilted sword and 
his bed and bedding; gives to his son Jacobus a certain mort- 
gage and S750 ; gives to his son Jacob I. the sum of $2,500; 



68 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

gives to his sons Josiah and Lewis each a lot of woodland 
and certain real estate in the town of Marbletown, but they 
must pay their brother Isaac $ioo a year; gives to his daughter 
Margaret land in Hurley. The rest of the testator's real 
estate is divided equally between his children, Wilhelmus, 
Jacobus, Cornelius, Jacob, Josiah, Louis and Abraham and his 
daughters, Margaret and Polly. 

The Will of Hugo Freer the Patentee. 

Nostre aide soit au nom de Dieu qui a fait le ciel et la 
terre. Amen. 

Par devant Abraham Hasbroucq, Justicier de paix au aplle 
Comtes de Ulster et Louis Beviere et Jean Cottin demeurant 
au dit Palle comparu Hugue Frere, labourer, demeurant aussi 
au palle de sa pure et franche volonte estant tres saint d'esprit 
et d'entendement, sachant quel'heure de la mort est incogneue 
a tous les hommes desirant qu'apres son trepas tous ses enfants 
vivent en bonne union et Concorde nous a declare sa volonte 
pour son testament pour a qui regarde tous ses biens, meuble 
et immeuble, premierement a dit que hugue Frere son fils 
aisnes aura dix pieces de huit pour son droit d'aisnes aussi 
a dit que trois de ses plus jeune enfans Jacob, Jean et Sara 
apres son trespas ils jouiront de toutes les terres et sa maison 
et tous ses parterre en fin de tous les immeujusques a ce que 
la dite fille Sara soit parvenue a Tage de seize ans sans payer 
aucune louage a leur autres frere et soeurs et apres que la 
dite fille Sara aura seize ans ils pourront partager tous en- 
semble tous les meuble et immeuble egalement apres quil 
auront payer toutes les dettes la reserve que sa fille Sara 
aura un lit de plume et un traver et deux couver et une vache 
et elle aura cecy hors de part et par dessus les autres et son 
fils Jacob aura un cheval a choisir dans son escurie. II aura 



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le (lit clieval hors de part et par dcsu les autres, et son fils 
Jean prendra aussy un cheval a choisir ct ils anra aussy le 
dit cheval hors de part et par dessns les antres pareillement 
a lour autres freres et soeurs que ont pris cy devant chacun 
un cheval et Alarie Frere une vache. 

Le dit hugue Frere, testateur, establie et suplie son fils 
huge Frere de maintenir le bon droit ct interest de ses freres 
et soeurs jusque a ce quils seront en age, les dit enfans Jacob, 
Jean et Sara jouiront aussi bien des meubles que des immeubles 
jusque specifies cy dessus. 

Le dit testateur recomniande tons ses enfans a la sainte 
protection du bon Dicu ct qu'il le benis de ses benedictions, 
tcmporel et spiretuel. 

Fait an palle le quatrieme jour de Januie mil six cens non- 
nante sept. 169J. 

]\L\Ro X HUGUE Frere. 
Jean Cottix, temoin ; 
Abraham ha.sp.rouco, temoin; 
LOUYS Bayvyr, temoin. 

Translation. 

May our help be in the name of God who made the heaven 
and the earth. Amen. 

Before Abraham Hasbrouck justice of the peace at the 
Paltz, county of LTlster, and Louis Bevier and Jean Cottin 
living at the Paltz appeared Hugo Frere, laborer, living also 
at the Paltz, of his (own) pure and free will, being of sound 
mind, and understanding that the hour of death is unknown 
to all men, desiring that after his death all his children may 
live in good unity and concord has declared to us his desire 
for his testament in regard to his properties, moveable and 
immovable. 



70 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

First, to wit that Hugo Frere his eldest son shall have ten 
pieces of eight as his birthright ; also to wit that three of 
the AH:)nnger children, Jacob, John and Sara after his death 
they will have all the lands and his house and all the garden 
plat, in a word all the fixed property, until the said daughter 
Sara shall reach the age of sixteen years, without paying 
any rent whatever to their other brothers and sisters, and 
after the said daughter Sara shall be sixteen years old they 
may divide equally among themselves all the household stock 
and the fixed property, after they have paid all the debts ; 
with the reservation that the daughter Sara shall have one 
^feather bed, one bolster, and two covers (blankets) and one 
cow, and she shall have these over and above the others ; and 
his son Jacob shall choose from his stable a horse and he shall 
have tlie said horse, over and above the others ; and his son 
Jean shall also choose a horse which shall be over and above 
the others, similarly to their other brothers and sisters who 
have taken each a horse, and Marie Frere a cow. 

The aforesaid Hugo Frere, testator, appoints and entreats 
his son FTugo Frere to maintain the good rights and interests 
of his brothers and sisters until they are of age. The said 
children Jacob, Jean and Sarah will have the household things 
and the fixed property until the time specified above. 

The said testator commends all his children to the divine 
protection of the good God and asks for the blessing of his 
benificence, temporal and spiritual. 

Made at the Paltz the fourth day of January, one thousand 
six hundred ninety-seven. 169J. 

Mark X Hugo Frere. 

Jean Cottin, witness; 
Abraham Hasbrouco, witness ; 
LouYS Bayvyr, witness. 



APPENDIX 71 

Will of Jean Hashrouck. 

In the name of the Lord, Amen. Be it hereby known to 
everybody that to-day, the twenty-sixth day of Augnst in the 
year of our Lord one thousand seven liumh-ed and twelve, I 
the undersigned Jean Hasbrouck of the New I'altz, County 
of Ulster, Province of New York in America, being sound in 
body, as I ^\•alk and stand, and in full possession of my mind 
and memory, praised be the Lord for his mercy, considering 
the shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of death 
and the uncertain hour thereof, and desiring to put every- 
thing in order, make this my last will and testament, hereby 
revoking, annulling, declaring null and void all such testament 
or testaments, will or wills, heretofore made or executed, 
either verbally or in writing, and this alone to be taken for 
mv last will and testament and no other, htipriuius, I com- 
mend my soul to God Almighty, my Creator, and to Jesus 
Christ, my Redeemer, and to the Holy (jhost. my Sanctifier, 
and my body to the earth whence it came, to be buried in a 
Christian manner, and there to rest until my soul and body 
shall be reunited on the Day of Judgment and enjoy the eternal 
gladness of immortality, which God by his grace has, by the 
sole merits of our Saviour, promised and prepared for all who 
sincerely believe in him in their hearts. Scxoiid, and concern- 
ing such worldly estate of lands, houses, negroes, goods, 
houses, cattle, accounts, gold, silver, coined or uncoined, etc., 
as the Lord has been pleased to grant far above my merits, I 
order, give and dispose as follows : 

yd. It is my wish and will that all my honest debts shall 
in due time be paid. 

4///. I give to my son Jacob Hasbrouck and to his order 
or heirs all my land, lying within the boundaries of the patent 
of New Paltz, nothing exce])ted, with house, liarn, and all 



72 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

my other buildings thereon being and standing, also my 
wagons, ploughs, harrows and everything thereto belonging 
and also my two negroes named Gerrit and James ; further, 
the gun and what belongs to it and the clothing of my de- 
ceased son Isaac Hasbrouck, and all my books excepting three 
hereafter bequeathed to my daughter Elizabeth; also one just 
half of the balance of my whole personal or movable estate, 
excepting what hereafter is bequeathed to my daughters ]\[ary 
and Elizabeth, for which he shall turn over and pay as by 
these presents is hereafter directed, on condition that his 
oldest son shall first have for himself, his order or heirs, the 
piece of land lying between the land of Abraham Dubois and 
my daughter Mary along the Paltz on the South of it and 
at the north of the Paltz village. 

^th. It is my will and wish that if my son Abraham Has- 
brouck, who removed from this Province, should be alive and 
return here, then my said son Jacob shall deliver to him a 
good horse for his privilege of first-born and shall also give 
to him for himself, his order or heirs, one just half of my 
whole real estate as it has above been devised to my said son 
Jacob and my said son Abraham shall have nor make any 
further claim on my estate. 

6tJi. I give to my daughter Mary and to her order or heirs 
the sum of fifty-seven pounds current money of New York 
due me from Abraham Rutan according to bond forty-two 
pounds and from Pieter Dubois according to bond fifteen 
pounds. I also give to her all that she has heretofore had 
from mc, and she shall make no further claims on my estate. 

ytli. I give to Pieter Guimard, only son of my deceased 
daughter Hester, the sum of fifteen pounds current money 
of New York, which my said son Jacob is to pay to said 
Pieter Guimard, when he marries or comes to be twenty-one 



APPENDIX 73 

years old, but if he should die before marrying or reaching 
the age of twenty-one, my son Jacob shall be relieved from 
paying said sum of fifteen pounds. 

^th. I give to my daughter Elizabeth, her order or heirs, 
the sum of sixty pounds current money of New York, which 
T have now b}^ me in cash and also my negro woman named 
Molly; also three books, one Testament, the Practice of De- 
votion and a book of sermons written by Pieter DuMollin and 
printed in the French language; also- the just half of my whole 
personal or movable estate, excepting what hereabove has been 
bequeathed, on condition that when the "negro woman Molly 
bears children, Jacob shall have the first daughter, but he 
must leave her with her mother until she is one year old. 

gth. It is my wish and will that if my son Jacob should 
die without a child or children lawfully begotten by him, all 
that is hereby given to him shall go to my said two daughters 
Mary and Elizabeth, their order or heirs, to be divided be- 
tween the two as follows: Elizabeth shall first have my house, 
barn, lot and the orchard behind the barn and the pasture- 
land, lying between the pasture of Abraham Dubois and my 
said daughter Mary and all the rest they, ]\rary and Elizabeth, 
shall share equally. 

lotli. It is my wish and will that if my said daughter Eliza- 
beth should die without child or children, the share herewith 
devised and bccjueathed to her shall go to my son Jacob and 
daughter Mary, their order or heirs, to be equally divided 
between them. 

iith. It is my wish and will that, should my son Jacob 
and my daughter Elizabeth both die without child or children, 
the shares hereabove devised and bequeathed to them shall 
go to the two sons of my said daughter Mary, named Daniel 
and Phillip, and to their order or heirs, to be equally divided 
between them. 



74 HISTORY OF N E IV P A LT Z 

\2th. I a])point as Executors of this my last will and 

testament my said son Jacob Hasbrouck and my cousins 

Andre Lefevre and Louys Dubois, demanding that this my 

last will and testament may be obeyed and carried out in 

every part. Thus done at my house on the day and year as 

above. t^, , r 

i he mark oi 

Jean J JJ J3 Hasbrouck (l. s. ) 

Signed, sealed and declared by Jean 

Hasbrouck to be his last will & 

testament in our presence. 

Abraham Hasbrouck, 

ROELOFF ElTINGE, 

Abraham Doyo, 
W. Nottingham. 
[This will w^^s proved 14TH Aug. 17 14.] 

Last Will of Louis DuBois the Patentee. 

The last will of Louis DuBois as recorded in the Surro- 
gate's office at Xew York is in Dutch dated March 26, 1694, 
and was proved Jvdy 13, 1697, with a codicil dated Feb. 22, 
169^. The following is a translation: 

In the Name of the Lord, Amen 

Be it hereby known that on this seven and twentieth day 
of 2\]arch in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred 
and ninety-four Lowis duboys of Tvingston, in the County of 
Ulster, bemg sound in body going and standing and in pos- 
session of his intelligence, reason and memory and having the 
full use thereof and considering the brevity and frailty of 
man's life, the certainty of death and the uncertain hour 
thereof; and being desirous to put all things in order, makes 
this his last will and testament in manner and form herein 
described revoking and hereby absolutely annulling every 



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7S 



present will antl testament and the wills made and declared 
heretofore, whether spoken or wriiten, notwithstanding any 
promise or clause to the contrary and that this shall be re- 
ceived as my last will and testament and none other. 

First I commend my soui to Almighty God my Creator 
and to jesus Christ my Redeemer and to the Holy Spirit my 
sanctifier and my body to the earth whence it came to be 
buried after the Christian manner and at the last day to enjoy 
the sole bliss of immortality, which God in grace has prom- 
ised and prepared only through the merits of Jesus Christ 
for all those who truly unfeignedly repent and believe in Him. 
And concerning such temporal estate of land, houses, goods 
and debts as it has pleased the Lord far beyond my deserts 
to grant me I ordain and dispose of the same in the form 
herein described. 

Imprimis (firstly) it is my will and desire that all my valid 
debts shall at the proper time be paid. 

Secondly, I give to my wife Catrina deboys all my Estate of 
lands, houses, goods, debts, money, gold, silver, coined or 
not coined, or what further to my Estate belongs, to be used 
by her during her life and after my aforesaid wife's decease 
the aforesaid Estate shall then be available for the benefit of 
my Heirs hereinafter described, with this understanding never- 
theless, that in case the aforesaid wife should marry again 
she would then be obliged to turn over half of the entire Estate 
to my heirs herein named. 

Thirdly, I give to my eldest son Abram Duboys Six pounds 
in money as the right of seniority by birth without pretending 
beyond this on that ground. Fourthly, I give to my aforesaid 
son Abram DuBois or Heirs the lawful Eighth part of my 
entire Estate as being then, when a separation or division of 
the same should be made according to my order described 
above. Fifthl}-. I give to my son Jacob the lawful Eighth 



76 H ISTO R Y OF N E IV P ALT Z 

part of my entire estate, as afore conditioned. Sixthly, I give 
to niy son David or his heirs the lawful Eighth part of my 
entire estate, as above. Seventhly, I give to my son Solomon 
the law^ful Eighth part of my entire estate, as before. Eighthly, 
I give to my son Lowies the lawful eighth part of my entire 
estate, as before. Ninthly, I give to my son Matthew the 
lawful Eighth part of my entire estate, as before. Tenthly, 
I give to the children that are left of the late Isaac duboys 
the lawful eighth part of my entire estate with this condition 
that in case the aforesaid children should come to die during 
their minority then said part shall be equally divided among 
my other heirs designated without any one else having any 
pretension on the same. Eleventhly, I give to the children 
of my daughter Sarah, having married Joost Janse, whether 
present or future, the lawful eighth part of my whole estate 
with this stipulation that my aforesaid daughter Sarah shall 
have and enjoy the usufruct or temporary enjoyment and 
profit thereof during her lifetime. Twelfthly, I appoint as 
Executrix of this my last will and testament my aforesaid 
wife Catrina duboyes ordaining and desiring that all that has 
been mentioned be deemed valid and held in value and caused 
to be so held. In attestation of the truth I have signed this 
at my home and sealed in the presence of witnesses in Kings- 
ton on the day and year as aforesaid. Louys Dubois. 

Signed and sealed in presence of John Ward Steven, Wal- 
loon, W. De^Ieyer. 

Codicil. 

Be it hereby known to every one, that I undersigned Lowis 
duboys of Kingston in the County of Ulster, being sick in 
body, but in the full possession of my faculties and mind, 
praised be the Lord, on the 27th day of March, 1694, in the 
presence of Jan \\'ard Steven, Walloon, and Wm. de Meyer 



APPENDIX 77 

as witnesses of the same made what shall appear to be my 
last Will and Testament, I hereby approving and confirming 
the same and desire that the same shall in all respects be 
followed up, with this change however as is here according 
to my desire expressed and described, to wit: Firstly, it is 
my will and desire, that my son Jacob Duboys shall have in 
right and in true possession the lawful half of my Farm 
that lies on the Hurley Piece between the land of Hyman 
and Jan Rosa and the land of Lammert Huyberse leaving him 
to dispose of the same according to his pleasure with this 
stipulation that my aforesaid son Jacob duboys shall be in 
duty bound to pay for the aforesaid land the quantity of one 
thousand and five hundred bushels of wheat. So also shall 
the aforesaid Jacob duboys use the other half of aforesaid 
land, hired, until my youngest son Matthew duBois shall have 
attained his majority and for the use of the same to pay 
sixty bushels of wheat per annum and I hereby declare that 
on this day I have transferred to my youngest son Matthew 
DuBois a house and ground in Kingston, a parcel of pasture- 
ground and the lawful half of my land that lies on the Hurley 
Piece according to the tenure of the aforesaid transfer and 
that my aforesaid son Matthew DuBois shall have to furnish 
and pay the quantity or amount of fifteen hundred bushels 
of wheat notwithstanding the aforesaid transfer mentions how 
that payment thereof shall be made. In third place, It is 
also my will and desire that the land bought by my son David 
of Jan Wood shall be paid out of my Estate whereas I have 
so promised my son David. 4th, It is my will and desire, 
That my sons Solomon Duboys and Loues Deboys shall have 
for themselves, in true and rightful ownership and to their 
order or for their heirs my land that lies in the vicinity of 
the Paltz, to wit the ground obtained of Coll Thomas Dongan 



78 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

the 2nd day of June 1688 and to pay for the same the (juan- 
tity of eight hundred bushels of wheat. 5, It is also my will 
and desire that my daughter Sarah, wife of Joost Janse, shall 
have in true and rightful ownership for herself and to her 
order or for her heirs a piece of land in the jurisdiction of 
Hurley adjoining the ground of Cornells Cool and for the 
same to pay the quantity of seven hundred bushels of wheat, 
to understand that the woodland adjoining the aforesaid land 
is included with the same. Sixth, I declare that all has herein 
been specified agreeing with several papers written by my 
own hand and signed in presence of witnesses, desiring that 
the whole shall be perfectly followed up and carried out, 
only that in place of a thousand bushels of wheat touching 
Solomon and Lowies, this now shall be put at but eight hun- 
dred bushels, having thus done at Kingston at my house the 
22nd of February 169^. Louis due Bois. 

Signed, sealed and declared by Lowies duboys to Be His 
Last Will and TestamenJ; in presence of William De Meyer, 
Jacob Rutsen, Jan Burhans, Mattij Slecht. 

Will of Daniel DuBois. 
Son of Isaac the Patentee. 

Nostre Commancement Soit au Nom de Dieu. 

Soit Notoire a tons Ceux qu'il appartiendra qu'aujourd'huy 
le Siexieme Jour du mois D'aoust de L'an ^Nlille sept Cent 
et vingt Neuf moy soubsine Daniel Dubois habitant du Nieu 
Paltz en la Conte de Ulster en la Province de Nieu York dans 
L'Amerique Estant en sante de Corps et d'Esprit Dieu en 
soit Loue; Feu que le Jour et L'heure de la Mort nous est 
Incertaine Dieu nous ayant Cache le Temps et le Moment qu'il 
s'est reserve a son Adorable Providence ; Cast pourquoy aussy 



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J'ay voulu jcy declarer par les i)reseiites ma dcrniere volonte 
et Testament en la forme et en la Maniere Comme L'ensuit. 
Je Casse je Reiicqne J'annule et met a neant tout autre Testa- 
ment que j'ay fait ou passe Soit de parolle ou par Escrit: il 
seront nul et de nulle valleur. Mais Celluy cy est et sera ma 
derniere volonte et Testament et non autre. Et Ainsy je 
Recommande mon Ame a Dieu mon Createur a Jesus Christ 
men Sauueur Et au Sainct Espt. mon Consolateur & Santi- 
ficateur. Et mon Corps a la Terre d"ou il a Este pris Jusques 
a ce qu'il plaise a Dieu au Jour qu'il a destermine en son Con- 
seil Esternel de Ressusciter nos Corps pour les reunir a nos 
Ames, afin que tons ensemble de jouir a jamais de la vie 
Eternelle et bien heureuse que Jesus Christ son fils nostre 
Seigneur nous a acquis par son sang qu'il a promis de donner 
a tous Ceux quy luy seront fidelle juscju'a la Mort. Pour 
ce quy est de mes biens temporels qu'il a pleu a Dieu de me 
donner beaucoup plus que je n'ay merritte: Comme Terres, 
Maisons, Granges, frutiers, pastures et heritage; Cheueaus 
Bestes a Corne at autres Bestail ; Or, Argent, monnoye ou 
autrement, Estains Cuyores, fers & ferrement, et tout autres 
Utencilles quy appartient a mon bien je donne et ordonne 
Comme il Lenssuit 

Premierement, S'est mon A\iuloir et volonte que toutes mes 
Ligitmes Debts Soit Payee en temps Conunable par mes 
Executeurs ycy apres nommes. 

2e. Cest aussy mon vouloir et volonte Expresse que ma 
femme Marie demeurera en la pleine possession et Jonissance 
de tous mes biens mouuable et jmmouvables apres mon desces 
pour en jouir paisiblement durant son veufage sans quelle 
soit obligee den rendre Conte a mes Enfars ny a personne 
quy que ce soit, Mais sy en cas quelle VinSent a se remarier, 
elle aura un tiers dans les reuenus de toutes mes terres aussy 



8o HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

elle aura une iiegresse trois ou quatre vaches trois Cheueaus 
et tous les meubles de ma maison pour sa vie durant et apres 
son desces ils reuiendront Et Seront a tous mes Enfants en 
general pour estre esgallement divise et partage parmy Eux 
et entre eux; Ses pourquoy il faudra faire une juventaire. 

3e. Item Je donne & Cest mon vouloir que mon fils aine 
Benjamin aura pour son droit d'ainesse toute ma monture de 
Cauallerie Excepte le Cheual sans pretandre pour Cette raison 
rien autres Choses. 

46. Item Jordonne Et cest ma volonte de donner tous mes 
biens meubles et jnmeubles mouvables et jnmouuables a mes 
six Enfants Elizabetb, Benjamin, Marie, Simon, Racbel, et 
Isaac a Eux et a leurs beritiers (Excepte Se quy est cy dessus 
donne) pour Estre Egallement partage entre eux Six Chacun 
d'eux une juste part ou portion. 

5e. Item mais Sy en cas ma famme procree ou ait d'autres 
Enfants durant mon viuant ils divesront et partageront dans 
I'heritage auecq les Susdits heritiers jcy nommes Chacun d'eux 
et entre eux Egallement une juste part et portion. 

6e. Item S'il arriuoit que ma famme fut Enceinte a mon 
Desces et tccoucbat de fils on fille legitimement procree de moy 
alors ce fruit la doit partage dans tout I'heritage Jutement et 
egallement. 

7e. Item Je veux et je desire que Sy quelques un de mes 
heritiers veulent vendre ou Change quelques parts ou portions 
d leurs heritage ils en donneront la preference tout premier a 
leurs freres et soeurs, mais Sy quelqu'un de mes heritiers vien- 
nent a mourir sans heritiers alors leurs part d'heritage sera 
partage Esgallement entre tous mes autres heritiers les Sur- 
viuant. 

8e. Jappointe Et Estably pour Executeurs de ce mien 
Testament et derniere volonte non frere Phillippe Dubois mon 



APPENDIX 8i 

Oncle Jacob Hasbrocq et mon fere Pierre Cantin, Et ainssy 
jc souhaitte & desire que le (lit Testament Soit Suivi Entiere- 
nient et de point en points et de touts points afin quin le tout 
S'accomplisse en bonne Ordre pour la paix et I'union de ma 
fammille Comme Estant ma derniere volonte et Testament, 
fait au Nieu Paltz le Jour et I'an Sy dedans, Escrit et men- 
lionne. 

Signe, scelle et prononce Estre ma derniere volonte & 
'j'cstament. 

Daniel Dunois (Seal). 

En presence cles tesm.oins Soubsignes 
Jean Theuenin. 
Samuel P.euier, 
Stephus. Gasherie. 

Translation. 

Let our beginning be in tbe name of God. 

P)e it known to all tbose whom it shall concern, that to-day, 
the sixteenth day of the month of Augu.st of the year one 
thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine, I the undersigned 
Daniel DuBois, a resident of New Paltz in the county of 
Ulster in the province of New York in America, being well 
in body and mind, for which God be praised, seeing that the 
day and the hour of death is uncertain to us. God having 
hidden from us the time and the moment which he has re- 
served in his adorable providence, — Therefore, I have wished 
here to declare by these presents my last will and testament 
in form and manner as follows. I dissolve, I revoke, I annul 
and make void every other testament which I have made or 
passed, either by word or by writing: it shall be null and 
of no effect. — But this is and shall be my last will and testa- 
ment, and none other. And thus I recommend my soul to 

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82 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

God my creator, to Jesus Christ my Saviour, and to the Holy 
Spirit my consoler and sanctifier, and my body to the earth 
from which it was taken ; until it shall please God, in the 
day which he has determined in his eternal counsel, to raise 
our bodies ; to reunite them to our souls so as together to 
enjoy forever life eternal and most blessed, which Jesus 
Christ his son our Lord has purchased for us by his blood ; 
which he has promised to give to all those who will be faithful 
to him until death. As for my temporal goods, which it has 
pleased God to give me much more than I deserve, as lands, 
houses, barns, orchards, pastures, and heritage, horses, cattle 
and other domestic animals, gold, silver, — coined or otherwise, 
— tin cooking utensils, iron tools, and all other utensils which 
belong to my property, I give and devise as follows 

First. It is my wish and desire that all my lawful debts 
be paid at a suitable time by my executors hereafter named. 

2d. It is also my wish and express desire that my wife 
Mary shall live in the full possession and enjoyment of all 
my property real and personal after my death ; to enjoy it 
peaceably during her widowhood without her being obliged 
to give account of it to my children or to any person what- 
ever. But in case she shall happen to marry again she shall 
have a third of the revenue of all my lands, also she shall 
have one negress, three or four cows, three horses and all 
the furniture of my house, during her life; and after her 
death they shall return and shall belong to all my children 
in general, to be equally divided and shared among them and 
between them. Therefore it will be necessary to take an 
inventory. 

3d. Item. I give and it is my wish that my eldest son 
Benjamin shall have for his right as eldest son all my cavalry 
equipments except the horse without claiming for that reason 
any other things. 



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4th. Item. I devise and it is my wish to give all my prop- 
erty real and personal to my six children — Elizabeth, Benja- 
min, Mary, Simon, Rachel and Isaac, to them and to their 
heirs (except what is above disposed of) to be equally shared 
among those six, each one of them an equitable part or portion. 

5th. Item. But if my wife shall have other children during 
my life they shall share and have part in the inheritance with 
the aforesaid heirs here named, each one of them and among 
them equally a just part or portion. 

6th. Item. If I shall have a posthumous child, then it must 
share in all the inheritance justly and equally. 

/th. Item. I wish and I desire that if any of my heirs 
wish to sell or change any parts or portions of their inheri- 
tance, they shall give preference in the matter first to their 
brothers and sisters, but if one of my heirs sliall happen to 
die witliout lieirs then his part of the inheritance shall be 
divided ec|ually between all my other heirs the survivors. 

8th. I appoint and establish for executors of this my testa- 
ment and last will my brother Philip DuBois my uncle Jacob 
Hasbrouck and my brother Pierre Cantine* ; and thus I wish 
and desire that the said testament be followed entirely and 
in every respect in order that the whole may be performed 
in good order for the peace and unity of my family as being 
my la'^t will and testament. ]\rade at New Paltz the day and 
the year herein \vritten and mentioned. Signed, sealed and 
pronounced to be my last will and testament. 

Daniel DuBois (Seal). 

In presence of the undersigned witnesses, 
Je.an Thevenin [Tebenin], 

S.'\MUEL BeVIER, 

Stephus. Gasherie. 



♦Pierre Cantine was his wife's half-br,)ther 



84 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

P'roni ]\Ir. Gustave Anjou's book of Ulster county wills 
we condense the following in reference to the wills of Christian 
Deyo, Catharine Cottin, Matthew Blanshan, Roelofsen [Jan] 
Elting. Abraham Deyo and the joint will of Louis DuBois 
?.nd his wife Catharine Blanshan. 

The will of Matthew Blanshan appears among the Secre- 
tary's papers. It is dated Sept. 7, 1665. It begins by stating 
that before Matthew Capito appeared " Matthew Blanshan. 
born at the village of Neuville in the province of Artois." 
The will provides that his wife Magdalena Joris shall possess 
the whole estate here in America so long as she remains a 
widow, also " all the land in Artois " where the testator was 
born and in Armentiers and other places, she to keep the 
three minor children, Magdalena, Elizabeth and Matthew until 
they become of age or marry ; when they marry she to treat 
the minor daughters as she did the daughters who are married. 

The joint will of Louis DuBois and his wife Catharine 
Blanshan is found among the secretary's papers and is dated 
Oct. 13, 1670. It provides first that the minor children shall 
be educated until they can earn a living. If either of the 
testators, surviving the other, shall marrv again, one-half 
the estate shall then go to the children, and in case of death 
one-fourth of the remaining half shall be divided among the 
children. 

The will of Christian Dujou of Hurley (Christian Deyo, 
afterwards the New Paltz Patentee), is dated Aug. 10, 1676, 
shortly after his arrival in America and before his removal 
to New Paltz. It is in the Dutch language and is found in 
Liber B., Secretary's papers. The testator mentions the fact 
that his children Anna, Peter and Elizabeth are married, while 
Maria and Margaret are unmarried. He directs that the un- 
married shall have the same as the married have had, that is, 



APPENDIX 85 

100 rix dollars ; Maria is to have 50 rix dollars worth of 
clothing; Margaret, being the youngest, is "to receive during 
her minority /O rix dollars." The will provides " for Peter's 
wedding suit 15 rix dollars." The residue of the property is 
to be divided equally among the children. The will is wit- 
nessed by Hugo Freer and Louis DuBois. Ten years after- 
ward in 1686-7 Christian Deyo made another will, which is 
recorded in the county clerk's office at Kingston. 

The will of Catharine Cottin wife of Jean Cottin, whose 
first husband was Louis DuBois, is in French and dated 
Sept. 22, 1702. It provides among other things that the 
freedom heretofore bestowed upon her negro woman Rachel 
shall remain in force and she shall be given thirty pieces of 
eight before the textatrix' children divide her property ; also 
that the letters of manumission given to her negro woman Dina 
shall remain in force. 

The will of Roelofsen [Jan] Elting is dated in 1679 and 
states that the testator is about ready to depart for Holland 
and makes this will, considering the perils of the deep and 
the certainty of death. [Jan Elting, ancestor of the Elting 
family in Ulster county, was at Flatbush, Long Island, before 
coming to Kingston and bought a farm and building lot there 
in 1663. The record also shows that he was paid twenty-five 
guilders for work on the church at Flatbush.] 

The will of Abraham Deyo ( i ) son of Pierre the Patentee 
i,s on record in the county clerk's office at Kingston. It is 
in the French language and dated Sept. 2, 1724. It provides 
that his wife Elsie [Clearwater] shall remain in full possession 
of his whole estate without rendering any account, but if she 
shall marry again she shall give a full account to her son 
Abraham for the land, house, negroes and all the property 
at New Paltz. Full power is given to the wife Elsie, to sell 



86 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

or dispose of all that may be in France at such a price as she 
may wish. The testator gives to his son Abraham, after his 
mother's death, all his land in the patent of New Paltz and 
his negroes. He gives his books to his son Abraham except 
that he gives to his daughter Maria his Dutch bible, a French 
testament, a book of sermons, and a psalm book, and to his 
daughter Wyntje the old French bible, a French testament, 
the Practice of Piety and a Dutch prayer book. The sum of 
thirty pistoles. New York money, is given to each of his daugh- 
ters for their inheritance. If his children shall die without 
ijeirs the property shall go to the testator's brothers, Christian 
and Henry Deyo. Jacob Hasbrouck, Daniel Hasbrouck and 
Elsie the wife of the testator, are appointed executors. 



APPEN D I X 87 

CHAPTER VII 

The Legislative Act of 1785 

This paper, now in the town clerk's office, has the great 
seal of the state attached, is signed by John Jay as Governor 
and is entitled "An Act to Confirm the Several Partitions 
of Lands within the Patent of New Paltz, in the County of 
Ulster." 

This act is drawn up at great length and first recites the 
original grant of the Patent from Governor Edmond Andross 
in 1677, then quotes entire the Agreement of 1728, under 
which the government of the Duzine or Twelve Men was 
instituted and then proceeds as follows : 

And whereas in consequence of the said instrument in 
writing the freeholders and inhabitants within the said patent 
have annually from the time of the execution of said writing 
hitherto elected twelve persons, in the manner and for the 
several purposes mentioned in said instrument in writing, 
and which said persons so elected have generally been dis- 
tinguished by the appellation of the Twelve Men or Twelve 
Trustees and the said Twelve Men so from time to time 
elected, did meet and conceiving themselves vested with suf- 
ficient authority for the purpose by virtue of said instrument 
in writing did at some of the said meetings make partitions 
of different parcels of the land contained in said letters patent, 
and minutes or a journal of the proceedings of the said 
Twelve Men, so from time to time convened, as far forth 
as said proceedings did relate to the several partitions were 
entered in a Book, which was always as a kind of record 
deposited with a discreet freeholder within the patent to 



88 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

that purpose from time to time appointed by the Twelve 
Men, and which said book hath been submitted for inspec- 
tion and examination by the Legislature, and the same in 
order to preserve the authenticity, and that the intent of this 
act may be carried into efifect, hath lately by the Twelve 
Men elected for the present year, been deposited with the 
Surveyor General of the State, in whose custody the same 
doth now remain; and whereas Simon DuBois, Jacobus Has- 
brouck, Johannis Freer, Jacob Hasbrouck, Jr., Abraham Don- 
aldson, Abraham Eltinge, Petrus Hasbrouck, Samuel Bevier, 
Benjamin Deyo, Isaac LeFevre, ]\latthew LeFevre and Abra- 
ham Fin, the Twelve Men elected for the present year, have 
presented their petition to the Legislature, suggesting several 
of the matters herein before recited, and further suggesting 
that no deeds of partition or other conveyance having ever 
passed between the several persons interested in the said 
patent for vesting in them in severalty the several allotments, 
which in the said several partitions fell to their shares, respec- 
tively ; and the said book and correspondent possession being 
the only evidence of the said several partitions the petitioners 
were advised that the said several partitions were therefore 
materially defective in law ; and further suggesting that no 
controversy has as yet arisen between the several persons 
interested in the said patent, with respect to their title in 
severalty to their respective allotments, that the petitioners 
were nevertheless induced to apply to the Legislature to con- 
firm the said several partitions, lest the interference of the 
Legislature, after such controversies had arisen and suits 
commenced in consecjuence thereof, might appear to favor the 
claims of one of the parties in preference to the other, the 
petitioners did therefore, in order to preserve peace among 
the inhabitants of said patent, to promote the improvement 



APPENDIX 89 

and settlement of the same and finally to prevent the injurious 
litigation to which the petitioners and others interested in the 
said patent would otherwise be exposed, ])ray for a law to 
confirm the said several partitions ; and whereas the Legisla- 
ture have taken the said petition in consideration and have 
thought fit that the prayer thereof should be granted, therefore, 
Be it enacted Ijy the people of the state of New York, 
represented in Senate and Assembly, and it is hereby enacted 
by the authority of the same that the said several partitions, 
written in said Book shall be and hereby are ratified and 
confirmed ; and that when in either of the said several parti- 
tions, any lots or parcels of land were alloted or fell to, or 
to the respective parts or shares of the said several twelve 
original patentees in the said letters patent named, the said 
several twelve original patentees shall be deemed and hereby 
are declared to have been seized severally in fee simple of 
said lots or parcels of land, respectively, as from and imme- 
diately after the issuing of the said letters patent deeds of 
partition had in due process of law for vesting the same 
in severalty in fee simple in the said original patentees respec- 
tively been made and executed by and between them the 
said twelve original patentees ; and that when on either of 
the said several partitions any lots or parcels of land were 
allotted or fell to or became the part or share of any person 
not being one of the said twelve original patentees such person 
shall be deemed and hereby is declared to have been seized 
in fee simple as from and immediately after such partition 
of the lots or parcels of land which were so alloted or fell 
to or became the part or share of such person in like manner 
as if all the other persons, then having a right or interest in 
such lot or parcel of land, had immediately after such parti- 
tion, bv convevance made and executed in due form of law 



90 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

granted and conveyed in fee simple their respective rights 
and interests of in or to such lot or parcel of land to the 
person to whom or to whose part or share the same on such 
partition was alloted or fell and 

Be it further enacted that it shall and may be lawful for 
the surveyor-general of the state, and he is hereby required 
to retain said book in his custody, until a convenient time 
after the passing of this act and then having first subscribed 
a certificate to be inserted in said book and representing that 
the said book is the book meant and intended in and by this 
act to deliver the same with his hand to the clerk of the 
county of Ulster for the time being, who is hereby authorized 
and required to receive it and to deposit the same in the 
office of the said clerk, there to remain forever, and that the 
said book or a copy thereof, certified by a clerk of said county 
for time being, and attested by a credible witness who shall 
have compared the same with the original, shall in all cases 
be admitted and received in evidence of the several partitions 
therein mentioned, 

Provided always that this act nor any thing therein 
contained shall affect or be deemed or construed to af- 
fect the right, title, interest or possession of any per- 
son or persons claiming or holding by virtue of any 
•other grant or letters patent, in any wise soever. Provided, 
nevertheless, that in all controversies between parties claim- 
ing under the partitions hereby confirmed and parties claim- 
ing imder any other grants or letters patent this act and the 
partitions hereby confirmed shall be deemed and adjudged 
to be as good evidence of an estate in severalty under the 
said Paltz Patent as if said partition had been made accord- 
ing to the course of the common law. 



APPENDIX 91 



CHAPTER VIII 

Peter Van Orden of Plattekill — a Soldier of the Amer- 
ican Revolution. 

By Col. John Eodine. 

It is much to be regretted that so Httle of the local and 
family history of the early settlers of this and adjoining 
townships should now be in possession of the present gen- 
eration. 

Our fathers seldom cared to impart such information to 
their children, so that in many instances the details of vicissi- 
tudes of pioneer life, the founding of families, or the ex- 
tinction of the same, the occupancy of lands, the personal 
sacrifices and loss of life in Colonial and Indian wars and 
even service and patriotic devotion in the American Revolu- 
tion only come to us in disjointed and traditional form, and 
are now scarcely recalled by their present descendants or are 
lost in indifference and neglect. 

In many cases officers who served in the Revolution have 
left no record of their service and devotion, and their descend- 
ants only know that they served. 

Of recent years an interest has been stimulated in the matter 
by the formation of patriotic societies, such as the " Daughters 
and Sons of the American Revolution," " The Huguenot So- 
ciety " and others, so that at this time many facts have been 
recalled, and although somewhat meagre and disjointed, they 
yet serve to perpetuate a feeling of patriotism and a respect 
lor our ancestors. 

it is only through a perpetuation of the memory of the 
Pilgrims and Puritans, the Colonial v/orthies, and especially 



92 H I ST O R Y OF NEW P ALT Z 

the soldiers of the American Revolution, and the principles 
for which they fought, their sacrifices and incredible hard- 
ships, witti their final triumph resulting in the formation of 
the American Republic, that we can expect to inculcate and 
foster the sentiments of patriotism in these coming generations 
and by this means assimilate and digest the hordes of for- 
eigners, now coming to our shores, most of whom are entirely 
ignorant of our early history and of the fundamental prin- 
ciples underlying our government and laws. 

This slight and imperfect sketch is intended to present the 
meagre details now remaining of the life of a humble " Con- 
tinental soldier " whose services were freely given to his 
country, whose memory is now forgotten except among his 
immediate descendants. His monument in the Modena ceme- 
tery bears this inscription, "A Soldier of the American Revo- 
lution." This inscription and a few of the many details of 
his services and sufferings in the army are all that remain 
of Peter \^an Orden. 

His father came from Holland in Colonial times and settled 
as a farmer in New Jersey and at one time was in good 
circumstances, but through indorsement for friends lost most 
of his property, and being in straightened circumstances was 
obliged to indenture his son, Peter, to a neighboring farmer 
who seems to have been a hard taskmai^ter, as Peter made 
up his mind to take the first opportunity to seek other em- 
ployment, in fact to run away. 

While entertaining such feelings, which he had communi- 
cated to a fellow laborer one day while in the potato field, 
near the highway, a recruiting sergeant came along with fife 
and drum followed by recruits. His friend said to him, 
" Now, Peter, is your chance." He threw down his potato 
fork and with a whoop, placed his hand on the top rail, landed 



APPENDIX 93 

in the road and then and there enlisted as a soldier in the 
American army. He was mustered in the service and served 
throughout the war and was mustered out at the conclusion 
of peace. He suffered many hardships and participated in 
many triumphs in his many campaigns and battles. He was 
wounded three times — once by a bayonet thrust in his side, 
on which occasion he was made prisoner ; once through the 
arm, and once in the head, this last wound was nearly fatal. 
No person could look him in the face and fail to notice the 
scar left by this wound. He was struck in the forehead by 
a musket ball at about the edge of the hair. The ball passed 
along the top of his head removing the scalp and hair in 
its course, and indenting the skull for about four inches. His 
skull was trepanned and portions of the bono removed, so 
that on looking closely you could see the pulsation of the 
blood. The wound left a deep groove, in which no hair grew 
and it showed a white strip the width of the finger. He was 
nursed for six months in a friendly family and when recov- 
ered rejoined his regiment. On the occasion of the wound 
in his arm, he was in line of battle, loading and firing, when 
on endeavoring to ram cartridge he could not raise his arm. 
He w^as unconscious of his wound until he saw blood dripping 
from his fingers. 

In another battle, in repelling a charge he received a bayonet 
thrust in his side and was taken prisoner, and sent to the 
hospital. On partial recovery he was placed in the " Old 
Sugar House Prison "' in New York City. This was his 
hardest experience throughout the war, and his relation of 
the horrors of this prison was most pathetic. He was placed 
in prison at the commencement of one of the severest winters 
known to the citv. Through the winter heavy artillery was 
transported on the ice between New York and New Jersey, 



94 H I STO R V OF NEW P ALT Z 

A near friend and distant relative was in confinement at the 
same time, and the last that he saw of him he was crawling 
up the stairs on the stumps of his legs, his feet having been 
amputated. Peter owed his life to a very curious circum- 
stance : Some unknown friend sent him two thick blankets 
and two pair of woolen stockings of which he gave a blanket 
and pair of stockings to a fellow prisoner. He thought this 
timely charity from an unknown friend saved his life, as great 
numbers were frozen to death before spring, at which time 
he was exchanged and rejoined his regiment. He served in 
the Northern campaigns under Schuyler and Gates and was 
in the battles preceding the surrender of Burgoyne, and like- 
wise at the surrender. 

He told of Arnold's brilliant courage and his insubordina- 
tion. He was once asked how many men he had killed in 
battle. His reply was that he might have killed many, but 
to his knowledge had only killed one, and then related this 
incident of the above campaign : He was scouting with a party 
m command of an officer and in crossing a swamp they were 
unexpectedly almost surrounded by Indians. They took to 
the trees and commenced a determined resistance. The In- 
dians evidently believing themselves outnumbered commenced 
to retreat, just at this time he discovered an Indian peering 
around a tree, and apparently unaware of his proximity. 
He shot him through the body and running up found on his 
person a British medal hung about his neck, a musket, a 
tomahawk and a small copper kettle. He secured the medal 
and kettle. By this time his companions were in the distance 
making for a hill overlooking the swamp. When they attained 
its summit they saw the lake beyond the swamp dotted with 
Indian canoes making for the opposite shore, the paddles 
flashing in the declining sun. 



AP P E N D IX 95 

He saw most of bis service about New York and tbc Hud- 
son. He was in tbe battle of Long Island and followed Wash- 
ington on his evacuation of New York and was at the battle 
of White Plains. He w'as familiar with the doings of the 
tories and skinners infesting the country between Peekskill 
and the British lines, knew " Light Horse Harry," Generals 
Putnam, " Mad " Anthony Wayne, Clinton and Greene, but 
his pet General was LaFayette of whom he was never tired 
of talking, and to the day of his death wore a gold seal on 
his fob chain set with a cornelian on which was engraved 
an intaglio portrait of this gallant Frenchman. 

He was with the detachment sent to reinforce Gates, and 
after the surrender of Burgoyne returned with his regiment 
to New Jersey and wintered at Morristown. He related the 
deplorable condition of the troops at this time, and expre.'^sed 
his belief that but for the battle of Trenton the army might 
have disbanded. 

He disliked General Gates, who he said never had the con- 
fidence of the soldiers; he spoke of him as a trickster and 
insubordinate. His estimate of General Lee was singularly 
accurate as to character as delineated by subsequent history. 
He admired General Greene, saying he was much beloved 
by his soldiers. 

Pages could be filled with liis anecdotes and adventures 
as a soldier, but no pen could give them the effect produced 
by his nervous and dramatic recital. His perception and 
delineation of character and his observations on the events 
of the war showed a mind of unusual power and critical 
discernment, and this is the more remarkable as his educa- 
tion was very limited. His attainments were acquired in 
that best of schools, contact with his fellows in the rough 
and tumble of a busv life. JMr. Van Orden was a large and 



96 HISTORY OF N E IV PALTZ 

impressive man. six feet two in height, and weighing over 
200 pounds, inflexible in integrity and a pronounced foe to 
all hypocrisy and cant, pronounced in his likes and dislikes 
he had, in consequence, many friends and not a few foes. 
There was nothing of the milk and w^ater in his composition. 
You woidd always know where to find him, but never " on 
the fence." 

When mustered out he found himself in New York. He 
had some arrears of pay due him, and on receipt of these 
bought a horse and cart and entered the employment of a 
wealthy merchant and shipowner well known in the early 
history of the city, named Costar. He eventually obtained 
complete control of the carting l)usiness and employed about 
forty men in this and kindred enterprises. 

He related an unique method of paying off his men. On 
Saturday night his men congregated at j\Ir. Costar's offtce 
on the sidewalk. Air. Van Orden wore a large beaver hat 
and when he was paid for his week's carting would put the 
silver money in his hat, take a seat on the steps, have his 
men file past him and pay them out of his hat. He accumu- 
lated considerable property and at the time of leaving the 
city, owned three houses and lots facing on Maiden Lane. 
These lots were large and surrounded the houses and had 
they been retained would now be worth several millions. 
At this time he was a man of some consequence and public 
notoriety. His heirs have in their possession a certificate 
from Major Duane giving him the " freedom of the city of 
New York " which was no small honor. His brother Charles 
w'as chief of the police of the city and an intimate friend of 
Aaron Burr, and with him used to visit the family after they 
moved to the country. His mother's name was Brower, his 
wife's maiden name was Warner and she was related by 
blood and marriage to the Vandals and Brevoorts. 



APPENDIX 97 

Peter Van Orden had a family of one son and three 
daughters. The son, Abraham, married Maria LeFever, 
daughter of Philip LeFever of Kettleboro and occupied the 
old homestead still in the family. When Peter Van Orden 
first occupied the farm in Plattekill he sold a lot, afterwards 
known as the Still House lot, opposite the homestead. On 
this lot a company built a very large building and established 
a distillery, and at this time he built a large dam and erected 
a grist mill in which he ground the grain purchased from the 
farmers by the company for the distillery. He also built the 
storehouse which was standing up to last year, just east of 
the homestead door yard. In this store he and his partner, 
John Warner, sold merchandise to the people of the sur- 
rounding country. At this time the place contained two 
stores, a large distillery, a grist mill, a hatter's shop, two 
blacksmiths, one wheelwright and a shoemaker. 

Justice in Olden Times. 

We have in our possession an old book of grandfather 
Peter LeFevre in which he kept a summary of cases tried 
before him as Justice of the Peace for a period of twenty- 
two years, commencing in 1792. 

The book is composed of about 150 sheets of unruled paper, 
stitched together, with a flexible pasteboard cover. In turn- 
ing over the leaves we find, here and there, pressed flowers — 
bluebells, honeysuckles, larkspurs and other varieties, placed 
there perhaps by the daughters of the family after their 
father had ceased to use the book as a record of the cases 
tried before him. 

The last entry in the book states that the writer qualified 
as one of the judges of the court of common pleas for the 
county of Ulster in April, 18 14, but this book only contains 



98 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

the record of cases tried at an earlier date while he was- 
justice of the peace. A great portion of the legal papers 
needed by the New Paltz people in those days, such as wills 
and deeds were drawn up by grandfather, but that has nothing 
to do with the record in this book. 

There are a few cases of petit larceny recorded but nearly 
all the cases are civil actions. In most instances they seem 
to have been tried without the aid of a lawyer. Sometimes 
a jury was asked for and granted and sometimes the parties 
would agree to leave the case to referees. Occasionally there 
would be no appearance on the part of the defendant and 
judgment would be taken by default. In a number of cases 
tried the justice's fees are only twenty-one cents, the con- 
stable's fees not much more and the jurors' fees 12I/2 cents 
each. The work must have been performed by all the officials 
from a sense of obligation and not for financial profit. In a 
part of the cases the place of meeting was the residence of 
the justice; in others the houses of Ann DuRois (Liberty- 
ville), Daniel DuBois (village) and Josiah Elting are men- 
tioned. 

We note a few of the cases recorded, not because they are 
of importance, but because they are amusing or interesting. 
The following entry seems to denote a case of " diamond cut 
diamond" and it also shows that people wer<; subject to a 
fine for working on the Sabbath : " John Fredericks paid his 
fin.e of six shillings for laboring on Sunday, the 14th day of 
Sept., 1800, to me Peter Le Fevre, junior, at the complaint 
of William Fredericks and William Fredericks paid his fine 
of six shillings at the complaint of John Fredericks for labor- 
ing on Sunday, the 14th of Sept., 1800." 

In one of the cases recorded Wm. N. McDonald sued Jonas 
\\'ood for a fiddle he had loaned him; judgment was recorded 



APPENDIX 99 

for .$3.12. In another case when tlie parties appeared for 
trial the situation is thus stated: "The phiintiti says it is not 
the man he intended and has no account against liim." Ac- 
cordingly the case was dismissed and the plamtiff paid the 
costs. In another case the plaintiff sued the defendant for 
$2.50 damages " for beating of his nuts from the trees ; stand- 
ing in his enclosure and taking them away." At the hearino- 
the parties agreed on eighty-one cents damages, without hav- 
ing the case tried. Doctors,, school teachers and merchants 
are recorded as sueing to get their pay. In one of the cases, 
tried in 1800, Dr. Geo. W'urts sued Adam Crans for attend- 
ance and medicine and the defendant not putting in an appear- 
ance judgment was rendered for $24. But there is no memo- 
randum showing that the judgment ever was paid. In' an- 
other case, tried in the same year Stephen Roe sued Jesias 
Hasbrouck for an " account of schooling " claiming v$i4.25. 
This was a jury trial and the verdict was for $6.95. In an- 
other case tried in 1800 before " Peter LeFevre junior, Jo- 
hannes LeFevre and Jonathan Ilardenbergh, esquires," Lewis 
Berrian was tried on a charge of stealing Indian corn of 
Jonathan Tompkins and found " not guilty." In another case 
the plaintiff claimed that the defendant's son who was an 
"infant" had broken a fiddle valued at Sg. There was no 
appearance on the part of the defendant and judgment was 
entered and paid with costs. Jacob Bedford was the attorney 
most frequently mentioned. 

The case recorded at greatest length is that of Jonas Has- 
brouck and wife of the town of Rochester against Frederick 
Westbrook and Jonathan \\'estbrook, tried in 1795. John 
Addison, who was a noted lawyer in those days, was attorney 
for the plaintiffs. He claimed that the defendants by raising 
the dam of their mill on the Mombakkus creek in the town of 



loo HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Rochester had caused the water to overflow plaintiff's land. 
There were twelve witnesses examined on the side of the 
plaintiffs and five on the side of the defendants. It appeared 
from the testimony that the mill was built in 1753 or 1754 
and that it had been customary to place boards on top of the 
dam. Among the witnesses examined were Abraham Vernooy 
and John Cantine, both of whom had surveyed the land. The 
verdict in the case was for defendant. 

After looking over the book we are led to the conclusion 
that there was much more litigation over trifling matters a 
century ago than there is now. It seldom happens in our day 
that one man sues another on account, or for trespass. Very 
few cases are tried in justice's court, nowadays. Perhaps the 
main reason is that in our day a lawyer must be employed 
to try a case and his charge amounts to a considerable sum, 
besides the other costs. Besides this we think that people 
are more inclined to live peaceably with their neighbors than 
in the olden days. 



APPENDIX loi 



CHAPTER IX 

Valuable Old Papers of the Hasbrouck Family. 

The following papers, including a letter of dismissal from 
the church at Manheim, a letter evidently written by the 
father of Jean and Abraham Hasbrouck the Patentees and 
denization papers making Jean Hasbrouck an English citizen, 
have come down in the family and are now in the possession 
of Mrs. Laura T. H. Varick of Poughkeepsie. 

Letter of Dismissal from the Church at Manheim. 

Jean Hasebruck et sa femme sont membres de '1 Eglise de 
Christ et vecuparmi nous durant le sejour qu' ils yont fait 
honettement et Chretiennement, frequentants les Saintes as- 
sembles et participants au Saint Sacrement de la Cene de 
notre S. L C. sans scandale qui nous soit connu : C'est pour- 
quoy nous les Recommandons comme tels aux freres de 
L'Eglise, ou Dieu les adressera 

Fait a Manheim au bas Palatinat ce 27 mars 1672. 

Les Conducteurs de L'Eglise Francoyse du dit lieu et au 
nom de tons Wesenfels Pasteur. 

translation. 

Jean Hasbrouck and his wife are members of the Church 
of Christ and have lived virtuously and Christianlike among 
us during the sojourn which they have made here, frequenting 
the sacred assemblies and participating in the Holy Sacra- 
ment of the Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ without scandal 
known to us. 

Therefore we recommend them as such to the brothers of 
the Church where God mav guide them. 



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103 



Done at 3>[anlie!ni in the lower Palatinate this 27 .March 

1.6/2. 

The Directors of the Frencli Church of the said place and 
in the name of all. 

Wesenfels, Pastor. 

Cnpy OF Or-D Frexch Li-:tt!:r to Jfax, and Abraham 
PLvsp.Rouci-:. 

Laus Deo 
Spire 
ce 3 decembre 1676 
AJy dear children 

Having had the opportunity through Monsieur Boidiy of 
giving you news of us T have not wished to lose the occasion 
to tell }'ou that we are all well, did be thanked, namely: L 
my \\ire, your brother Andrien and your sister Elizabette, 
hoping the same for you all. 

Meanwhile v.-e are greatly surprised that since your de- 
parture from London, about twenty months ago, we have had 
no news of your welfare and more especially because the 
.gazettes are always haunting us here with bad news of your 
country on account of the war which you have had against 
the savages, but as they tell us at present that the savages 
are entirely defeated and even their King Philippe captured 
and beheaded and quartered, we hope you Avill do better 
for the future. 

As for us we have ahvays great wars since }our departure 
and we are still staying in this town waiting for better things. 
^^'e have constantly lost our cattle and our harvest these two 
years past and this last summer were always with weapons 
in hand for the Imperials laid siege to the city of Philipjibourg 
-at the beeinnincj of Mav and staid there before it until the 



104 HISTORY OF X E JV P ALT Z 

beginning of September when the French came out of it. By 
the capture of this city we hoped things would go a little 
better. However if peace is not made we have nothing to 
expect in this quarter but all sorts of misery and poverty. 

Write us as quickly as possible how it goes in your country 
and what there is of it, for if it is good I am always of the 
same intention as when you left here, to come and find you; 
but if it does not suit you at all well, I hope that you would 
return here near us. 

If you cannot make enough to return as far as here, try 
to get as far as London and let us know it, and then I and 
your mother Esther will send you the money to the said 
London for returning here. 

Above all do not fail to describe truthfully how every- 
thing is. 

There is no change in the house of your mother since your 
departure and they live [The rest of the letter and signature 
are torn off.] 

The reference " your departure from London about twenty 
months ago " naturally refers to Abraham who did not leave 
for this country until two years after Jean's departure. The 
town of Spire, called Speyer in German, from which the above 
letter was written, was one of the great Protestant strongholds 
in Germany and is near Manheim. 

Denization Papers of Jean Hasbrouck. 

I, Thomas Lawrence, Notary and Tabellion Publick, by 
Royal Authority admitted and Sworn, dwelling in London, 
Do hereby Certifie and Attest unto all whom it may concern, 
That I have Seen and Perused certain Letters Patents of 
Denization, granted by our Sovereign Lord King William the 
Third, under the Broad Seal of England Dated the 3rd day 



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of July in the Thirteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign^ 
wherein among others is inserted the name of John Hasbrouck 
who though Born beyond Seas, is made His Majesty's Liege 
Subject and is to be held reputed and taken, as Subject Bom 
in this Kingdom of England ; and may as such Purchase, Buy, 
Sell and Dispose of Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in 
this Kingdom, or in any other of His Majesty's Dominions, 
as freely, peaceably and entirely, as any Subject Born in this 
Kingdom ; and that the said John Hasbrouck ... by 
Virtue of the said Letters Patents, is to enjoy all Liberties,. 
Privileges and Franchises of Subject Born in this Kingdom, 
without any Disturbance, Lnpediment or Molestation : As also 
permitting the Persons in the said Patent mentioned, to be 
mariners or Masters of Ships during the time they and their 
Families shall reside and inhabit within the Dominions of the 
Crown of England and no longer, as by the said Patent, rela- 
tion being thereunto had, may more at large appear. 

Of all which. Act being Required of me said Notary, I 
have Granted these Presents to serve and avail the said John 
Hasbrouck . . . in Time and Place Convenient. 

London the 15th day of July, 1701. And in the Thirteenth 
Year of His Majesty's Reign. 

In Testimonium Veritatis Signo meo ]\Ianuali Solito Sig- 
navi Tabellionatus mei Sigillum apposui rogatus 

Tho: Lawrence D M Nots Pub. 
1701 

[seal] 

It was, we think, not necessary for Jean Hasbrouck to 
leave the province of New York in order to secure denization 
papers, since it appears from the Ecclesiastical Records of 
New York that in 1687 Gov. Dongan requested the names 



io6 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

of all French Protestants who desired to settle or remain in 
the province, in order that they might receive letters of Deni- 
zation. 

Some ^Matter Relating to the Hasbrouck Family. 

^^'e have this additional information concerning the de- 
scendants of Benjamin, son of Abraham Flashrouck, the Pat- 
entee, who located in Dutchess Count}': Besides the children 
mentioned on ])age 394 Benjamin had a son Aljraham, who 
had sons Abraham, John and James. Abraham and James 
lived at Louisville. Kentucky. 

Mr. Abm. M. Hasbrouck relates some very interesting 
history of the family of his grandfather Jacob J. Hasbrouck, 
Jr., and his great-grandfather Jacob J. Hasbrouck. The 
latter was a major in the time of the Revolutionary war. 
When the British, under A^aughn, burned Kingston, Major 
Flasbrouck was away from home, presumably with the army, 
although the tradition does not state where he was. It was 
thought that the British, after burning Kingston, would 
march down along this side of the river and we may judge 
that there was great excitement at New Paltz. One of the 
LeFevre families at Bontecoe hid their valuables in a hollow 
tree. Major Hasbrouck's family lived in the old steep roofed 
stone house in this village, now the Memorial House. In 
the absence of the head of the household his wife, with her 
son Jacob J., Jr., who was about ten years of age, and a 
trusty slave, took all the valuable papers and silverware, 
spoons, etc., and placed them in a pot, then hid the pot in 
a barrel and carried it to a point about half-way between 
the old Normal School site and the present location of the 
Maurice P. Hasbrouck house. The spot is marked by a 
large white stone, a part of wdiich still remains. Here they 



APPEN D I X 107 

Imricd the I)arrel witli its contents. I\Irs. llasbrouck remark- 
ing that if she were killed the son might survive, and if they 
both were killed the negro man might live to tell the absent 
members of the family what had 1)een done with the valu- 
ables. It was midnight as they finished their task. The 
British did not come to New Paltz, however, but hurried 
<'iff down the river. 

Towards the close of the war. Jacob j. Hasbrouck, Jr., 
when a lad of about twelve years of age. was sent to school 
at.Newburgh and boarded with the family of Col. Jonathan 
Hasbrouck, whose wife was his mother's sister, both being 
slaughters of Cornelius DuBois, Sen., of Poughwaughtenonk. 
A\'ashington was at tliat time an inmate of Col. Jonathan's 
house. Once Washington sent young Jacob Hasbrouck out 
into the orchard for a hat full of peaches and when he came 
in asked him to eat one of them, which the lad thought 
strange. But it is said that it was the custom of Washington 
to have his food tasted by the one who prepared or brought 
it as a safe-guard against poison. 

TriE Lost Heir. 

There is no story of more thrilling interest concerning 
Xew Paltz people than that of the late of Louis Hasbrouck, 
^\•ho left his New Paltz home about 1816 and was never 
again heard of. ]\lr. Abm. JNT. Hasbrouck who, is a nephew, 
relates the story as follows: Jacob J. Hasbrouck, Jr., was 
married to his first wife, ^Margaret Hardenburgh, at Rosen- 
dale in the old family mansion of her father ,Gerardus Har- 
denburgh. One of her wedding slippers and a beautiful 
dress which was hers are among the relics in the Alemorial 
House. Her tom])Stone which stands alone in the old grave- 
yard at New Paltz savs that she was born April 12th, 1776, 



io8 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

and died July 7th, 1796. She left an infant son who was 
named Louis. Her husband married again and by his sec- 
ond wife had a large family of children. Louis heired from 
his mother some 15,000 or 16,000 acres of land in Sullivan 
county which was a part of the great Hardenburgh patent. 
His father sent him to college at Schenectady, paid the taxes 
on the Sullivan county land and when he was twenty-one 
years of age told him that he must now take care of the 
property himself. Young Louis had no taste for work, 
but was a great reader, had purchased Lewis & Clark's books 
relating their experiences in the far west and he had trained 
his horse so that he would dash into the Wallkill and swim 
to the opposite shore with a rider on his back and then 
turn around and swim back again. He had been clerk in 
Cornelius Bruyn's store just north of the old graveyard. 
He boarded at Budd's hotel at the time of the famous poison- 
ing cases but he escaped that danger. Early one morning 
the young man started off on his well trained horse, armed 
with rifle and pistols, to visit his Sullivan county possessions. 
He never returned and no tidings of him ever reached his 
New Paltz home. It is supposed that he was murdered. Once 
when a man was to be hung in Sullivan county for a murder 
some time afterwards, Louis' father sent another son all the 
way to Monticello on the day of the execution, to inquire 
of the condemned man if he could not tell where Louis Has- 
brouck's bones were buried. But the man replied that he 
knew nothing of the matter. 

It is by no means certain that he was murdered in Sul- 
livan county, for the story of Lewis & Clark's adventures 
may have lured him to the far west, and the training of his 
horse to swim streams indicates that he had a life of adven- 



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109 



ture in view. This theory seems the more probable from his 
reported saying that he would never come back until he 
<:ould walk over his father's farm with a gold cane. 

He never returned nor was any news of him ever received. 

As his second wife Jacob J. Hasbrouck, Jr., married Anna 
DuBois. Their descendants still reside in New Paltz and 
vicinity to a great extent. Jacob J. Hasbrouck had a great 
deal of property and could walk from the Wallkill to the 
Hudson on his own land. About 1830 he moved from the 
stone house in the northern portion of the village, built about 
1790 and now owned and occupied by his grandson Abram 
M., to Bontecoe, where he made purchase of land and built 
the brick house now owned by his grandson Luther, This 
farm consisting mainly of lowland is one of the best in the 
county. 

Jacob J. Hasbrouck, Jr., by his second wife Anna DuBois, 
had a large family of children as follows: Catharine (wife of 
Mathusakm DuBois), Asenath (wife of Derrick DuBois), 
Albina (wife of Dr. David Wurts), Maurice, Jacob, DuBois 
and Huram. Maurice Hasbrouck married Jane DuBois. Their 
sons were Jacob M., Josiah J., Abram M., and Simon, all 
of whom resided in this town. Jacob Hasbrouck (usually 
known as colonel), son of Jacob J. Jr., located at what is 
now Highland, on land of his father. Colonel Jacob built a 
fine stone house in which he always resided, living to a great 
age. His sons were Levi J., Jacob, Alex C, and Theodore. 
The youngest son of Jacob J. Jr., Huram, long occupied the 
farm at Bontecoe, after his father's death and until about 
1855. His first wife was Maria Hasbrouck and his second 
wife was her sister Rozilla. He was County Treasurer in 
1857. 



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APPENDIX III 



CHAPTER X 

The Family of Gerrit Freer, Jr. 

Gcrrit Freer, Jr., who was probably the first resident at 
what is now Butterville, has had a numerous hue of descend- 
ants in this ^•icinity. He was tlie son of Flugo Freer, Jr. and 
his "wife Bridgen Terpening of Bontecoe. Hugo Jr. was the 
son of Hugo, senior, of this village, who was the son of Hugo 
the Patentee. 

Gerrit was born in 1727 and was married by Dominie 
Alancius at Kingston in 1748 to ]\Iaria Freer, the record stat- 
ing that the groom had been born at Bontecoe and the bride 
at New Paltz and both then resided at Bontecoe. 

The house in which Gerrit, Jr. lived is no longer standing. 
It was located a short distance north of what was the David 
LeFevre house in modern days. 

Gerrit wrote Jr. after his name to distinguish him from 
Gerrit Freer of Kingston, who was about a dozen years older. 
The name of Gerrit Freer, Jr. appears as a resident of the 
Butterville neighborhood in the tax list of 1765. He was one 
of the- building committee of the second stone church in this 
village in 1771, a deacon in 1764; an elder in 1771, 1778, 1791, 
1802 and 1804. Fie was one of the signers of the Articles 
of Association in 1775. 

The children of Gerrit Freer, Jr. and his wife Maria Freer 
were Jonas, born in 1752; Catharine, born in 1754 (married 
Jonathan LeFevre); Ezekiel, born in 1756; Maria; Brechie; 
Ellsje ; Martinas, born in 1767 ; Gerrit, born in 1777 ; Margaret. 

Jonas, eldest son of Gerrit Freer, Jr. continued to reside in 
what is now the Butterville neighborhood, as did also his 



112 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

brother Martinas. He married Lavinia (Wyntje) Hasbrouck, 
(daughter of Jehosaphat). Jonas wrote his name Jonas, Jr. 
His name appears among the signers of the Articles of Asso- 
ciation. His sons were Gerrit, who resided at Butterville, 
Benjamin I. who resided southwest of Tuthill, Jophat, who 
Hved on South street in the town of Lloyd, and Daniel Has- 
brouck. 

Ezekiel Freer, son of Gerrit Freer, Jr., the first of the 
name at Butterville, was born in 1756, as we have stated. 
He married Elizabeth Slater. They had five sons : Ezekiel, 
Gerrit, John E., Jonas E. and Samuel D. All of these mar- 
ried and had children. Ezekiel lived in Springtown; married 
Esther Van Wagenen, and was the father of Ezekiel, Gerrit, 
Daniel and Maurice W., the last named of whom married 
Sarah Acker, and long resided in the Middletown neighbor- 
hood. Gerritt, son of Ezekiel, son of Gerritt of Butter- 
ville, lived in the town of Esopus, not far from the 
Bontecoe school house, where John Walsh afterward lived. 
He was the father of Abraham H., Chester and Dennis. Abra- 
ham H. was the father of Rev. Harris A. Freer. Jonas E., 
son of Ezekiel, son of Gerrit of Butterville, married Anna 
Wood and had four sons : Hiram, John R., David and Dewain. 
John R. was a stone mason and large contractor and builder 
in Kingston. John E., son of Ezekiel, son of Gerrit Jr. of 
Butterville, married Eve Smith and lived a half mile this 
side of the Bontecoe school house in the town of Esopus. 

Samuel D., youngest of the sons of Ezekiel, son of Gerrit 
Freer, Jr. of Butterville, married Gertrude Schoonmaker. He 
spent a long life on his farm in what was then called the 
Gerhow, afterwards Cold Spring Corner and now the Plutarch 
neighborhood. From his son Ezekiel, who is still living in 
that neighborhood at the age of nearly eighty we have some 



APPENDIX 113 

portion of the information contained in this sketch, but are 
mainly indebted to Cyrus D. Freer. 

Now going back once more to Buttcrville we find that Mar- 
tinas Freer, son of Gerrit, Jr., who with his brother Jonas 
continued to reside in that neighborhood, married but we do 
not find the names of any children recorded on the church 
book. 

The Bontecoe Freers 

Two of the sons of Hugo Freer, the Patentee, Jacob and 
Abraham located at Bontecoe, as did also their nephew Hugo, 
Jr., son of Hugo senior. 

Abraham built his house before 1705 on the east side of the 
Wallkill, a short distance south of the Bontecoe school-house, 
Jacob lived on the west side of the Wallkill. His house which 
was torn down some years ago stood near the location of the 
Charles Bodley house of modern times. The house of Hugo 
Freer, Jr., still standing on the west side of the Wallkill came 
down in the family from one Hugo to another until recent 
years. It is now owned by J. W. Dimmick. The last owners 
of the Freer name were, the sons of Jeremiah Freer. 

Abraham Freer after a residence of about fifteen years or 
perhaps longer at Bontecoe moved to what is now Rhinebeck 
about 1720. His brother Jacob and nephew, Hugo, Jr., and 
many of their descendants resided in the extreme north-west- 
ern part of the patent. A portion of the Patent lying north 
and west of the Wallkill was included in the town of Hurley 
in Revolutionary days and since 1844 has been a part of the 
town of Rosendale. 

We find Abraham Freer, who afterwards moved to Rhine- 
beck, located at Bontecoe in 1705 and he may have been there 
some time earlier. We can not fix the date when his brother 
Jacob, and his nephew, Hugo, Jr., located at Bontecoe. The 



114 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

oldest paper we have in reference to the matter is in 1730. 
It refers to the Hne between Jacob Freer's land and the tract 
in the bend of the Wallkill, then as now called the Half Moon, 
which was then owned by the Ean family and remained in 
their possession until quite recently. There are two very old 
burying grounds near the house of Hugo Freer, Jr., at Bonte- 
coe. Tradition in the LeFevre family says that Isaac LeFevre, 
the first of the name at Bontecoe, was buried in the graveyard 
near the residence of Hugo Freer, Jr., who was his wife's 
brother. The first Clearwater in Ulster county who resided 
in this neighborhood was also buried here and a stone bearing 
his initials has been found in this graveyard. 

Jacob Freer of Bontecoe, son of Hugo, the Patentee, had 
several children, of none of whom have we much account 
except the son, Jacob, Jr., who married Sarah Freer, daughter 
of Hugo, Jr. They had sons : Jacob, Hugo and Jonathan. 
One daughter Bregge, married Abraham B. Deyo. Jacob, the 
oldest son of Jacob, Jr., married Margaret Ean in 1768. 

Among the signers of the Articles of Association in the 
town of Hurley appear the names of Jacob, Jr., Hugo, J., and 
Jonathan Freer, all sons of Jacob, Jr. Among the soldiers of 
the First Ulster Militia in the Revolutionary War, which in- 
cluded the Hurley contingent, appear the names of Hugo and 
Jonathan Freer, sons of Jacob, Jr. Jonathan, son of Jacob, Jr., 
married JMargaret Deyo. Their sons were Hendrick, Levi and 
Roelif. 

The sons of Hugo (3) usually called Hugo, Jr., all lived 
at Bontecoe except Garrit, who located in what is now Butter- 
ville. 

Hugo (4) occupied the house of his father Hugo (3) and 
married, Hester Deyo. Their sons were Daniel, Paulus, Hugo, 
Benjamin and Jeremiah. The names of Benjamin, and Jere- 



APPENDIX 115 

miah appear in the list of citizens of Hurley signing the 
Articles of Association and the name of Paulus among the 
New Paltz signers of the Articles of Association. Among the 
soldiers of the First Ulster County Regiment, in which citi- 
zens of Hurley were included, appear the names of Benjamin 
and Jeremiah Freer, and in the Third Ulster County Regiment, 
which was to quite an extent from the town of New Paltz, 
as it then was, appears the name of Paulus Freer. 

Daniel son of Hugo (4) married Maria 1 lelm and had sev- 
eral children. Moses, son of Hugo (4) married Judith Van 
Aake and had a son David. 

Paulus, son of Hugo {4). built the house now the residence 
of Silas Freer. He married Elizabeth \'an Wagenen. Their 
children were Moses, Rachel (who married John Flood), 
Elizabeth (who married Abraham Steen), Esther (who mar- 
ried Job Tillson), Maria (who married Peter Fan), and Jo- 
hannes. Benjamin, son of Plugo (4), lived on the east side 
of the W'allkill in a house, part stone and part frame. He left 
no children and the property passed to his nephew Hugo B. 
Freer. Jeremiah, youngest son of Hugo (4), was born in 
1754. He was a very large land owner. At this time most 
of the land on the west side of the \\'allkill, from Springtown 
to the north bounds of the Patent, belonged to the Freers, 
except what was owned by the Deyos, where James E. and 
Matthew Deyo now live and what was owned by Benjamin 
DuBois or his son Daniel, who lived in the old stone house 
still standing, a short distance north of James E. Deyo's. 

The LeFevres at Greenfield. 

On l^age ^42 01 the " History of New Paltz and its Old 
Families " it is said that Andries and Peter LeFevre went 
from Bontecoe where their father Isaac, their grandfather 



ii6 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Johannes and their great-grandfather Isaac had Hved and 
located at Greenfield in the town of Wawarsing on land which 
came from the grandmother Vernooy. The date was about 
1800. They had several hundred acres of land at Greenfield 
on which a stone house was built, which was a well known 
landmark and has remained in the family until the present 
day. Andries, the elder of the brothers, was born in 1777 
and died in i860 at the age of eighty-three years. His wife 
was Maria Bevier. They had one son Isaac who moved to 
Iowa, where his family is still living at Montrose in that 
state. They also had three daughters: Maria, who was Solo- 
mon DuBois' first wife and moved to Ohio; Margaret, who 
married James Chambers, and Nellie, who married Daniel 
LeFevre of Kettleboro, Peter LeFevre, who with his brother 
Andries, moved from Bontecoe to Greenfield, was born in 
1780 and died in 1861. His wife was Nelly Newkirk. They 
had a family of four sons and eight daughters. The sons 
were: William, Peter, Epenetes and Andrew. Epenetes, the 
only survivor, lives on the old homestead. None of the sons 
left male heirs except William, who had two sons, Melvan 
living at Genoa, 111., and Abram Deyo LeFevre of Zearing, 
Iowa. 

Daniel LeFevre of Delaware County. 

Until comparatively modern times the descendants of 
Simon LeFevre the Patentee, had emigrated from Ulster 
county much less than the other families of New Paltz 
Huguenots. 

Daniel LeFevre, who emigrated to Delaware county when 
a young man, was born at Bontecoe in 1784 and was the 
son of Isaac, the only son of Johannes, son of Isaac, the 
first LeFevre at Bontecoe who was son of Simon the Patentee. 
Daniel's parents both died before he was ten years old and 



APPENDIX 117 

he was brought up by his uncle Philip Deyo who resided 
on the Paltz Plains and whose wife was his mocher's sister. 
When twenty-one years of age Daniel struck out for himself 
and traveled on horseback over the Catskills to what is now 
Delaware county, where he found an ac((nanitance and 
relative, Isaac Hardenbergh, a descendant of Col. Harden- 
bergh owner of the great Hardenbergh Patent. The country 
was then a wilderness without roads. Daniel LeFevre located 
in Delaware county in 1806. In 1808 he married Henrietta 
Schermerhorn and l)ought out her father's tanning business 
in the town of Roxbury, by the river on the old post road, 
about midway between Mooresville (now Grand Gorge) and 
Prattsville. Daniel and his wife are both buried in the 
churchyard at Prattsville. Their children, who grew to 
maturity were Isaac born in 1810, Gilbert born in 1816, Ann 
Maria (married Frederick Pomeroy), William Chauncey, 
Sarah C. (who married Charles C. Afore) and Salinda E. 
(who became the second wife of Floyd S. McKinstry). The 
three sons, Isaac, Gilbert and William Chauncey all became 
practical tanners. The eldest son, Isaac, married Margaret 
M. Richtmeyer. They had children: Martin R., Henrietta, 
W'illiam LeRoy, Dewitt Chauncey, Elizabeth, Daniel and 
Sarah. 

In 1844 Isaac moved to Northville, Fulton Co., where he 
built a tannery. His brother Gilbert was afterwards asso- 
ciated wifh him for a number of years. Isaac represented 
Fulton and Hamilton counties in the Assembly for the year 
1854, was President of the Fulton County Bank of Glovers- 
ville, N. Y., from its organization for a period of fifteen years. 
In 1866 he removed to Albany, N. Y., and formed a partner- 
ship with Jos. H. Smith and his brother Gilbert in the whole- 
sale leather business, which continued until he retired in the 



ii8 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

early '8o's. He continued to live in Albany until the time 
of his death in 1889. 

Isaac's son Martin R. located at Beaver Falls, Lewis 
county, where he carried on the tanning business as his 
father and grandfather had done. 

Gilbert LeFevre, son of Daniel, who moved from Bontecoe 
to Delaware county, married Lovina D. Gleason. After her 
death he married her sister Marietta Gleason, who died, leav- 
ing a son, Roman G. After his second wife's death he mar- 
ried Mary Ann Lobdell. By the third marriage there was 
one son, Arthur. Gilbert resided for a time at his father's 
tannery in Delaware county. Afterwards he and others built 
a tannery at Greenfield in the town of Wawarsing. Subse- 
quently he moved to Kingston and in 1856 to Fulton county, 
where he carried on the tanning business, was supervisor of 
the town of Northampton for a number of years in war times. 
In 1866 he moved to Albany, where he had a wholesale 
leather store and in that city he resided until his death. 

William Chauncey LeFevre, son of Daniel of Delaware 
county and brother of Isaac and Gilbert, carried on the tan- 
ning business at Beaver Falls. He subsequently sold his 
business to his brother Gilbert who afterwards disposed of 
it to his nephew Martin R., son of Isaac. Wm. C. afterwards 
lived at Carthage. He was married, but left no children. 

Each of the three brothers, Gilbert, Isaac and Wm. Chaun- 
cey were very successful and prosperous business men and 
had a large amount of property when they retired from the 
tanning business. 



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CHAPTER XI 

Emigrations from New Paltz ]x the Early Days. 

It was not until after the Revolutionary War that the 
wave of emigration swept westward. 

In the Colonial days when the hive swarmed out at New 
Paltz and the young men and their wives left their native 
county, they did not go west to grow up with the country, 
but crossed the Hudson into Dutchess, or went north into 
what was then Albany county, or south into Orange, or 
journeyed further to Staten Island; or, passing on still further 
south, found a new horne on the Raritan in Somerset county, 
N, T. Otiiers, emigrating from New Paltz, found a new 
place of abode in Chester county (now Lancaster county) 
Pennsylvania, while William Penn was still living and pro- 
prietor of the province. Others of the tribe, etnigrating from 
Ulster county in those old days, founded a home for them- 
selves and their descendants in Salem county in southwestern 
New Jerse\-. From documentary evidence, supported by tra- 
dition, we liave some slight information of New Paltz people 
in the Cole lial days who journeyed all the way to the banks 
of the far Potomac. 

Where tliere were several sons in a family it was quite 
customary for one to remain on the paternal estate, while 
others would push out into a new region. In a portion of 
these cases we have the record of the purchase by the father 
of the land on which his son was soon to locate. 

It is the purpose of this chapter to relate something of 
the history of those sons of New Paltz who left their hoiues 
in those earlv davs. 



I20 HISTORY OF N EW P ALT Z 

Tlie three sons and one daughter of Simon LeFevre the 
Patentee all spent their days within the New Paltz patent. The 
three sons and one daughter of Pierre Deyo the Patentee 
were content to remain at New Paltz. Of the three sons of 
Jean Hasbrouck the Patentee one kept his father's home- 
stead, one went to England and one enlisted in the war in 
Canada and we have no further account of him, except men- 
tion of his death in his father's will. Three of the four sons 
of Abraham Hasbrouck the Patentee remained in the vicinity 
while the remaining son settled in Dutchess county. The 
Freers, the Beviers and the DuBoises scattered widely in the 
first and second generations. Only one son of Louis Bevier 
the Patentee remained at New Paltz, while two went to 
Napanoch and another settled at Marbletown. The two 
daughters of Hugo Freer the Patentee married and settled at 
Schenectady; one of their brothers kept his father's home- 
stead in this village; one located in Kingston, one went to- 
Bontecoe and another, after living at Bontecoe about twenty 
years, moved to Rhinebeck. Louis DuBois the Patentee had 
seven sons and one daughter. Four of the sons located in 
the immediate vicinity of New Paltz, one remained at Kings- 
ton, one settled at Hurley and one located at Rochester. 

In the next generation the grandchildren of Simon Le- 
Fevre, Pierre Deyo, Louis Bevier and Jean Hasbrouck are 
found almost altogether within the bounds of Ulster county 
as it then was, while the grandchildren of Abraham Has- 
brouck, Hugo Freer and especially of Louis DuBois had 
scattered widely, the latter being found in various portions 
of the province of New York outside of Ulster county and 
likewise in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 

Of the descendants of the Patentees who made their home 
in New Paltz and vicinity we have given an account in the 



APPENDIX 121 

History of New Paltz and its Old Families. Of those in more 
distant parts of the county and in Dutchess, Orange and 
Albany counties and on Staten Island some information has 
been given; of the grandchildren of Louis DuBois who set- 
tled in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania and of some of the 
number who located in nearer places much remains to be told. 
First taking up the sons of the Patentees who remained 
in the county, whose history we have not before related, 
we begin with the youngest son of Louis DuBois the 
Patentee. 




GUN OF LOUIS DUBOIS THE PATENTEE 

Still in possessiou of the family 



Matthew DuBois. 

Matthew, youngest son of Louis DuBois, was born at New 
Paltz in 1679. His brothers and sister were all born before 
their parents came here. Matthew's descendants have there- 
fore a special right to be reckoned among the " Old Families 
of New Paltz." 

Matthew returned to Kingston with his father and mother 
when he was a lad seven years old and he lived there ever 
afterwards. His father died in 1696 when Matthew was sev- 
enteen years of age. In 1695 shortly before his death his 



122 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

father sold to Matthew a house and lot at Kingston and 
one-half of a certain tract in Hurley then in possession of 
Matthew's brother Jacob. By the provisions of the sale he 
w^as to come into possession of the property at Kingston 
after the death of his father and mother and after he became 
twentv-one years of age. Matthew's name appears as one 
of the village trustees in 1725 and as a freeholder in 1728. 
Before he was nineteen years old he married Sarah, daughter 
of Matty s Matty son. They had eight sons and three daugh- 
ters. The sons were Louis, born in 1697; Matthew, born 
in 1698; Hiskiah (Hezekiah), born in 1701; Ephraim, born 
in 1703; Johannes, born in 1706; Jesse, born in 1709; Gideon, 
born in 171 9; Jeremiah, born in 1721. 

Matthew retained his father's homestead at Kingston only 
till 1731, when he sold it to Matthew E. Thompson, Over 
a century afterwards Elijah DuBois, a great-great-grandson, 
purchased the property. 

Matthew's son Hiskiah married Anna Pierson and in 1722 
located in Saugerties. He had a large family of children. 
In 1 761 he owned two houses in what is now Saugerties 
village. In 1775 his name and that of his son Hiskiah, Jr., 
appear among the signers of the Articles of Association. 

Of Matthew's son Johannes who remained in Kingston, 
we shall speak hereafter. 

Little has been known about the remaining six sons of 
Matthew except their names on the baptismal record of the 
church book at Kingston, but it has been satisfactorily shown 
of late that they did not perish from the earth in infancy or 
childhood but appear in vigorous manhood in Dutchess 
county in Poughkeepsie and vicinity, where their names 
appear on church and civil records and where their father 
purchased land to the extent of at least 2,000 acres about 1730. 



APPENDIX > 123 

The descendants of Jacques DuBois through his son 
Pierre, who settled in vicinity of Fishkill have taken great 
interest in their family history, but the descendants of his 
cousin Matthew, through these six sons who located in 
Poughkeepsie and its neighborhood, have not been traced 
down farther than about the time of the Revolution. We 
give what little we can gather of their history under the tide 
" New Paltz Huguenots in Poughkeepsie before the Revo- 
lution." We learn this one additional fact from Mr. E. M 
Ruttenber that there was a Capt. Matthew DuBois, Jr., born 
in 1724 (whom we suppose to be son of Matthew of Pough- 
keepsie and grandson of Matthew of Kingston), who was 
engaged in commercial business at New Windsor during the 
Revolutionary period, lived in Little Britain after the war and 
left a large family. 

Matthew's son Johannes was the only one who remained 
in the vicinity of Kingston. He married Rebecca Tappan 
in 1728. They lived at the Twalf skill (Wilbur) where their 
descendants for generations were in the milHng business. 
Johannes' name appears in the list of freeholders in Kingston 
in 1728; also in the list of foot soldiers in the corporation 
of Kingston in 1748, together with those of Nathan DuBois 
(son of Jacques, Jr.), and Isaac (son of Jacob of Hurley), 
those being the only DuBoises on the list. We find the 
name of Johannes in the list of slaveholders in 1755; also 
as one of the trustees of Kingston Academy when it was 
organized in 1774, as one of the trustees of the village of 
Kingston almost continviously from 1761 to 1774; also among 
the signers of the Articles of Association in 1775, together 
with his two sons, Joshua and Jeremiah, who are the only 
sons of whom we have any record. Both of these sons were 
men of prominence in the Revolutionary period. Joshua, who 



124 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

was born in 1745, married Catharine Schepmoes, by whom 
he had one son Joshua, Jr. After her death he married 
Alargaret ]\Iasten, by whom he had a son Charles and 
daughter Ann. Joshua's home was at the corner of Wall 
and James street. His name appears as a soldier of the 
Revolution. He died at the age of seventy-seven. Joshua's 
son Charles, who was born in 1785, married Catharine Hen- 
dricks. Their son Elijah was for a long time president of 
the State of New York bank. Charles \. and Louis A. of 
Kingston are sons of Elijah. 

Jeremiah, son of Johannes and grandson of Matthew Du- 
Bois, was born in 174S. He lived at the old home on the 
Twalfskill, where there was a mill used for carding wool and 
making cloth. His name appears as one of the trustees of 
the corporation of Kingston almost continuously from 1789 
to 1800. His wife was Catharine ]Masten. They had one 
daughter Maritje and one son John Jeremiah, born in 1773, 
who also lived at the old house on the Twalfskill. Peter J. 
DuBois, who was a son of John Jeremiah, was born in this 
house in 1807 and was, half a century ago, one of the most 
prominent citizens of Kingston, being interested likewise in 
coal mines in Pennsylvania and different manufacturmg en- 
terprises. Lemuel DuBois of Elienville is a son of John 
Gosman DuBois and grandson of Peter J. 

This ends our account of the family of Matihew, youngest 
son of Louis DuBois, the New Paltz Patentee. 

David DuBois of Rochester. 

David DuBois was the fourth son of Louis the New Palt/r 
Patentee. He was born at Hurley, March 16, 1667, mar- 
ried Cornelia Vernooy in 1689 and settled :n Rochester. 
David left but one son and two daughters that married. 



APPENDIX 125 

The name of David DuBois appears as lieutenant in Cap- 
tain \'ernooy's company for Rochester and Wawarsing in 
1715. He was supervisor of the town of Rochester from 
171 7 to 1728. David DuBois and wife had one son, Josa- 
phat, born in 1706, and two daugliters: Catryn who married 
William Kool, and Anna, born in 1703, who married Jacob 
Vernooy. 

David's only son Josaphat married Tjatje Van Kcuren in 
1730. On the Kingston church records we find set down the 
birth of two daughters but no son. The daughters were 
Maria, born in 1735 and Catrina, born in 1739. The name 
of Josaphat DuBois appears in the Rochester company in 
1738. 

Jacob DuBois of Hurley. 

Jacob DuBois, born in 1661, third son of Louis the Pat- 
entee, has a very large number of descendants, some of whom 
have risen to prominence in various parts of the country. 
Jacol^ located on land of his father in Hurley. In 1689 he 
married Gitty Gerritson, daughter of Gerrit Cornelissen, who 
was the son of Cornelius Van Neiwkirk. Jacob DuBois and 
his brother Solomon were first of the sons of New Paltz 
Patentees to marry Dutch wives and their wives were sisters. 

Jacob spent all his long life on the farm at Hurley and 
died in 1745 aged eighty-four years. Jacob's name appears 
as a member of the Hurley company in 171 5 and as one of 
the town trustees in 1719. Jacob and his wife had nine chil- 
dren who grew to maturity and married. These were Mag- 
dalena, who married Gerrit Rosa; Barent, born in 1693, who 
married his double cousin Jacomyntje, daughter of his uncle 
Solomon DuBois; Louis, born in 1695, who married Jane 
Van Miet and afterwards Margaret Jansen ; Grietje, who mar- 
ried Cornelius Newkirk; Isaac, born in 1702, who married 



126 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

Nealtje Rosa and afterwards Janetje Rosa; Catrina, who mar- 
ried Petrus Smedes; Rebecca, who married Petrus Bogardus;. 
Gerrit, born in 1704, who married Margaret Elmendorf; Jo- 
hannes, born in 1710, who married Judith Wynkoop; Sarah,^ 
who married Conrad Elmendorf. 

Of the five sons of Jacob DuBois whom we have men- 
tioned, the tw'o eldest Barent and Louis went to Pittsgrove, 
Salem county, in southwestern New Jersey, wdiere their father 
had bought land for them and w'here the DuBois family 
increased and flourished greatly. Their brother Isaac had 
his home near Kingston. Gerrit went with his elder brothers 
to New Jersey but after his father's death returned to the 
farm at Hurley. Jacob's youngest son Johannes remained 
at Hurley. 

Jacob's son Isaac, as we have said, lived near Kingston. 
His name appears as one of the foot soldiers in the corpora- 
tion of Kingston in 1738. He had a mill at Greenkill in the 
town of Hurley in 1 75 1. Isaac and his wife had three sons: 
Jacob, born in 1733; Johannes, born in 1746 and Petrus, born 
in 1753. We know^ nothing about the two younger sons 
except that the name of Johannes appears signed to the 
Articles of Association at Kingston. Jacob, the eldest son 
of Isaac, bought a tract of land in 1757 lying on both sides 
of the Wallkill at Tuthill and including the island in the 
stream. He left two sons, Isaac and Jacob. The former 
took the land on the west side of the Wallkill and Jacob took 
the land on the east side including the island at Tuthill, 
Jacob's house was built wdiere Gardiner village now is. He 
has a number of descendants in the New Hurley neighbor- 
hood. The late Hon. Jacob LeFevre, whose mother was a 
daughter of this Jacol^ DuBois of Gardiner, had among his 
old papers a deed on parchment dated in 1757. sliowing that 



APPEN Dl X 127 

Jacob DuBois of ilie corporation of Kingston had purchased 
"the tract of 250 acres with buildings of Jacob Rutzen and 
others, paving for the property £250 cash. The name of 
Jacob DuBois appears as one of the signers of the Articles 
of Association in 1775. 

Gerrit, son of Jacob of Hurley, married Margaret Elmen- 
dorf After his 'father's death he returned to Hurley. He 
had two sons, Conrad and Tobias. Conrad's name appears 
in the Articles of Association as a resident of Marbletown. 
The family of Conrad has spread into Ohio, Michigan and 
Missouri. ' He and his brother Tobias each had nine dul- 
dren The children of Tobias located in different counties 
in this state. The name of Tobias DuBois appears as first 
lieutenant in a Marbletown company in 1778. 

We come now to Johannes (in English John) who was the 
youngest son of Jacob of Hurley and the only one to remain 
permanently in that town. He married Judith Wynkoop m 
17.6 They had l^ve sons and Uvo daughters. Four of the 
sons located in Hurley and were the only great grandsons 
of Louis the Patentee who lived at Hurley. The sons of 
Johannes DuBois and his wife Judith Wynkoop were Jacob, 
Cornelius, Petrus, Abraham and John. They had also two 
daughters. The names of Johannes and his eldest son 
Jacob are signed to the Articles of Association m 1775- ^^^^ 
names of Johannes and all his sons except Abrahan. appear 
on a road list of the town of Hurley for 1781, showing that 
they were residents of the town at that time. In U.e old 
graveyard at Hurley the tombstone of Cornelius DuBois 
states' that he died in 1829 aged eighty-six years, thus show- 
ing that he was born in 1743- His son Derrick of Hurley 

was sheriff in 1828. , , ,, n 1., 

This ends onr aecount of the descendants of the ^e^v Palt^ 

Patentees in Ulster county. 



128 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

The DuBois Family in New Jersey, 

Three of the grandchildren of Louis DuBois the New Paltz 
Patentee Abraham (son of Abraham) and Barent and Louis 
(sons of Jacob) went to New Jersey. 

We have said that Barent and Louis, the two eldest sons 
of Jacob DuBois of Hurley, emigrated to west New Jersey. 
We have some information concerning this branch of the 
DuBois family from the " Record of the Family of Louis 
DuBois " published in i860 by Robert Patterson DuBois 
of New London, Penn., and William Ewing DuBois of 
Philadelphia. 

From their account we condense the following sketch: 

Early in the eighteenth century the farmers of Esopus had 
information of very good lands for sale in the southern part 
of what was then and still is called West Jersey. Very soon 
after crossing Oldman's Creek, which is the northern bound- 
ary of Salem county we suddenly leave the scrubby pine 
forest and the sandy waste and come upon a tract where the 
large timber is firmly rooted in a clay soil, giving indications 
of a country well suited to agriculture. In this region in 
1714 Jacob DuBois of Hurley, Sarah DuBois, Isaac Van 
Meter and John Van Meter purchased a tract of 3,000 acres 
of Daniel Cox of Burlington, N. J. Two years later Jacob 
received title for 1,200 acres of this tract from the other three. 
On this land the brothers Barent and Louis settled, no doubt 
soon after their respective marriages, that of Barent occurring 
in 1 71 5 and that of his brother Louis in 1720. Barent car- 
ried with him to his new home his certificate of membership 
in the church at Kingston, dated in 1716, written in Dutch 
and signed by Petrus Vas, minister. In 1733 Jacob deeded 
the land to his sons Barent and Louis, who had settled on it 
a number of years before. The deed from Jacob to Barent 



APPENDIX 129 

mentions as a consideration the " love and good will which 
he beareth to his son and likewise a certain sum of iiio, 
current and lawful money of New York." Barent had eight 
children of whom seven were sons: Jacob, Solomon, David, 
Jonathan, Isaac, Gerrit and Abraham. Of these sons Jacob, 
born in 1719, became a captain in the time of the Revolu- 
tionary War; Jonathan became a minister of the gospel, 
locating at Northampton, Bucks Co., Pa. He was one of 
the first trustees of Queens (now Rutgers) college at New 
Brunswick, N. J. His eldest son Abraham was a captain 
of cavalry in the Revolutionary War. Jonathan DuBois has 
a numerous posterity in Bucks county, Penn., while there is 
a numerous tribe descended from his brothers in West New 
Jersey even to the present day. Barent's son Abraham, born 
in 1738, became a silversmith in Philadelphia. 

Barent DuBois' brother Louis, who also went from Hurley 
to Pittsgrove, N. J. and located on a portion of the same 
tract made other purchases until his total landed estate 
amounted to about 1,100 acres. The house built by Louis 
in 1725, remained standing until about i860. In 1742 Louis 
DuBois sold two acres at Pittsgrove as a church lot and he 
and his wife were among the first members of the Presby- 
terian church at that place then organized. He died in 1784. 
Louis and his wife Margaret Jansen had eleven children of 
whom eight were sons: Jacob, Matthew, John, Cornelius, 
Peter, Joseph, Benjamin and Samuel. The son Benjamin, 
born in 1739, became a minister of the gospel and had charge 
of the churches at Freehold and Middletown, in Monmouth 
county, N. J., for a period of sixty-three years, though he 
had a helper in his old age. His pastorate extended over 
the stormy period of the Revolutionary War and the strife 
between the Coetus and Conferentia factions in the church. 
9 



I30 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

He is believed to have been educated in Poughkeepsie. He 
became pastor of the churches mentioned in 1764 and his 
pastorate ended with his death in 1827 at the age of eighty- 
eight. In the Revolutionary struggle his patriotism was so 
ardent that he could not content himself with advocating the 
American cause in his sermons and prayers but would some- 
times shoulder his musket and knapsack and join the ranks 
to the great disgust of the tories and British soldiers. His 
wife Phebe Denise lived to be ninety-six years of age and 
died in 1839. They had ten children, five of whom emigrated 
to Franklin, O., on the Big Miami, accompanied by a num- 
ber of Jersey people. A Presbyterian church was soon 
organized. The place was known as the Jersey settlement. 
A DuBois family picnic is held regularly in the vicinity. Rev. 
Benjamin DuBois' daughter Sophia was grandmother of the 
late Garret A. Hobart, Vice-President of the United States. 
This and other information concerning the DuBoises in Ohio 
we had in 1897 from Tunis V. DuBois of Xenia in that state, 
a great-grandson of Rev. Benjamin DuBois of New Jersey. 

The Family of Abraham DuBois, Son of Abraham the 
New Paltz Patentee. 

Abraham (2) son of Abraham the Patentee, 1685 to 1758, 
married Marie LaSiliere, 171 7. They were members of a 
considerable party who emigrated from the Paltz to Salem 
and other counties of the state of New Jersey. They finally 
settled in Somerset county at or near Neshanic. They were 
well to do and acquired a considerable land interest in Salem 
and Somerset counties. Their children were: Francoise, b 
1718; Margaret, b 1720; Marie, b 1721; Catrene, b 1723; 
Abraham (3) 1725 — 1793, married Jannette Van Dyke, 1747; 
Nicola (son) b 1732; Rebeka, b 1734. 



APPENDIX 131 

Children of Abraham (3) and Janette Van Dyke, Somer- 
set county, N. J., were: Margaret, b 1749; Abraham (4) 1751 

1807, m first EHzabeth Cheesman, second Mary Heberton; 

Nicholas (2) b 1753, m Anna Mount; Dominicus, b 1756, 
m first Marie Pettinger, second Elizabeth Scudder, 1793; Mary 
m Abraham Tyson; Catrine, b 1760, m John Baird. 

Children of Abraham (4) and Elizabeth Cheesman, Phila- 
delphia, Pa., were: Samuel, 1778-1801, drowned in Charleston 
harbor; Abraham, 1780-1825, never married; Nicholas, 1783- 
1819, married Agnes McKim, 1808, removed to Springfield, 
111., from Baltimore, Md.; Jane, 1788-1827, m Charles Cal- 
vert Edgerton; Mary, 1789-1798, d at WilHamsport, Md.; 
Edmund C, b 1793, married , descendants in Balti- 
more, Md.; James S., i795-i859> never married; George H., 
1 805- 1 85 1, m Margaret , buried in old French ceme- 
tery, New Orleans; EHzabeth, 1807-1835. 

Children of Dominicus were: Abraham (5) 1780-1865, mar- 
ried Juliet Bowes, b Edinburgh, Scotland, 1784; Jane, 1810- 
1863, m first Henry Niven, second Franklin Lusk. 

Children of Abraham (5) and Juliet Bowes, Great Bend, 
Pa., were: Joseph, b 181 2, m Emroy Taylor; Catharine, b 
1814, m Rev. Jas. B. McCreary pastor for thirty years of the 
Presbyterian church at Great Bend, Pa., which was built 
by Abraham DuBois and John McKinney; EHzabeth, b 1816, 
m Francis P. Catlin; Lydia Jane, b 1821, m Dr. James 
Brooks; Nicholas, b 1823, m Louisa Grifian; William, killed 
1855 at Virgin Bay, Nicaragua, on return from California; 
Fanny, m Hon. Simeon B. Chase; Juliet, m Robert E. Cur- 
tis; James C, m Emma Brundage. 

Abraham (3) and son Dominicus or Mina (the name 
adopted by the latter, because he so much disliked that of 
Dominicus) both served in the Revolutionary War in the 



132 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

state troops of New Jersey, Abraham as Captain and Dom- 
inicus as Sergeant, There were several other DuBoises who 
were in the service of the country from this state during 
that period, 

Abraham (4) son of Abraham (3) learned the jewelers' trade 
and established himself in Philadelphia in 1772, became an 
expert designer and engraver and is credited with having 
made the design of one of the first of the experimental coin- 
ages of the United States in 1783, known as the " Nova 
Constellation." Four of these coins, a ten cent, twenty-five 
cent, half dollar and dollar, formerly the property of John 
Jacob Thompson, were sold a short time since at the sale 
of the Parmlee collection in New York City for the sum of 
$1,375, Abraham (4) was of more than the ordinary ability. 
He engaged in a\ large export trade in the products of the 
West Indies to the several ports of the Neiherlands, He 
owned or controlled a number of vessels engaged in this 
trade. An inventory pi his estate shows the faith he had 
in the future of the New RepubHc. Among the items are 
the following: 

House No, 65 S. 2nd street, Philadelphia, Pa, 

Twenty-one tracts of land Luzerne county, Penn., 8,400 
acres. 

Four tracts of land Centre country, Penn., 1,600 acres. 

Thirty-six tracts Northumberland county, Penn, Township, 
14,600 acres. 

In Harrison county, Virginia, 10,000 acres. 

In Lincoln country, Kentucky, 10,000 acres. 

In Fayette county, Kentucky, 10,000 acres. 

In Roberon county, North Carolina, 115,000 acres. 

In Montgomery county, Georgia, 219,000 acres. 



APPENDIX 133 

This followed a long list of personal and other property. 
It afterwards appears that much of the landed property was 
lost to the heirs through the large depreciation of the Con- 
tinental currency. 

Nicholas (2) was a judge of the courts of New Jersey for 
a period of eighteen years. 

Dominicus was agent for his brother Abraham of Philadel- 
phia in the purchase of land in Luzerne county, Penn., and 
settled at Great Bend, Susquehanna county, where he died 
in 1824. 

He was active in all enterprises looking to the interest and 
advancement of Great Bend. In company with John Mc- 
Kinney he built on the picturesque site of the present Pres- 
byterian church the first church erected there, and was always 
one of its most earnest supporters. 

Abraham (5) son of Dominicus, who married Juliet Bowes, 
owned and cultivated a large tract of land at Great Bend, 
covering a great part of this township, besides owning and 
operating a lumber mill still in the possession of the family. 
He had a large family and died in 1865. 

Joseph, the eldest son of Abraham (5) held many positions 
of trust in his native town, Great Bend, now Hallstead, Penn. 
He left a family of nine children: Richard, Ellen, Juliet, Har- 
riet, James, William, Frances, Addison and Abraham. Rich- 
ard is a captain in the regular army. He has long resided 
in Washington, D. C, Harriet married Commander Geo. M. 
Bache, U. S. Navy. James has been U. S. consul at Man- 
heim and Consul-General at Switzerland. 

Nicholas DuBois, son of Abraham (5) became a civil en- 
gineer and was employed in building the Erie railroad; after- 
wards was in Oregon and in 1859 located in Washington, 



134 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

D. C. His children were: Elizabeth, Charles, Carrie and 
Rhesa. 

The DuBoises at Catskill. 

Benjamin DiiBois, son of Solomon, son of Louis the Pat- 
entee, married in 1721, Catharine Suylant of Hurley. About 
1727 he moved from his father's home at Poughwoughtenonk 
in the town of New Paltz to Catskill, in what was then 
Albany county, now Greene county. He settled on a tract 
of 900 acres, purchased in 1720 by his father, Solomon, of 
Alexander McDowell, for which he paid i305, lying on the 
south side of Catskill creek. In 1728 Benjamin purchased 
of Gysbert Lane and wife a tract of land at the Point for 
£350. In the will of Benjamin DuBois, which was proved 
in 1767, he mentions his sons, Huybartus, [Lieut. -Col.] 
Cornelius and Isaac and speaks of his grandson Benjamin, 
son of his deceased eldest son, Solomon. He also mentions 
his two daughters, Tryntje and Sarah, widow of Christian 
Overbaugh. 

Benjamin's son Solomon, who was born in 1724, was a 
blacksmith by trade. He married Margaret Sammons. Their 
son Benjamin, born in 1752, married Catharine Salisbury. 

Huybartus, son of Benjamin, the first of the name at 
Catskill, was born in 1725, before the removal of his father's 
family from Poughwoughtenonk. He married Cornelia Hal- 
lenbeck of Coxsackie. During a great portion of his life 
he occupied the homestead of his father, Benjamin, where 
he died in 1809. He left several daughters and two sons, 
Benjamin and John, the former of whom did not marry. 

Lieut. -Colonel Cornelius DuBois was born in 1727, about 
the time of the removal of his father's family from Pough- 
woughtenonk to Catskill. In the Revolutionary War he was 
a captain and afterwards a lieutenant-colonel and commanded 



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the nth Regiment of Levies. He was in active service as 
captain before being commissioned as heutenant-colonel. The 
record says that Captain DuBois of CatskiU erected a block- 
house half a mile east of CobleskiU village in Schoharie 
county and that he was for some time in command of this 
fort In the campaign against the Indians and Sir John 
Johnson in 1779 Lieut.-Colonel Cornelius DuBois took an 
important part. Rev. Dr. Anson DuBois states that his 
grandfather Joel DuBois, then a boy of about seventeen, was 
among the state levies under Captain Hoteling in the cam- 
paign against Sir John Johnson, in the regiment recruited 
about Catskill and the Great Emboght and commanded by 
Colonel Cornelius DuBois. Rev. Dr. Anson DuBois adds: 
" The services of Barent DuBois, a son of Col. Cornehus, 
as a scout and ranger during most of the Revolutionary war, 
are full of the most romantic interest. He was an intimate 
associate of Timothy Murphy, the Schoharie Indian Killer, 
and knew everv Indian path and secret cover from the Can- 
ada border to the Great Bend of the Susquehanna. The 
wTiter remembers him well and many an amusing or kindly 
tradition of Capt. Barent DuBois still lingers about his old 

home in Catskill." 

Lieutenant-Colonel Cornelius' wife was Catharine Vander- 
poel of Kinderhook, whom he married in 1751- Their sons 
(besides Captain Barent) were Benjamin, Lowrens and Abra- 
ham and there were several daughters. 

We will now go back to Isaac DuBois, youngest son of 
Benjamin, who was born in 1731, after the removal of the 
familv from New Paltz to Catskill. He married Lena Sam- 
sons' of Shawangunk. He resided at Catskill Point on the 
place previously occupied by his brother Huybartus. Here 
he lived thirtv-five years, until his death in 1793- He had 



136 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

two sons, John and Joel and two daughters. The eldest 
son, John, occupied the place for forty-six years, until his 
death in 1841, when it passed into the possession of Joel 
DuBois, his son, who owned it until 1859, when it passed 
out of the possession of the family, which had owned it for 
131 years. The information in this sketch is from Rev. Dr. 
Anson DuBois, partly derived from correspondence and 
partly from information found in his history of the Catskill 
DuBoises, which was published shortly after the DuBois 
Reunion at New Paltz in 1875. 

The Staten Island DuBoises. 

There was another Louis DuBois in this country shortly 
after the New Paltz Patentees located here and this other 
Louis DuBois left a line of descendants on Staten Island, 
though this does not interfere with the evidence that Louis 
Jr., son of the Paltz Patentee, had a son Louis who settled 
on Staten Island, likewise. 

In the calendar in English of New York Historical memo- 
randa which we find in the Poughkeepsie library, it appears 
that in 1690 Peter Cavalier, Adolphus Hardenbrook, Louis 
DuBois and one or two others made a formal complaint 
that they had been deprived of their share of the prizes 
taken in this Canada expedition which was the first under- 
taken. This Louis DuBois is not the New Paltz Patentee 
for he was much too old for such work, nor was it his son 
Louis for he was a lad only thirteen years of age. Next we 
find in the record in the old French church in New York 
City recorded in French the marriage of Louis DuBois and 
Hester Graset in 1694; then in the enrollment of militia in 
Staten Island in 171 5 appear the names of Louis DuBois, 
sen. and Louis DuBois, Jr.; then in the records of the Dutch 



APPENDIX 137 

church on Staten Island it appears that Louis DuBois and 
his wife Catharine Van Brunt had a son baptized in 1744; 
next we find in the records of wills in New York City that 
of Louis DuBois made in 171 1 and probated in 1744 in which 
he speaks of himself as a resident of Staten Island, appoints 
his wife Katrina (in English Catharine), as one of the execu- 
tors, gives to his eldest son Louis, his smithy and nothing 
more, gives to his sons John and Augustus the plantation 
where he resides, gives to his son Samuel his plantation on 
the south side, which he bought of Daniel Stilwell, and gives 
certain legacies to his daughters Martha, Esther, Mary and 
Marguarite. In the records of the Episcopal church on 
Staten Island we find the baptism of several children, evi- 
dently of this line of DuBoises. 

There is also on Staten Island records a considerable 
amount of information concerning the family of Louis Du- 
Bois, son of Louis, Jr., of New Paltz and grandson of Louis 
the New Paltz Patentee, who went from New Paltz to Staten 
Island, married Charity Andervelt about 1743, located at 
Richmond, near the center of the island and had a family 
of five sons and two daughters one of whom Mathias, emi- 
grated to Broome county and located in the town of Union. 

This Mathias married Catharine Carshan and afterwards 
Mary Marshall, before removing to Broome county about 
1793. By his first wife he had one daughter Mary, and four 
sons Lewis, Daniel, Mathias and John, The last named born 
in 1777, married Lucy Crocker. They located in Owego, 
N. Y., near the mouth of Owego creek. John DuBois en- 
gaged in lumbering as well as farming. His children were: 
Ezekiel, John, Jr. (the lumber king), David, Pamelia, Abel, 
Angeline, Matthias, Orrin, George M., Joseph, Mary. Jolin 
DuBois, Jr., carried on the lumber business on a very large 



138 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

scale and was likewise a bridge builder. He left a fortune of 
several millions of dollars. 

New Paltz Huguenots in Poughkeepsie Before the 
Revolution. 

New Paltz people were not among the very earliest set- 
tlers in Poughkeepsie. The first tax list for the middle dis- 
trict in Dutchess, which comprised Poughkeepsie and its 
immediate vicinity, was made in 171 8 and contains the names 
of thirty-three persons, not one of them a New Paltz man, 
though Pierre (Peter) DuBois, son of Jacques, had gone 
from Kingston to Fishkill a dozen years earlier and was an 
elder in the church at Fishkill, when it was organized in 
1716. 

However, though there were no New Paltz people in 
Poughkeepsie when the first tax list was made in 1718, 
there were three grandsons and one great-grandson of Hugo 
Freer the Patentee, who went from New Paltz and located 
in that place in the next generation; while six grandsons of 
Louis DuBois the Patentee, went from Kingston to the same 
place in the same period. Besides there was a son of Hugo 
Freer the Patentee, who went to Rhinebeck about 1720. 

The records of the Dutchess county clerk's office show that 
in 1723 Abraham Freer of Dutchess county purchased of 
Henry Beekman sixty-seven acres of land " joining the land 
of his father " Abraham Freer senior, on the King's Road 
and fifteen years later the former and wife Johanna (Louis) 
sold this identical sixty-seven acres " lying at Rhinebeck " 
to Matthew Earnest of Rhinebeck for £190. These records 
show that Abraham Freer junior and his father both owned 
land at Rhinebeck in 1723. 

In the Dutchess county tax list for 1723 Abraham Freer 
is assessed for $5 and Abraham Freer junior for £8. Peter 



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DuBois of Fishkill is rated at £25. The next year, in addi- 
tion to the names mentioned we find that of Hugo Freer, 
oldest son of Abraham Freer senior, who married Marietjen 
Dewitt. Hugo joined the church at Rhinebeck in 1742 and 
probably lived and died there. Some of his children were 
baptized at Rhinebeck, some at Kingston and some at New 
Paltz. 

[His son Johannes (John) lived in Rhinebeck and married 
Catharine Caruryck. They had children: Peter, baptized at 
Rhinebeck in 1758; Henry, born at Claverack; Johannes in 
Albany; Hendrick in Schagitoke. The eldest son Peter, who 
was baptized at Rhinebeck in 1758, married Rachel Davenport 
and located at Troy, N. Y., where he died in 1730. His son 
Henry Davenport Frear lived in Troy. James A. Frear, secre- 
tary of state of Wisconsin is a grandson of Henry Davenport 
Frear of Troy, N. Y.] 

This Hugo or (Hugo Ab. as the name sometimes appears) 
had four brothers: Abraham junior, Solomon. William and 
Philip. Each of these located at a different place; thus the 
Freer family scattered widely at an early date. Abraham 
junior married Janitje DeGrafT and as his second wife 
Johanna Louis and moved to Poughkeepsie; Solomon mar- 
ried Claritje Westvaal and located at Minisink; William mar- 
ried Maryanetta Van Coykendall and we find him at Pough- 
keepsie, his name being signed to a call sent to Holland 
for a minister in 1744. 

His sons were Benjamin, Jacob and Abraham, The last 
named, who was born in 1744, lived for a time in " Sopus " 
(as Kingston and vicinity were called in those days) but in 
1778 moved to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. He 
left three children and thirty-six grandchildren. His son 
William was a minister of the Baptist church and likewise his 
grandson Geo Frear, D. D. 



140 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Philip, son of Abraham Freer, married Catharine Scharf 
and lived at Claverack. 

In 1727 the name of Abraham Freer appears as collector 
in the North Ward, that is the Rhinebeck district, and the 
receipt with his signature appears in the book. It is written 
in Dutch and is one of the very few papers in that language 
in the Dutchess county records. 

Abraham Freer senior, son of Hugo the Patentee, doubt- 
less ended his days at Rhinebeck. 

We have noted in previous pages that Abraham senior, 
who was the second son of Hugo the Patentee, and was living 
near the present location of the Bontecoe school house, not 
very far from the north bounds of the Paltz patent in 1705, 
sold his pews in the church here in 1723 and probably moved 
somewhere, as his name does not appear on the list of free- 
holders in 1728. From these Dutchess county records there 
can be no doubt that he moved from Bontecoe to Rhinebeck 
in 1723 or before that date, with his family. He was the 
first son of a Patentee to locate outside of Ulster county and 
he was the only son of a Patentee who ever lived outside of 
Ulster county except Benjamin, son of Abraham Hasbrouck 
who, at a later date, also moved to Dutchess county and 
Abraham DuBois, son of the Patentee of the same name, 
who went to New Jersey. 

Abraham Freer senior, who certainly was the first to move 
from New Paltz to Dutchess county, had a nephew Simon, 
son of Hugo, senior and grand-nephew Peter son of Jonas 
who moved from New Paltz to Poughkeepsie. The mar- 
riage of the last named is the first recorded on the church 
book at that place. It is dated in 1746 and states that Peter 
Freer, born at New Paltz was married to Cornelia Ostrom, 
both then living at Poughkeepsie. [The record of births in 



APPENDIX 141 

Poughkeepsie dates back considerably further, and begins 
in 1718.] 

Abraham Freer junior was one of the first New Paltz men 
to locate in Poughkeepsie, and he quite surely lived at Rhine- 
beck with his father, before going to Poughkeepsie. He was 
the son of Abraham senior and grandson of Hugo the Pat- 
entee. He was born in 1697 and was still living at New Paltz 
in 1720 when he married Janitje DeGraff at Kingston. As 
his second wife he married at Poughkeepsie in 1734 Johanna 
Louis, widow of Peter Van Bome. In 1734 his name appears 
on the Poughkeepsie records as poundmaster. 

On a map of Poughkeepsie of 1770 no Freer name is set 
down except the Abraham Freer farm of 146 acres. 

Abraham Freer's son Johannes (in English John) was bom 
in 1739. He married Maria Van Fleet. He resided in 
Poughkeepsie. 

Now going back to another member of the Freer family 
who early moved from New Paltz to Poughkeepsie we find 
that in the year 1724 Simon Freer "of Ulster county" pur- 
chased of Aert Masten forty-two morgen of land at Poegkeep- 
sling (Poughkeepsie). The price paid was £140. 

The name of this Simon Freer, who was a son of Hugo 
senior, does not appear on the tax roll in Dutchess county 
until in 1729, six years later than those of his uncle Abraham 
senior and his cousin Abraham junior. He was born in 1695 
and married Marytjen Van Bommel at Kingston. He is 
mentioned in the will of his father-in-law Peter Van Bommel 
(Wamboom) in 1732. His name appears as an ensign at 
Poughkeepsie in 1739 and a signer to a call to Holland for 
a minister in 1744. His sons were Simeon (born in 1721), 
Petrus, Johannes [Col. John], Nathan, Jacobus (born in 
1735 and probably Capt. Jacobus) Jeremias. The youngest 
child was baptised at Poughkeepsie; others at Kingston, 



142 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

We have additional information concerning two of these 
sons of Simon Freer who moved from New Paltz to Pough- 
keepsie, namely Simeon the eldest and Johannes (John). 

The last named was Col. John Freer, who commanded the 
4th Dutchess Co. regiment of militia in the Revolutionary- 
war. Our information of Col. John Freer's family is obtained 
to some extent from Gov. Walter F. Freer of Hawaii who 
is one of his descendants. John Freer's name first appears 
with the title of colonel in 1770. 

The list of enlisted men in this regiment can not now be 
found, but the list of officers has been preserved; also the 
list of land bounty rights for the regiment. Mention of this 
regiment repeatedly appears. At the commencement of the 
war in 1775 Col. Freer was appointed one of the " com- 
mittee of correspondence " to look after the interests of the 
patriot cause. In 1794 his name appears as one of those 
who manumitted their slaves. 

His wife was Mary Van Kleek. They had two sons, 
Simeon J. and Baltus and two daughters: Betsy who married 
Peter Deyo and Maria who married Cornelius Levingston. 
The son Simeon J. (born in 1755), lived in Poughkeepsie, 
married Sarah Van Kleek and after her death Mary Van 
Sickler. The first wife had one son John S. 

The second wife had three sons, James, Samuel and Baltus 
and four daughters, Phebe, Maria, Sally and Eliza C. The 
son Baltus (born in 1794), married Lavina Westervelt. About 
1830 he removed from Poughkeepsie to Ithaca. Their chil- 
dren were Alexander, Louisa, Walter, Rebecca and William. 
Several of the descendants are living at Ithaca. The son 
Walter (D. D.), married Fannie E. Foster and removed to 
Oakland, California, where he is still living. They had three 
sons Hugo P., Walter F. and Philip and two daughters. 



APPENDIX 143 

Gov. Frear writes that the information he sends is from his 
grandmother, the wife of Baltus Freer, who removed from 
Poughkeepsie to Ithaca about 1830. 

Simeon, the eldest brother of Col. John Freer resided in 
Freertown. He married Catharine Van Benschoten. Their 
son Elias was a soldier in the Revolution. He married Mary 
Van Kleeck. About 1777 he moved from Poughkeepsie to 
Greenfield in the town of Wawarsing where he bought about 
1,000 acres of land. He has a large number of descendants 
in the town of Wawarsing. Elias' son Moses moved to 
New Paltz about 1830 and for about twenty years occupied 
the old Freer house on Huguenot street, and carried on the 
blacksmithing business in a shop across the way. He then 
moved to Ohio. Subsequently he returned to this town and 
located two miles east of this village where he again started 
in the blacksmithing business and called the place Ohioville, 
in memory of the state where he had lived. This name the 
little village has ever since borne. Moses' son George carried 
on the blacksmithing business in this village for a period of 
about twenty-five years from 1855, at what is now the trolley 
depot. 

Now we will go back to Poughkeepsie and the Freers who 
resided there. 

In the list of those who signed the Articles of Association 
at Poughkeepsie in 1775 appear the names of John, Jacobus 
(2), Simon and Elias Freer. Among the number who re- 
fused to sign appear the names of Abraham, Abraham, Jr., 
Simon, Jr., and Thomas Freer. Some of those who refused 
to sign changed their mind, afterwards, and cast in their lot 
with the patriot cause. 

There were a large number of Freers in Poughkeepsie in 
the time of the Revolution and in the Land Bounty Rights 



144 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

of Col. John Freer's regiment appear the names of Abraham, 
Abraham, Jr., Baltus, Jacobus, John, Nathan, Peter and 
Simon J. Freer. 

Tradition has preserved a story that during the Revolu- 
tionary War Capt. Jacobus Freer was stationed with a com- 
pany of soldiers near the Kail Rock when Gen. Vaughn 
with the British fleet sailed up the Hudson on his way to 
burn Kingston and that from his cover Capt. Freer's men 
fired upon the fleet. The author of the Eagle history thinks 
that most probably this firing was on the return of the fleet 
and states that shots from the ships were also fired, one hav- 
ing struck near the old Vassar brewery and being now pre- 
served at Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh. 

The number of Freers increased in Poughkeepsie. In a 
map of 1798 Freertown is marked down at its present loca- 
tion and people of the name are also set down as living 
farther south on the Post road. 

On a map of 1799, when the village was incorporated, six- 
Freer residences are located on the Post road in the southern 
part of the place. The initials of the Freers occupying these 
houses on this map are P. N. I. E. S. and S. S. 

The total population of the place at that time was about 
1,000 and the Freers were apparently much more numerous 
than any other family. 

A part of Poughkeepsie is still called Freertown on account 
of the number of people of that name, living there a century 
ago. Freertown is reached by going down Market street 
and South avenue and it bounds on Livingston street. The 
fine Hinkley residence overlooks Freertown. No people of 
the name have lived there in about half a century. The oldest 
resident of the neighborhood is Mr. Levi Van* Kleeck. He 
is about eighty years of age and has resided there about 



APPENDIX 145 

sixty-five years. He remembers Jacobus and Lawrence Freer, 
two of the last of the name resicHn^j^ there. Neither of these 
left sons. LawTence Freer owned some half a dozen houses 
in different parts of Poiighkeepsie. The family, which was a 
century ago the most numerous in the place and highly 
respectable did not move away to any great extent. ]\Ir. Van 
Kleeck tells us: They just died out. 

The DuBois F.vmily in Poughkeepsie and Vicinity. 

In the Dutchess county records we find tha: in 1730 ]\Iat- 
thevv DuEois " of Ulster County " who can be no other than 
Matthew of Kingston the youngest son of Louis the Pat- 
entee, purchased of Andrew Teller 1337 acres of land on 
Wappingers Creek, being a part of the Francis Rombout 
patent. Within the next two years he made additional pur- 
chases of land, antounting in all to about 2,000 acres. 

DuBois names appear on the civil records in Poughkeepsie 
in the following order: 

Matthew DuBois, justice, in 1734; Lewis DuBois, assessor, 
in 1742; Gideon DuBois, in 1754; Joel DuBois, in 1770. 

On a map of 1770 Lewis DuBois is set down as owning 
much land on what is now Academy street and he likewise 
OM-ned land where \^assar college is now located. 

The names of Lewis, Matthew and Gideon DuBois, doubt- 
less the same persons above mentioned, together with those 
of Jeremiah and Ephraim DuBois, are signed to a call from 
Poughkeepsie for a minister to be sent from Holland, in 
1744. 

These DuBoises, whose names appear in this call are with- 
out doubt sons of Matthew DuBois, the youngest son of 
Louis the New Paltz Patentee, who located in Kingston. 
The names of sons of Matthew^ above mentioned (together 
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146 HISTORY OF N EW P ALT Z 

with other of his sons who remained in Ulster county) are 
found on the church book at Kingston as being baptized 
there, but in their mature years we find no evidence on the 
Kingston church book, or in miHtary records or elsewhere 
of their continued residence in Ulster county, except that 
the name of Lewis DuBois Jr. (probably the son of Matthew) 
appears as a freeholder at Kingston in 1728 and Ephraim 
DuBois in the list of foot soldiers in 1738, so their removal 
from Kingston to Poughkeepsie must have been at a later 
date. The baptism of this Lewis DuBois took place in 1697; 
those of his brothers at later dates up to 1721, when Jeremiah, 
the youngest, was born. There can be no doubt that Lewis, 
Matthew, Ephraim, Gideon and Jeremiah all went from 
Kingston to Poughkeepsie, when young men, while their 
brother Johannes remained at Kingston and the remaining 
brother Hiskiah (Hezekiah) went to Saugerties. 

There was another brother Jes.se whose name likewise 
appears on the church book at Kingston and on the church 
book at Poughkeepsie, so that it would appear that six sons 
of Matthew DuBois of Kingston emigrated to Dutchess 
county. 

As to the exact date of the emigration we have no evidence 
and as a considerable portion of the church records at Pough- 
keepsie are lost full information can probably never be 
obtained. 

Rev. Geo. W. DuBois of Essex, N. Y., in his chart pre- 
sented at the DuBois Reunion at New Paltz in 1875, in 
which he gives extended information concerning Peter 
(Pierre) DuBois and his descendants in Fishkill and vicinity, 
gives in addition the names of several DuBoises in Pough- 
keepsie and vicinity in the generation preceding the Revolu- 
tion, as follows: Gideon DuBois and wife Sarah Van Kleeck, 



^uJc 



APPENDIX 147 

Matthew and wife Deborah Simpgan, Jeremiah and wife 
Janicke Veile, Jesse and wife Elizabeth. 

He also gives the names of other DuBoises of the same 
period — Cornelius, who married Catharine Ferdon and Elias 
who married Mary Van Voorhis. 

In the list of those who signed the Articles of Association 
at Poughkeepsie in 1775 appear the names of Lewis, John, 
Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Matthew and Joel DuBois. 

Among the number who refused to sign appear the names 
of Jeremiah and Peter DuBois, Jr. 

Next to the Freers the DuBoises were the most numerous 
of the people bearing New Paltz names in Poughkeepsie in 
the Revolutionary period. In the list of Land Bounty Rights 
in the Fourth (Col. John Freer's) Regiment appear the names 
of Joel, Elias, Jumia (Jeremiah), Matthew, Peter, Peter, Jr., 
Thomas and Lewis DuBois. 

In the Second Dutchess Regiment which was evidently 
from Fishkill and vicinity appear the names of a number 
of DuBoises, descendants of Pierre, also the name of Jacob 
Hasbrouck. 

In the Second Regiment of the Hne from this state Lewis 
DuBois of Poughkeepsie was a Captain. He must have be- 
longed to the second generation of DuBoises in Pough- 
keepsie. 

In the early part of the war Lewis DuBois of Marlborough, 
afterwards Colonel of the 5th Regiment of the Line, was a 
Captain of what was known as the Dutchess company in the 
Third Regiment of the Line. 

On the maps previous to 1800, of which there are four 
given in the History of Poughkeepsie, the name of DuBois 
does not appear except in the one of 1770 in which Lewis 
DuBois is set down as the owner of sixty-nine acres in what 



148 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

is now the heart of Poughkeepsie. The other persons bear- 
ing the DuBois name at that period must have lived outside 
the village. 

With the exception of the Freers and DuBoises and a few 
Deyos and one or two Hasbroucks none of the New Paltz 
Huguenot names appear in the early records of Pough- 
keepsie or elsewhere in Dutchess county previous to the 
Revolution. 



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CHAPTER XII 

Descendants of Jacques DuBois in Ulster and in 
Dutchess Counties. 

Jacques DuBois, the brother of Louis the New Paltz Pat- 
entee, went from the family home in the h'ttle village of 
Wicres, ten and a half miles southwest of Lille in French 
Flanders to Leyden in Holland, as did their sister Francoise, 
who afterwards married Pierre Ballou and located on Staten 
Island. 

The line of Louis DuBois the New Paltz Patentee has been 
traced quite thoroughly, but as to the descendants of Jacques 
there always has been much uncertainty, partly through the 
loss of some of the records in Dutchess county. 

Most of the information we have concerning Jacques Du- 
Bois and his descendants is from the researches of Rev. Geo. 
W. DuBois of Essex, N. Y., as embodied in his chart pre- 
sented at the DuBois Reunion at New Paltz in 1875. 

Jacques DuBois was born in 1625, and married at Leyden 
in 1663, eight years after his brother Louis was married at 
Manheim. The records in the town hall at Leyden state 
that April 6, 1663 Jacques DuBois (young man) from near 
La Basse, accompanied by Phillipe DuBois his cousin, was 
betrothed to Pierronne Bentyn (young woman) from near 
Lille and that she was accompanied by her sister Mary 
Bentyn as witness. This was the civil marriage. The re- 
ligious marriage is recorded in the Walloon church at Leyden 
and is as follows: 

" Betrothed April 6, 1663, married April 25, 1663. Jacques 
DuBois j. h. d'aupres La Bassee (young man from near La 



I50 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Bassee) and Pierronne Bentyn j. d. aupres de Lille (young 
woman from near Lille)." 

Of the cousin Phillipe DuBois we know nothing further 
except that he was godfather at the baptism of Jacques' 
oldest child, and that he had a brother Albert who was god- 
father at the baptism of a child of Francoise DuBois, who 
married Pierre Ballou. All were from near La Bassee. 
At Manheim is also recorded in 1656 the marriage of Martin 
DuBois and Jeanne du Rieu. Martin DuBois is set down 
as the son of Jean DuBois of Wicres, near La Bassee. 

The Albert DuBois above mentioned is sometimes called 
DuBois and sometimes Van der Bosch in the records at 
Leyden. This was in accordance with the custom of many 
of the French Protestant Refugees who changed their name 
into the language of the country in which they found refuge. 

The baptism of children of Jacques DuBois and Pierronne 
Bentyn are recorded in the Walloon church at Leyden as 
follows: Maria, 1666; Jacques, 1665; Anna, 1669; Jehan, 
1661 ; Pierre (in English Peter) in 1674. 

In 1675 Jacques and family came to the new world and 
located at Kingston. Another son. Christian, was born after 
the family came to America. 

Jacques left on record a procuration for the sale of his 
house at Leyden and he obtained for himself and wife attests 
of membership in the Walloon church at Leyden. He died 
at Kingston in 1676. His widow married John L. Pietersy 
and in 1677 the latter agreed with Matthew Blanshan to 
carry out a certain contract which his wife's first husband 
had made with Blanshan and also contracted with Blanshan 
for a small loan of money to himself. As security for pay- 
ment of this loan he binds the lands lying at Ryssel in Lille, 
in Flanders, heretofore belonging to Jacques DuBois. 



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Jacques' oldest son, Jacques (in English James, in Dutch 
Jacobus), married Susana Legg at Kingston in 1699. The 
children of Jacques (2) and Susana Legg was Sara, Jacobus 
(born in 1701), William (born in 1702), Samuel (born in 
1703), Nathan (born in 1710), Nehimiah (born in 1714). 

The names of Nathan, Samuel and Jacobus, Jr., appear in 
the list of foot soldiers at Kingston in 1738 and these names 
appear likewise on the church records at about that time. 
Nathan married Susana Cool at Kingston in 1733. The 
names of Jacobus, William, Samuel and Jacobus N. (the 
last named being probably a son of Nathan) were among the 
signers of the Articles of Association. 

In the Hst of Dutchess county soldiers in 171 5 there is no 
DuBois mentioned except Peter, who is the only son of 
Jacques (i) of whom we have any extensive information. 

Jean (in English John) son of Jacques (i) joined the 
church at Kingston in 1692. In 1699 his name appears as 
a contributor. But his name does not again appear on the 
church book; neither does that of his brother Jehan. The 
name of their brother Christian only appears after baptism 
as godfather at the baptism of his nephew Jacobus in 1701 
and again at the baptism of his nephew Christian son of Peter 
in 1702. It is quite evident that all three of the brothers, 
Jean, Jehan and Christian died unmarried or moved to some 
distant part of the country. Had they lived anywhere in 
this part of the state and married and had children their 
baptisms would have been recorded on the church book, 
either at Kingston or at New Paltz. 

Peter the fourth son of Jacques (i) is the only one of 
whom we have an extended account of descendants. He 
married at Kingston, Oct. 12, 1697, Janitje Burhans. Thev 
resided for some time at Kingston and baptisms of children 



152 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

are recorded on the cliurch book there as follows: Petronella, 
1698; Johannes, 1699; Jacobus, 1701; Christian, 1702; Jona- 
than. 1706 (married Arientie Osterhout); Peter, 1707. At 
the last named date he removed to Dutchess county. Other 
children were born in Dutchess county as follows: Elizabeth, 
1 71 8; Abraham, Johannes, Helena, Petronella, 1722. The 
last named was baptized at Kingston and Elizabeth at Pough- 
keepsie. The baptisms of the others have not been found 
recorded. Peter's son Christian is known as Christian senior. 
He married Neeltje Van Vliet and had eight children. Their 
son Christian junior born in 1746, married Helena Van Voor- 
his was an ensign in the Revolutionary War and died in 1807. 

Peter DuBois, who was the first of the name to locate in 
Dutchess county and was the son of Jacques (i) has been 
called the founder of the churches at Fishkill and Pough- 
keepsie, which for a mmiber of years were vmited in one 
charge and when this church was organized in 1716 Peter 
DuBois" name appears as an elder and he was an officer in 
the church for over twenty years. 

The old stone house built by Peter DuBois in 1710 still 
remains with its massive walls about three and a half miles 
east of Fishkill on the west side of Sprout Creek, which ran 
centrally through his land. The superstructure of the old 
house has been changed, but the walls remain. Peter DuBois 
died at the age of sixty-three years and is buried in the 
churchyard of the Dutch Reformed church at Fishkill. His 
tombstone is still to be seen with an inscription in Dutch, 
a translation of which is as follows: "Here lies the body of 
Peter DuBois, who departed this life the 22d day of January, 
in the year 1737-8, aged 63 years." 

The Dutchess county DuBoises in the vicinity of Fishkill 
are descended from Peter ; those who lived in after years in 



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Poughkeepsie and vicinity are descended from his cousin 
Matthew of Kingston, youngest son of Louis, the New Paltz 
Patentee. It is impossible to trace them all as the records 
of the church from the time of its organization in 1 716 to 
1730 are lost and also the records from 1766 to 1830. The 
early civil records are also deficient on account of the destruc- 
tion of the court house by fire in 1785. 

In New York in the Revolution in the Second Dutchess 
Regiment of Militia, which was evidently from the vicinity 
of Fishkill, appears the name of Christian DuBois, lieutenant 
and the following members of the DuBois family as privates: 
Christian, Cornelius, Gideon, Jacob, Koert, Peter, Teunis, 
Thomas, Jacob T. The name of Christian DuBois also ap- 
pears as lieutenant in the Sixth Dutchess Militia. In the 
list of Land Bounty Rights in the Second Dutchess Militia 
appear the names of the following DuBoises: Christian, Chris- 
tian Jr., Elesa (Elisha), Jacob Jr., John, Peter. 

The Oliver Family. 

This sketch of the Oliver family is inserted by the author 
out of consideration for the assistance rendered in the work 
by his wife. The Oliver family always resided in Marble- 
town, not in New Paltz. 

The first Oliver in Ulster county of whom mention is made 
in historical records, is Samuel, who was a sergeant in the 
company of English soldiers, under Capt. Daniel Brodhead, 
stationed at Kingston, when the province of New York was 
captured from the Dutch by the English. He was assigned 
bounty land with others of the company, at Marbletown, in 
1670, but left no descendants in the county and probably did 
not remain here. 



154 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

The ancestor of the Oliver family in Ulster county was 
Andrew Oliver, who emigrated with his three brothers from 
county Armagh, in the north of Ireland, about 1738. 

One of the brother settled in Pennsylvania, one (Thomas) 
in Orange county and one in Cuba or South America. 

Andrew Oliver, who located at Marbletown, was a sur- 
veyor and a man of education. He probably built the house, 
still standing on the west side of the highway, a few rods from 
the residence of his great-great-grandson, John Oliver. An- 
drew Oliver's wife was Anna, daughter of Daniel Brodhead, 
of Marbletown. The record of the marriage on the church 
book at Kingston by Dominie Mancius states that it took place 
in 1739 and was performed on presentation of a license from 
Lieut.-Gov. Clark. The births of children are recorded on the 
church book at Kingston as follows: Mary, 1740; Jane, 1743; 
James, 1745; Elizabeth, 1747; Anne, 1750. There was another 
son, Richard, whose baptism is not set down in the Kingston 
church book and must have been performed elsewhere. 

The names of Andrew Oliver and his son Richard appear 
as signers of the Articles of Association. 

For one month after the burning of Kingston by the British 
during the Revolutionary War, the home of Andrew Oliver 
was the place of meeting of the Council of Safety, the meet- 
ings commencing there Oct. 19th, 1777, three days after 
Kingston had been destroyed. The meetings of the Council 
were held in a house since torn down, just north of the 
present residence of John Oliver. 

Andrew Oliver's son Richard settled in Hurley and married 
Catharine Cole. They left no son and but one daughter, 
Maria, who became the wife of Jacobus Hardenbergh. 

Several of Andrew Oliver's daughters married, but the 
Kingston church records only contain the marriage of the 



APPENDIX 155 

daughter Mary, who wedded Capt. Charles Brodhead in 1761. 
The marriage of the others must have been recorded elsewhere. 
Anne married Stephen Nottingham ; Elizabeth married Gradus 
Hardenbergh; Jane did not marry. 

Andrew Oliver's death resulted from the kick of a horse. 
His friend, Judge Delemater had called to consult with him 
on some business matter and in stooping down to unloose 
the horse's girth the animal gave him a kick, resulting in 
death. 

James, who was born in 1745, studied medicine and became 
very eminent as a physician and surgeon. He was the first 
president of the county medical society, filling the office from 
1806 to iSoQ. In 1800 he was county judge. From 1783 to 
1787 and again from 1790 to 1796 he was Supervisor of Mar- 
bletown. In the campaign which resulted in Burgoyne's sur- 
render he served as surgeon. He was a man of impetuous 
temper but kindly spirit and it is related that after the 
wounded in the American army were attended to in the fight 
terminating in BurgoA'ne's surrender, he tendered his services 
as surgeon to the British wounded ; it is also said that in the 
fight he gave up his horse to the colonel, who had in some 
manner lost his and went himself on foot. 

We do not learn that he served in the war, except in the 
campaign against Burgoyne. 

We do not find his name in " New York in the Revolution " 
nor do we find the names of surgeons set down in most of 
the militia regiments m the records contained in that book. 
The incidents we record concerning his war experiences were 
obtained from his grandson, Dr. James Oliver. 

In 1780 Dr. Oliver built the house for a residence where 
his great-grandson, John, now lives. Dr. Oliver's wife was 
Margaret, daughter of Matthew Newkirk of Marbletown. 



156 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

They left but one son. ]\Iattlic\v, born in 1780, and one 
daughter, Ann, who became the wife of John Miller of Mont- 
gomery. Dr. Oliver was a man of much skill as a surgeon 
and would ride to Delaware Co. and other places, at a long 
distance in the performance of his professional duties. A story 
is related that a company of Highland Scotch had settled in 
the vicinity (probably in Delaware county), and one of the 
number needed a surgeon's attention, but when Dr. Oliver, 
who was called in, took out his sharp instruments to com- 
mence work, the rough clansmen thought he meditated injury 
to their comrade and drew their swords, but after the opera- 
tion was successfully performed they were extremely grateful. 
It was the custom of those days for young men, who were 
learning medicine, to reside with some old doctor and Dr. 
Richard Elting, of New Paltz (afterward of Rondout), Dr. 
Nathaniel Deyo, of New Paltz (father of Alfred Deyo), Dr. 
Henry Van Hovenberg of Kingston and Dr. Benjamin Bevier 
of Wawarsing resided for a time with him. Besides his busi- 
ness as physician and surgeon Dr. Oliver was an extensive 
owner of real estate. He died in 1826 at the age of eighty- 
one years. 

His only son, Matthew, married Jane, daughter of Cor- 
nelius Elting, of Hurley, who had moved from New Paltz 
to that town. They resided in a stone house since torn down, 
occupying the site where Garret N. Oliver's present residence 
stands. 

In the War of 1812 he served as paymaster. He was an 
extensive farmer, was for a long period Supervisor of the 
town and was a member of assembly in 1830. He died in 
1865. He left a family of three sons, James, Cornelius and 
Richard and likewise three daughters, named Ann, Esther and 
jMargaret, who became the wives, respectively of DuBois Has- 



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bronck of Marbletown, jNIedad T. Morss of Woodbourne and 
Wm. Cole of Hurley. 

James the oldest son became a doctor and for sixty years 
practiced his profession at Marbletown, where he likewise 
cultivated a large farm. His wife was Gitty Cole, daughter 
of Cornelius C. Cole of High Falls. 

Cornelius Oliver son of Matthew, occupied during a long 
lifetime the house built by his grandfather Dr. James Oliver, 
and cultivated the farm which had been so long in the family. 
His wife was Sarah C. Crispell of Hurley. 

Richard, the youngest son, located at \\'oodbourne, Sullivan 
county. He was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth 
Jackson of Montgomer}^ his second wife was Alary Waring. 

The Devos in Dutchess and Albany Counties. 

They are all descended from Jacobus and Peter, sons of 
Jacobus, son of Christian, son of Pierre the Patentee. Ja- 
cobus, senior, moved to Kingston from New Paltz and his 
widow moved to Dutchess county. The names of these sons 
Jacob and Peter appear on the list of Land Bounty Rights 
of Col. John Frear's Regt., and are the only Deyos there 
found. The following papers in the Theodore Deyo collec- 
tion throw a little uncertain light on the matter: 

" This indenture made this 14th day of February in the 
year of our Lord 1786 between Jacobus Deyoe, now of 
Albany Co. and province of New York and Daniel Deyoe 
of Dutchess county and province of New York on the other 
part witnesseth — that the said Jacobus Deyoe, for and in 
consideration of the sum of £10 current, lawful money hath 
sold unto the said Daniel Deyoe a tract of land at a place 
called The Paltz and Bonteco west of a certain creek called 
the Black Creek. James [Jacobus] Deyoe." 



158 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

Another document in the Theodore Deyo collection shows 
that in 1789 Michael Deyo, of Beekman, Dutchess county, 
sold to Abraham, Jonathan and Philip Deyo of New Paltz 
for £4. his right and title to several lots of land on the west 
bank of the Hudson River. This document is witnessed by 
Benjamin Deyo. 

We do not know anything about Benjamin, Michael and 
Daniel Deyo who are mentioned in these ancient documents. 
The fact that they owned land in the Paltz Patent is evidence 
that they were of the New Paltz stock. 

Jacobus Deyo, Jr.. mentioned on page 261 of History of 
New Paltz and its Old Families as having a son William 
who resided at Ghent, Columbia county, had two other sons, 
Richard and Capt. Peter. The latter resided at Spencertown, 
Columbia county. Capt. Peter had five sons : Aaron, Jacob, 
Richard, Peter and James. William, son of Jacobus Deyo, 
Jr., had also five sons : Israel, Richard, Jonathan, David and 
Martin. Jacob, son of Capt. Peter Deyo, started to go to 
Canada and never returned. He is thought to have been 
killed by Indians. In New York in the Revolution in the 
8th Regiment of Albany County Militia (Albany county then 
included a part of Columbia) appear the names Jacobus 
De Yeae, Jacobus De Yeae, Jr., and Richard De Yeae, and 
in the 7th Albany Militia appears the name of Peter Deyor. 
In the Land Bounty Rights in the Fourth Dutchess County 
Regiment appears the names of Jacob Deyo and Peter 
Deyo, Jr. 

Mrs. A. C. Hayden of Saratoga Springs, N, Y., sends us 
the following information in regard to the family of her 
.great-grandfather Peter Deyo: 

On page 260 of the " History of New Paltz and its Old 
Families " it is stated that Jacobus Deyo who moved to 



APPENDIX 159 

Kingston and was the son of Christian and grandson of 
Pierre the Patentee, had several daughters and one son 
Jacobus; also a son Peter. This son Peter was born in 
1738 and baptized by Dominie Mancius Oct. 21st, 1739, as 
shown by the Kingston church records, James Auchmoody 
and Gretje Deyo being sponsors. Peter married Charity 
Maria Cramer in New York in 1765 and died in 1812. He 
and his wife are both buried in the family burying ground 
at Pittstown, Rensselaer county, N. Y. The children of 
Peter Deyo were: Zachariah, James, Peter, Jacob, John, 
Sarah, Jane, Katharine and Charity. The oldest son, Zacha- 
riah Deyo, who was born in Dutchess county, Sept. 24, 1774, 
married Phebe Oakley in 1799. He died in 1826 and is 
buried with his wife at Schroon, N. Y. This couple had 
children as follows: Jacob, William O. (settled in the west), 
Dorcas (married Ephraim Grimes), Charity and Peter. The 
daughter Charity married Jacob Lohmas. Their son Deyo 
Lohmas, born in 1836, was a prominent citizen of Saratoga 
Springs, N. Y. He was an extensive dealer in grain, flour 
and groceries and first introduced Chicago dressed meat in 
this state, erecting wholesale houses at Glens Falls and 
Saratoga Springs. 



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APPENDIX . i6i 



CHAPTER XllI 

History of Education at New Paltz 
The Public School at New Paltz 

The stone building, now owned and occupied as a residence 
by John Drake was the pubHc school building from 1812 to 
1874 — a period of 62 years. 

The building is about t^2> ^^^^ sc|uare and the walls of extra- 
ordinary thickness. The stones of which the walls were built 
were from the first stone church torn down in 1773, but though 
the stones were drawn to the lot which had been purchased 
for the site of the school building, they lay there for 40 years 
before the school house was erected. 

There never was any play ground about the building. In 
the old days boys and girls went to school, not for play but for 
study. The only place for out door games or recreation was 
in the street in front of the building. 

All the records of the school are lost. The old clerk's book, 
which extended back nearly or quite a century, was still in 
use not very many years ago, but can not now be found and 
was quite surely destroyed with other records of the public 
and Normal school when the Xormal building was burned in 
April, 1906. 

Among the teachers about 181 5 were two brothers, Aaron 
and Moses Dewitt. Another teacher at about this period was 
Gilbert Cuthbert Rice, a young Irishman. Dr. John Bogar- 
dus also taught the school for a time. Of other teachers from 
iSco to 1833 we have no information. 

( )ur first definite knowledge concerning the school and its 
teachers is derived from Jacob Wynkoop, mainly, and dates 
back to 1833. Corodon Norton was then teaching the school 



i62 II I STO R Y O F X E W P A L T Z 

and continued for a time afterwards, probably two or tbree 
years. He was perhaps the only Yankee schoolmaster New 
Paltz ever had. Mr. Norton was a native of JNIassachusetts. 
He continued to reside in the village all his life. He was the 
father of Henry Norton. 

The Academy was built in 1833, while Mr. Norton was 
teaching. The upper story of the public school building had 
been occupied the five preceding years by the Classical School, 
which was the forerunner of the Academy. 

About 1835 Dr. Hart taught the village school and also 
practised medicine with Dr. Jacob Wurts and his son Dr. 
David Wurts, then a young man. 

Aaron Tuthill succeeded Dr. Hart as teacher and then came 
John Hammond. Augustus Rogers, Gilbert DuBois, John 
Howland. 

A notable event about 1856 was the removal to the school- 
house of the old church bell, which had remained in the base- 
ment of the new brick church ever since its erection in 1839. 
John C. Deyo and his brother Aaron overhauled the public 
school building and put in the cupola. This old bell remained 
at the school-house until 1874, wdien it was taken to the new 
school building, just erected. 

Among the teachers half a century ago were a number of 
able and energetic young men, wdio afterw^ards rose to promi- 
nence. 

Nathan Williams taught the school, about 1850. He was a 
good disciplinarian and a good teacher. He also was the tow^n 
superintendent of schools. In 1864 he was elected county 
clerk. He still resides at Highland. 

Easton Van Wagenen taught the school for a time about 
1852. Later in life he was postmaster in our village and 
carried on the drug store and insurance business. 



APPEXDIX 163 

Shortly after this time Marvin Parrot of Milton tanght the 
school. He was afterwards for a long time deput)- connty 
clerk. 

About 1857 Mathusalem DuBois was the teacher. He was 
afterwards for a long time in the National bank at Ellenville 
and cashier in the Huguenot bank at Xew I'altz. Edward 
DuBois a brother of Mathusalem, also taught the school for 
a short time and so did Mathusalem Deyo. 

In those days the necessity of enforcing good order was 
perhaps the most important requirement in the teacher and 
vigorous corporal punishment was considered an essential. It 
is related that one of these teachers had a regular schedule 
of the number of lashes to be inflicted for every offense and 
kept a book account against the offender, settling up the ac- 
count, occasionally. Two cuts with the whip was the penalty 
for whispering, two cuts for throwing crumbs of bread and 
other offenses against the rules were punished in a similar 
manner. The whip was procured of the harness maker in the 
village and its application w'as no joke. Another incident re- 
lated of those stirring times was that a number of the large 
boys had formed a plot to whip the teacher. But he learned 
of the plan and calling on one of the boys to come forward 
dealt him a stinging blow on the face with the flat of his 
hand and then called on the other boys to come on, but none 
responded. 

The upper story of the school building was used for a term 
of years, ab"t 1853-4 as the meeting place of the " Know 
Nothing " Eodge, a political organization that sprung up like 
Jonah's gourd in a night, all over our country and flourished 
for several years. This organization had for its object the 
prohibition of the elective franchise to immigrants, at least 
until they had been 21 vears in this country. 



i64 HISTORY O F N li IV F .1 L T Z 

b'roni about 1840 to 1853 there was a " Select School " in 
one of the cottages still standing north of the Reformed 
church. Aliss Rebecca Elting was the originator of the " Se- 
lect School." She bought the lot, ])ut up the building and 
charged no rent. The public school was crowded at this time, 
and the " Select School "' helped to relieve the congestion. 
Some also, altho not advanced in their studies and (|uite young 
in years were sent by tlicir ])arents to the Academy, where 
the advantages for learning were supposed to be better than 
in the district school. The '* Select School " was taught iox 
quite a long time by Melissa DulJois, who afterwards became 
the wife of Rev. Benjamin Relyea. Afterwards it was in 
charge of Sarah \'an Orden, who subsecjuently was Daniel A. 
Hasbrouck's first wife. 

The public school was taught for a time, about i860 by 
Miss x^ntoinette Howland. who had previously taught else- 
where in the vicinity and is still remembered as a good teacher. 
Corporal ])unishmcnt did not bear so important a part in her 
<lav in the disci])line of the school as under certain of her 
predecessors. For c|uite a long time after this nearly all the 
teachers were women. Among the number were Ann Van 
Wagenen, Jane DuBois and Jennie W. Schoonmaker. the last 
named (^f whom was teacher for a lumiber of years before the 
new school-house was built in 1874 and was ])rincij)al for 
some time afterward. 

THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL 

The Classical School was organized in 1828 and was the 
forerunner of the Xew Paltz Academy, which was started 
six years later. The Classical School held its sessions in the 
u]iper story of tlie old stone school house, now the residence 
of John Drake on Xorth Front street. 



APPE N D I X i6 



A book of eight or ten pages entitled " Records of the 
New Paltz Classical School " has come down among the 
papers of the New Paltz Academy. These records begin 
with the statement that "At a meeting of the citizens of the 
town of New Paltz, which was held at the house of Benjamin 
VanWagenen on the 19th day of April, 1828 a plan for 
establishing a Classical School was adopted." This plan is 
set forth at length in the " Records." It is stated that the 
primary object of the school should be to teach the classics. 
In the admission of students classical ones should have the 
preference, but in case a sufficient number of classical scholars 
could not be obtained English ones should be admitted. 
Tuition for classical scholars was fixed at $25 a year and 
for English scholars Si 5 a year. A subscription list was 
started at once, the sums subscribed to be paid annually 
for two years for the wages of a teacher. The list is as 
follows : 

Jacob Wurts $60 

Wm. R. Bogardus 40 

Peter Eltinge 40 

Jacob J. Hasbrouck 30 

Daniel DuBois 25 

Solomon E. Elting 15 

Jacob Elting 15 

Josiah R. Elting 15 

Mary DuBois . 15 

John Bogardus 15 

Zachariah Freer 10 

Peter Deyo 10 

Philip Deyo '. . . 10 

Daniel A. Deyo 10 

Nathaniel LeFevre 10 



i66 HISTORY OP NEW P ALT Z 

Roelif HasbruLick lo 

Maurice Hasbrouck lo 

Cornelius D. Hasbrouck lO 

Jonathan J. LeFevre lO 

James Jenkins . 5 

Nathan Harlow 5 

James McCullogh 5 

Ezekiel Deyo 5 

Daniel R. Bond 5 

Crines Jenkins 5 

Benjamin Van W'agenen 5 

Elias Ean 5 

Andrew P. LeFevre 4 

In a subsequent subscription list for fitting up the room and 
the purchase of globes are the names of Abm. Pells, Garret 
LeFevre, Joseph Poyer, and J. K. Webb. The board of 
trustees elected was drawn from the list of contributors with 
the addition of Jacob L Schoonmaker. The next year W'm. 
R. Bogardus was elected president of the board of trustees 
and Benjamin VanWagenen, secretary. 

The list of contributors is valuable as showing who were 
citizens of New Paltz and vicinity m 1828, having the means 
and inclination to provide opportunities for a classical educa- 
tion for the children. The names of a great portion of the 
subscribers to the list will be recognized by old people as 
the grandfathers of the New Paltz people of to-day. 

Jacob Wurts and John Bogardus were the New Paltz doc- 
tors. Wm. R. Bogardus was the dominie of the Dutch 
church. Most of the others were New Paltz farmers. Jacob 
L Schoonmaker had a store and blacksmith shop at Liberty- 
ville. Roelif Hasbrouck lived at Springtown. Cornelius D. 
Hasbrouck was a doctor, residing near the present county 



APPENDIX 167 

poor house. James Jenkins was a miller at Jenkintown and 
Nathan Harlow a miller at Tuthill. James McCullogh was 
a merchant at Tuthill. Crines Jenkins and Daniel A. Deyo 
were farmers in the present town of Gardiner. Daniel R. 
Bond (father of the late Samuel D. Bond of Highland), 
carried on the wool carding and cloth dressing business at 
Tuthill. Benjamin Van \\'agenen attended to legal business, 
such as drawing wills, deeds, etc., in New Paltz. James K. 
Webb was for many years the New Paltz village tailor, living 
on Huguenot street in the house now occupied by Cyrus D. 
Freer. He had a large family of girls. Joseph Foyer (father 
of Benjamin Foyer) lived in the Levi Hasbrouck house (now 
the Memorial House) and cultivated the farm. Abm. Fells 
owned and occupied the farm south of our village, now the 
John Carroll farm. Mary DuBois was the widow of Garret 
DuBois. 

The first teacher at the Classical School was T. McClaury. 
Another was named Easton. He married a daughter of 
Josiah DuBois. Rev. Mr. Qua was the last teacher at the 
Classical School and the first teacher at the Academy. 

THE NEW PALTZ ACADEMY 

Our account of the Academy in its early days is drawn 
mainly from the paper read by Mr. Edmund Eltinge at the 
Semi-Centennial celebration in 1883. 

In 1832 the subject of establishmg an Academy received 
earnest attention. During that year and the early part of 
1833 subscriptions to the amount of several thousand dollars 
were raised for a suitable building, which stood for a half 
century as the central part of the Academy building. 

The Academy was incorporated by act of the Legislature, 
April 12, 1833. 



i68 // / .V T O RV OF X I- If l' .1 LT Z 

The lot which was called " Kill liogert "" or Creek Orchard 
was bought of Daniel Dul'ois for $322. 

Rev. Douw \'an O'Linda, Jacob j. llasbrouck. Dr. John 
Bogardus, Benj. Van W'agenen, Levi Hasbrouck, Solomon E. 
Elting, Peter Eltinge. Josiah DuBois and Jesse Elting were 
named as trustees. The capital was $2,500. 

Rev. Douw \ an O'Linda is given the credit by the old 
people generally as the main mover in the enterprise. 

Peter Eltinge jiresented the chairs for seats for which he 
received a vote of thanks. It is related likewise that Peter 
Eltinge's oxen trod the clay for the brick, which were manu- 
factured on the premises as was the custom to a great extent 
in those days when brick buildings were erected. 

By an act of the Legislature in 1835 the Academy trus- 
tees were continued in office and em]X)wered to increase the 
capital to $10,000. The first president of the board of trus- 
tees was probably Rev. Douw \'an O'Linda. but this can not 
be stated with certainty, as the early rect)r(ls are lost. There 
have been few changes in the trustees or officers, most having 
served long terms. Edmund Eltinge was treasurer from 1834 
to 1878, a period of forty-four years. He was succeeded" by 
Philip D. lilting, who served until 1884, when Josiah J. 
Hasbrouck was elected. Lie served during the strenuous 
period when the money was being raised to rebuild the insti- 
tution after the fire in February, 1884 and still holds the 
office. Dr. David W'urts was secretary for a number of years. 
Roelif Eltinge was secretary for a few years and Solomon 
Deyo filled the office from 1865 till the time of his death, a 
period of thirty-eight years. Derick W. Elting was president 
of the board of trustees from about 1850 to 1865. wdien Alfred 
Deyo was elected and served until 1881, since which periocl 
Ralj)h LeFevre has held the position. 



APPENDIX 169 

With this statement of those who have been officers of the 
board of trustees we return to the history of tlie school. 

Eliphaz Fay succeeded Rev. Mr. Qua as principal of the 
Academy in the spring of 1834 and filled the position for 
seven years ; then, after an interval of three years, while he 
was president of VVaterville College in Maine, and Mr. 
Parker principal of the Academy, Mr. Fay returned to New 
Paltz and was for three years more at the head of the 
Academy. 

Never in its subsequent history did the Academy again 
enjoy so great a degree of renown and there were doubtless 
at that time few better schools in the country. George Gif- 
ford of Dutchess county was an assistant instructor during 
a portion of these ten years and Miss Scovil, Miss Crocker 
and Aliss Cornelia Dewitt were at different times teachers 
in the female department under Mr. Fay. 

The great prosperity of the school and the demand for 
more room led the trustees to build the north and south 
wings of the building. This entailed a debt of $2,462 as stated 
at a meeting of the board in April, 1840. Shortly afterwards 
in 1 84 1 Mr. Fay left the school to become president of a 
college at Waterville in Maine. The papers read at the Semi- 
Centennial of the Academy in 1883 consisted largely of pleas- 
ant memories of New Paltz Academy and New Paltz village 
in those days. 

From a paper prepared for that occasion by Washington 
Hasbrouck, principal of the New Jersey State Normal School 
at Trenton, we quote: 

" It is now more than forty years ago, when I. a lad of 
thirteen years entered the New Paltz Academy, then under 
the care of Eliphaz Fay. I well remember that cold winter 
morning, when I left the old school house in Middletown, 



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APPENDIX lyi 

to engage in study in my Alma Mater. I distinctly recollect 
the noble form of him under whose instruction I was to sit 
during the next four years. The school at this time was in 
the height of its prosperity. 

" The attendance of day pupils at this time was very large. 
I recall to-night, as I sit at my study table, the names of 
LeFevre, Deyo, Bogardus, Hoornbeck, Wurts, Elting. Van 
Olinda, DuBois, Hardenburgh, Van Wagenen, Fay, Fanning, 
Innis, Naudain, Viele, Northrop, Johnson, Southwick, Thomp- 
son, Hasbrouck and Freer. Nearly all these names were 
numerously represented. 

" Our yearly examinations stood prominently among the 
first in importance. These lasted for several days and were 
exhaustive and thorough. I can now see Mr. Fay in blue 
dress coat, with brass buttons, buff vest and black pants, 
with ruffled shirt bosom and high standing shirt collar, his 
hair gray and cut short, standing at right angles to every 
part of his large head ; and as he moved among us on examina- 
tion day, a man of 200 pounds avoirdupois, and of noble mien, 
we were proud to call him master. These examinations were 
held in the school room, situated in the south wing, of the 
Academy. They were largely attended by the citizens of 
the surrounding country. Let it be said with pride by 
the young men and women of New Paltz to-day that 
their fathers in those days took a deep interest in the 
welfare of our dear old Alma i\Iater and in the education of 
their sons and daughters. 

" I must not forget to mention our exhibitions which were 
held in the old stone church, which long since has given place 
to the large brick edifice now standing upon nearly the same 
foundations. What crowds gathered here to witness juvenile 
oratory ! Here were rehearsed many a serious, dramatic and 



172 H I S r O R y O F N EW PAL T Z 

humorous dialogue. These were great occasions, never to 
be forgotten." 

Wm. Parker, who succeeded Mr. Fay as principal of the 
Academy in 1841, had a good school for three years. His 
assistants were Mr. Dean and Miss Ehle. From a paper 
prepared for the Semi-Centennial by Mr. S. W. Merritt we 
quote the following concerning the Academy in those days: 

" Years rolled on. It was now near the end of 1842. 1 
was about to realize my long cherished hope of being an 
'Academy boy.' 

" Mr. Fay, my great ideal, was, indeed, no longer there — 
he was now president of the Waterville College in Maine — so 
a portion of fairy land crumbled from under my feet at the 
threshold. I could not have Mr. Fay for teacher — that was 
a great disappointment — but the building was there yet and 
that was a great comfort. 

" One dreary, stormy winter's morning ' in the bleak De- 
cember ' I think it was, with fear and trembling. I approached 
the much desired, but yet awful presence. Several times 
I was tempted to ' turn and flee,' but 1 kept bravely on and 
at length stood within the dread arcanum 

" I will not detain you with particular incidents or other 
occurrences of school life : suffice it to say that under the 
guidance of the benign and gentle Mr. Parker, the ])rincipal ; 
the good and patient Mr. Dean, male assistant and in the 
fellowship of such genial spirits as Ira Deyo, Jonathan Deyo, 
Philip A. Deyo and a small host of other good fellows who 
were there as students, T spent the winter and early spring 
in a very pleasant and ])rofitable manner. 

"Among the students, in addition to the three already 
named, I remember Ezekiel Deyo, Alex. Deyo and Theodore 
Deyo, brothers of Philip A. ; Josiah Deyo, brother of Ira, 



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Wm H. Seaman, Owen and Henry Van O'Linda, Wm. H. 
Bull, and another of the name of Bull, Lewis Schoonmaker, 
East'on and James Van Wagenen. Lorenzo Hasbrouck, Theo- 
dore Schoonmaker, Jacob and John W'urts, Courtlandt and 
Durvea Van Wyck and Abm. DuBois. Among the gentler 
sex^I remember Sarah \'an O'Linda and a younger sister, 
Elizabeth Wurts, Anne Van Wagenen. Laura Decker, and 
one or two Misses Jansen. 

" I left the Academy in the latter part of March, 1843. 
and returned to it on the i6th of November, 1846. In the 
meantime Mr. Fav had returned to ' the Paltz ' and was agam 
principal. Vlr. James Devine. a fine man and supcnor 
teacher, from the State Normal School of Albany, was male 
assistant. Mr. Parker had gone to Xew Jersey and was now 
principal of an academy at Middletown Point." 

From a reminiscent article in The Huguenot (a periodical 
published by the Academy students) in December, 1883, we 
ciuote the following account of our village and the Academy 
in 1836: 

New Paltz village was much smaller and more quaint look- 
in. then than now. Most of the houses were along the street 
Warding down the hill ,.ast r.ud.Fs Tavern towards and past 
the old stone Duteh Refor.ned Church on towards M.ddk- 
towu These houses are. n,ost of thenr. there yet; though 
some have since been. ,n part, remodeled. The present bnck 
church had not yet been built and the Method.st church had 

probablv not then been even thought of. 

' Solomon E.Elting" kept store -on the hilKjust above 

the present Huguenot bank, where Oscar L. Hasbrouck at 
pre s nt holds forth; and C^eorge \Vnrts kept the store at the 
bridge. Budd's Tavern was the prine.pal hotel. It stood on 
the site of the present Wallkill House. 



1/4 HISTORY OF N E W P A L T Z 

Ezekiel Elting. father of Sokjinon E. Elting\ lived in the 
" brick house " on the street leachng along the Kill, past the 
Academy. George AVurts lived in the house between the 
Academy and the bridge ; and " Dr. Jake." his father, resided 
where Capt. Cornelius Wurts now lives. I do not remember 
who kept the tavern near the present Huguenot bank, but 
Benj. Smedes kept it a few years later. The Huguenot bank 
building was erected not far from this time and Hardenburgh 
DuBois. who was its first owner, kept a store in it a while. 
Aldert " Ollie " Schoonmaker was the tailor and Moses Freer 
the " village blacksmith." 

Daniel DuBois lived in the "1705" house; " Mariche " 
Hasbrouck lived in the stone house standing side to the street 
opposite the present brick church ; and the Poyer family 
resided at the forks of the road between the " 1705 " house 
and the old grave yard. 

The old stone Dutch Reformed church stood nearer the 
street than the present building and nearer the southeastern 
angle of the church enclosure. Dominie Van O'Linda was 
pastor and lived at the present parsonage. Mr. Eliphaz Fay 
was chorister of the church and principal of the x-Vcademy, 
which was three years old, a little toddler in years, but a 
giant, even then, in influence. The writer was a small boy, 
of not' much account, except in his own estimation. Mr. 
William Parker succeeded Mr. Fay as principal of the Acad- 
emy in 1841 and it was diu-ing his incumbency that I first 
entered the institution as a student — in 1842. In 1844 Mr. 
Fay returned and again took charge and in 1846-7 I attended 
under him. He left, finally, in April, 1847, ^^d went to 
Poughkeepsie." 

In 1845, while Mr. Fay was principal the second time a 
financial crisis was successfully met. The building of the 



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wings had entailed a debt of about $2,500. This was held 
by Mr. Jacob J. Hasbrouck. who had a mortgage on the 
property. The mortgage was foreclosed and bid in by Mr. 
Hasbrouck in January, 1845 and he was for the period of 
two months its owner. Then a determined effort was made 
to pay off the debt. Subscriptions for stock in the Academy 
were sold and the debt paid, Mr. Hasbrouck deeding to 
thirty-five persons, including himself, the Academy property. 
The names of the stockholders, who thus became the owners 
of the Academy, comprises, no doubt, a pretty full Hst of 
people of that period, interested m the cause of education. 
The names are as follows: 

Mathusalem Elting, Maurice Hasbrouck, David Wurts, 
Jacob J. Hasbrouck, Clinton Hasbrouck, Solomon LeFevre, 
Jacob G. DuBois, Sarah Elting, Andries P. LeFevre, Elijah 
Woolsey, Ezekiel Deyo, Jr., Roelif Elting, Moses P. LeFevre, 
Stephen Stilwell, Josiah P. LeFevre, Henry L DuBois, Abra- 
ham D. 1'.. Elting, Edmund Eltinge, Moses Elting, Maria 
Wurts, Maurice Wurts, Derick W. Elting, Jacob Elting, Dan- 
iel DuBois, Andrew Deyo, Abraham A. Deyo, Jr., Abraham 
I. Elting. Josiah DuBois, Peter Deyo, Wm. W^ Deyo, Aldert 
Schoonmaker, Abraham Elting, Levi Hasbrouck, Jonas N. 
LeFevre and Charles B. Hasbrouck. 

For about a dozen years these persons owned the property, 

individually. 

In 1856 the board of Academy trustees was again organized 
and the individuals or their heirs deeded to them their title 
to the institution. The consideration mentioned is $i. 

The money received from the State Literature fund 
amounted to a large sum, annually, in the early years of the 
Academv. In 1840 it was $373.78. The next year it was 



176 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

$246.65. This fund diniiiiishcd from year to year on account 
of the increase of classical students in the state. 

When Eliphaz Fay left the^ Academy the second time, in 
1847, h^ was succeeded by Mr. Munsell, who remained only 
one year. 

He was succeeded by Mr. liutlcr, whose wife was his 
assistant. They remained until 1851. One event of this 
period is to be set down to Mr. Butler's special credit; that 
is the planting of the maple grove in front of the Academy, 
which remains until the present day. 

John 1). Steele of New York became principal of the 
school in 1851 and filled the position three years, resigning in 
the spring of 1854. 

In the fall of the same year the term began late. < )ct. 30th, 
with J. II. Sinclair as principal and Miss Sarah Tooker as 
assistant. 

In 1855 Mr. Sinclair was principal and Miss Sinclair and 
Miss Mary Keeler assistants. In this year a loan of vSi.ooo 
was obtained from the state funds and a mortgage placed 
on the Academy property. At this time and for a long period 
afterwards Derick W. Elting was pn-esident of the board of 
trustees and Dr. David \\'urts, secretary. Other members 
of the board at about this time were Roelif Elting. Edmund 
Eltinge. Josiah l\ Leb^evre. Aldert Schoonmaker, Moses P. 
LebA^vre. Jacob (i. Dubois, Abni. A. Deyo, Jr., Clinton Has- 
l)r(iuck. ^klaurice Hasbrouck, Jacob Eltin':^-. Josiah DuBois. 
Mathusalem Elting, Moses Elting. 

In the report to the regents of the university in September 
1855 the value of the Academy grounds is stated at $900 and 
the value of the Acadeni}- building at S/.ooo. The value of 
the library is stated at S372 and the value of the philosophical 
ai)i)aratus at -^359. The mimber of students on the first n{ 



APPENDIX ^77 

September 1856 is stated at thirty-two. The highest rate of 
tuition is $7 per quarter and the lowest rate $4 per quarter. 
In the summer of 1857 Frederick R. Brace became prm- 
cipal of the Academy and his brother, Robert J. Brace, 
assistant. The first named was a member of the senior class 
in college and his brother a freshman. The Braces continued 
in charge of the school for two years and Frederick R. Brace 
received the degree of A. M. from Prmceton College while 
teaching at New Paltz. 

The list of students and their ages is given each year, ihe 
list in 1858 is as follows: 

Peter Eltinge. Peter A. LeFevre, Solomon DuBois. Peter 
D Elting. Abm. A. Deyo, Josiah Kiting, Sol. Elting. Evert 
Hasbrouck, Josiah J. Hasbrouck, Solomon E. Hasbrouck, 
Ec^bert Hoornbeck, Luther LeFevre, Ralph LeFevre, Nath- 
aniel Deyo, P. Nichol Mitchell Jacob D. Wurts. Matthew J. 
LeFevre Henry C. DuBois, John B. Elting, Elizabeth Bruyn, 
Marv Elting, Kittv Elting, Cornelia Deyo, Maggie LeFevre, 
Anna Wurts, Cornelia Wurts, Catharine Deyo, Sarah Ann 
Devo, Jane Freer, Jane DuBois. 

The salary of the principal of the school, F. R. Brace, is 
stated at $552, and that of his assistant, Robert J. Brace, at 

^"^"in the fall of i8s9 ^r. Post was employed as principal 
of the school. His sister filled the position of assistant. 

At a meeting of the board of trustees in i860 it is stated 
that S130 had been subscribed toward paying the interest on 
the mJrtgage held by the state on the Academy propert>. 
Shortlv afterwards this mortgage of $1,000 was remitted b> 
an act' of the Legislature through the efforts of Hon. Jacob 
LeFevre, who then represented this district in the Assembly. 
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178 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

In the fall of i860 ^I. J\IcX. Walsh became principal of the 
Academy. Alfred Deyo was elected trustee to fill the vacancy 
caused by the death of Moses Elting. 

Mr. Walsh resigned his position in the summer of 1861 
to enter the army, becoming a captain in the 44th (Ellsworth) 
Regiment. When he left the trustees owed him $240. This 
amount was raised mainly by the proceeds of a festival at 
the Academy. 

In the fall of 1861 D. M. Dewitt became principal of the 
school. A year later he resigned having been elected district 
attorney of the county. 

Mr. Dewitt's successor was Charles H. Haywood, whose 
proposition to take charge of the school and furnish a com- 
petent female teacher on condition that the trustees give him 
the tuition fees was accepted. He remained until July, 1863. 

Henry Gallup was the next principal, remaining two 
years. 

In 1865 the following trustees were elected: Edmund El- 
tinge, Edward DuBois, John W\ DuBois, Jonathan Deyo, 
Charles B. Hasbrouck, Abm. V. N. Elting, Alfred Deyo, Sol. 
Deyo, Elijah Woolsey, W. H. DeGarmo, Theodore Deyo, 
Abm. M. Hasbrouck, Zach. Bruyn, Philip Eltmg, Philip D. 
Elting, Jr. Alfred Deyo was elected president and Sol. Deyo 
secretary of the board. 

Jared Hasbrouck was the next principal of the school serv- 
ing in that capacity from Jan. i, 1866 until April, 1868. 

By resolution of the trustees the rates of tuition were raised 
and fixed as follows while Mr. Hasbrouck was principal : 

Classics and Modern Languages Sio a quarter 

Higher English 9 

Common English 6 

Elementary English 5 



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In 1868 Dr. H. M. Bauscher rented the Academy property 
of the trustees for the term of five years at the annual rent 
of $200 a }-ear for the first two \-ears and $300 a year for the 
balance of the term. 

In 1875 it was voted to grant the fequest of Dr. Bauscher 
that he be released from the contract to purchase the Academy 
property for $5,000 and the money already paid on the con- 
tract be returned to him. The property was then leased to 
him at an annual rental of $250. 

In the same year Ira Deyo was elected trustee in place of 
Philip Elting-. who had moved to California. 

In 1880. a committee was appointed with power to sell a 
strip of land 100 feet in width oft the south end of the 
Academy lot, the price to be not less than $500. This sale 
was made to Mr. Albert K. Smiley for $500. 

At the annual meeting in August, 1881, Dr. Bauscher, who 
for thirteen years had maintained a most excellent school with 
a good attendance, and was the first to organize a graduating 
course in the school, having decided not to remain longer, 
it was necessary to employ another principal. Mr. Alfred 
Deyo also resigned the position of president of the Board. 

Jesse Elting and Ralph LeFevre were elected trustees to 
fill vacancies caused b\' death and resignation. The latter was 
elected president of the Board. Messrs. F. E. Partington and 
\Vm. F. Perry v.ere employed as principal and associate prin- 
cipal of the school. 

At a meeting in August, 1882, action was taken for the 
grading, drainage and improvement of the grounds. This 
resolution was carried into effect and about $400 expended. 

In 1883 the sum of $150 having been raised for the pur- 
chase of books and apparatus application was made to the 
regents for the grant of a like amount from the state. 



i8o HISTORY O /• .V EW PA L T Z 

At a meeting- in March. 1883, a committee was appointed to 
see what could be done towards the proper observance of the 
Semi-Centennial of the Academy. .At the same meeting 
Messrs. Partington and Perry were each presented with a 
gold headed cane by the trustees in appreciation of the work 
done 1)\ them in promoting the welfare of the school. The 
Semi-Centennial exercises and ban(|uet were very largely 
attended by those who had been formerly students at the 
school. 

At a meeting in September, 1883, a request was presented 
from the principal of the school that steps be taken to enlarge 
the present .\cademy building or erect a separate building 
and a committee was appointed to take the matter into con- 
sideration. 

At a meeting held March t. 1884, (the Academy building 
having just burned down) a committee was appointed to ob- 
tain the best rooms obtainable in which to continue the school 
until the end of the year. Idie rooms selected were in the 
store at the foot of Alain street. 

At the next meeting, one week later, the (|uestion of re- 
building was taken up and it was voted unanimously that 
the " Academy must be rebuilt." .A subscription list was 
instantly started among the trustees present and $1,650 was 
subscribed on the spot. A committee was appointed to solicit 
further subscriptions and a committee was appointed to draft 
an appeal to all old students, soliciting their aid to rebuild 
the .Academy. 

For some time after this date meetings of the board of trus- 
tees were held almost every week, the place of meeting being 
either at the Huguenot bank or at the Savings bank. 

April 7th the soliciting committee reported having received 
subscriptions to the amount of $4,360. 



APPENDIX i8i 

At a meeting one week later the soliciting committee re- 
ported having received subscriptions to the amount of $6,760. 

April 2 1 St action was taken in regard to cleaning up the 
ruins of the burned Acadeni}- and for procuring stone for the 
foundation, also for employing an architect. A letter was 
read at this meeting from the clerk of the Kingston Classis 
of the Reformed church expressing friendly overtures and 
acknowledging the Academy as an Academy of the Reformed 
church so long as its management be under the contrcjl of a 
board of trustees, the majority of which shall be members of 
the Reformed church. This overture was accepted, but n(j 
further action was taken in this direction. 

April 28th the soliciting committee reported a total sub- 
scription of $9,910. 

( )n the 5th day of May the total amount of subscriptions 
was reported at $10,530 and a resolution was adopted that 
the trustees, thinking this sum sufficiently large, together with 
the insurance ($2,900) to justify them in commencing to 
build, subscribers be notified to meet to select a new board of 
Academy trustees. 

Two weeks afterwards a resolution was passed to ask the 
Regents for an amendment of the charter increasing the capi- 
tal to $25,000 and increasing the number of trustees from 
15 to 21 and this was done. 

At a meeting May 19th Alessrs. Joseph Hasbrouck. John 
W. DuBois. Ira Deyo and Alfred Deyo resigned their posi- 
tions as trustees and A. K. Smiley. J. J. Hasbrouck, Elting T. 
Devo and P. L. F. Elting were elected. -\t this meeting- 
Jacob LeFevre. A. K. Smiley, Elting T. Deyo, Jesse Elting 
and J. J. Hasbrouck were appointed a building committee. 

At the next meeting. May 22, A. \'. N. Elting, Philip D. 
Elting, Jr., Edmund Eltinge and Theodore Deyo tendered their 



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APPENDIX 183 

resignations as trustees and H. H. Elting and Lambert Jen- 
kins were elected. J. J. Hasbrouck was elected treasurer. 

During June and Jul\- tbere is no record of any meeting's. 

However, during this time the election for a new board of 
trustees was held and the former board elected with the fol- 
lowing additional members: DuBois LeFevre, Philip B. Has- 
brouck, Henry J. DuBois, Capt. Jacob L. Snyder, S. P. 
Keator and John J. Hull. The amount of money raised for 
the purpose of rebuilding the .Vcademy was quite remarkable. 
The largest contribution was made by Mr. and Mrs. Lambert 
Jenkins, who together paid $1,250. .In the work of soliciting 
funds most of the money outside of that subscribed bv the 
trustees was obtained by Rev. Ame Vennema, Mr. F. E. 
Partington and Hon. Jacob LeFevre. 

Messrs. Partington and Perry, having resigned their posi- 
tions as principal and associate principal, a resolution was 
passed expressing appreciation of their services. Mr. Part- 
ington became principal of the Staten Island Academy, a posi- 
tion which he filled for twenty-two years. 

Dr. Henry A. Balcom was selected as the new principal 
and his wife became assistant in the school. 

The school was opened in the village hall in the fall of 
1884 with the very small attendance of 13 pupils. 

At a meeting held Jan. 22, 1885, the building committee 
made a report of expenditures and receipts, showing a de- 
ficiency of $6,860.03, that amount being due contractors for- 
building, and heating apparatus. This amount the treasurer 
was authorized to borrow. A resolution was also adopted 
thanking the building committee. 

At the same meeting " On motion Ralph LeFevre and H. 
A. Balcom were appointed a committee to ascertain the prac- 
ticabilitv of having the Academv converted into a State Nor- 



i84 // / -V T O R y OF N E W P A LT Z 

nial School and to endeavor to secure the necessary legislation 
to accomplish the same." 

This committee commenced work promptl}-. and their first 
visit to Albany was made about February ist. 

No further meeting of the Academy trustees was held for 
four months. 

During this Interval a great amount of work was done, 
not alone by the committee appointed by the trustees, but by 
others, especially Messrs. Jacob LeFevre and J. J. Hasbrouck ; 
also by residents of Kingston and Albany, in procuring the 
passage of tlie bill. 

At a meeting May 20. the president reported that the fol- 
lowing bill had passed the Legislature : 

An Act to amend an act entitled " An act in regard to 
Normal Schools," passed April seventh, eighteen hundred and 
sixty-six, and providing for a normal and training school with 
an academic department, at the village of New Paltz, in the 
county of Lister. 

Section I. — The following commissioners, viz: The Secre- 
tary of State, the Comptroller, the State Treasurer, the At- 
torney General and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
named in the first section of the act entitled " An Act in re- 
gard to Normal Schools," passed April seventh, eighteen hun- 
dred and sixty-six, and of which this act is an amendment, 
shall be and the\' are hereby authorized, to accept proposals 
made to them under the provisions of the said act, for the lo- 
cation of a normal and training school with an academic de- 
partment, in the village of New Paltz, in the county of Ulster, 
and upon the acceptance of such proposals, all and every of the 
provisions of the said act shall apply to said normal and train- 
ing school, and the location, establishment, conduct and main- 
tenance thereof, and shall have full force and efifect in re- 



APPEND I X 185 

spect thereto and to all matters connected therewith, in the 
same manner and with the like effect, as though the said pro- 
posals had been duly accepted according to and under the pro- 
visions of said act; and all acts, resolutions and proceedings 
of the board of trustees of the New Paltz Academy in re- 
spect to the location or establishment of a normal and training 
school at New Paltz, in the County of Ulster, are hereby con- 
firmed and made effectual for the purposes intended, in the 
same manner and with the like effect, as if a normal and 
training school had been duly located there by the accej^tance 
of proposals therefor under the provisions of said act. 

Section 2. — This act shall take effect immediately. 

The president stated that the commissioners named in said 
act to examine the buildings and grounds wcnild probably be 
at New Paltz about the middle of June. 

A committee was appointed to receive the state officers and 
draft a proposition to convey the property to the state. 

At a meeting June 2, the amount of subscriptions received 
since last meeting was stated at $2,500, the effort being made 
to clear up the indebtedness as it was necessary to turn over 
the property to the state free of debt. 

At a meeting June 1 1 the committee reported the proposi- 
tion to be submitted to the state officials which is entered in 
full on the secretary's book. The proposition describes the 
property and closes as follows: 

" The property herein proposed to be conveyed to the state- 
is intended to be conveyed in trust for the use and purposes 
specified in the acts of the Legislature hereinbefore referred 
to and expressed in this instrument and in case of the aban- 
donment by the state of the said uses and purposes, the said 
property to revert and be reconveyed to the board of trustees 
of the New Paltz Academy." 



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HISTORY OP NEW PALTZ 




AP P EN D I X 187 

The visit of Governor David Vt. Hill and of the state 
officers mentioned in the act, too;eth€r with other invited 
guests, was made to New Paltz about the middle of June and 
the proposition of the board of Academy trustees to convey 
the property to the state was duly accepted, with the proviso 
that Wm. B. Ruggles, Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
should report what changes in the building were necessary to 
adapt it to the purpose of a State Normal and Training school 
and what additional furniture and c(|ui])nu'nt was necessary. 

Superintendent Ruggles decided that a number of changes 
in the building and a considerable amount of additional furni- 
ture was needed, entailing upon the trustees an expenditure 
of about $800. 

It was voted to accept the proposition of Wm. B. Ruggles, 
superintendent of public instruction, and that " we proceed 
to furnish the building as required as soon as the title is ac- 
cepted by the Attorney-General." Jesse M. Elting and Jacob 
M. Hasbrouck were elected trustees to fill vacancies. Dr. H. 
A. Balcom continued the school until it was converted into a 
State Normal School, which happened the next February. 

At a meeting held Sept. 7, 1886, A. K. Smiley passed over 
his check of $156.62 to assist in the payment of interest on 
note of $3,500 given by the Academy Trustees for balance due, 
the amount of Mr. Smiley's check being the receipt from sales 
of flowers at the mountain house. 

At a meeting held at the Independent office Oct. 31. 1896, 
to make some disposition of the sum of $149.47 in the hands 
of the treasurer, the note of $3,500 having been paid by the 
14 trustees who had endorsed it, and cash in the treasurer's 
hands having come into his possession by the subsequent sales 
of canning factory and creamery stock which had been do- 
nated to the Academv trustees when the work of rebuilding 



i88 HISTORY OF NEW PALTZ 

was in progress, on motion it was resolved that the money 
be paid pro rata to the following named trustees \\\m.) iiad 
endorsed and paid the note, halting T. Deyo, Jonathan Deyo, 
Solomon Deyo, Henry J. DulJois, Henry H. Elting, Jesse 
Elting, Philip L. F. Elting, Abm. M. Hasbrouck. Josiah J. 
Hasbrouck, Philip B. Hasbrouck, Lambert Jenkins, Jacob 
LeFevre. Ralph LeFevre, Jacob L. Snyder. 



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CHAPTER XIV 

A Mysterious !^Iurder 

It was about the year 1830 that a murder was quite cer- 
tainly committed in the town of New Paltz, though no one 
disappeared from the neighborhood and no body of a mur- 
dered person was found. The place of the murder was on 
the road to Kettleboro, where Egbert DuEJois now lives. 

It was before the day of railroads and the locality was then 
all in woods. A man on a chestnut horse had passed through 
our village going south. It is said that he had been collecting 
land rents in the northern part of the county. It was in the 
early spring and about 9 o'clock in the evening. Josiah Du- 
bois, father of Wm. E. DuBois, who lived on the other side 
of the Wallkill, half a mile west, heard cries of distress and 
came up to the side of the Wallkill, to cross the stream but 
some one had taken the boat away. A colored man working 
for Henry Hornbeck, on what is now the C. L. VanOrden 
place, also heard the shouting and came down the hill, thinking 
that some one was calling for assistance, but found nothing. 
John Hoppinsted passing along the road saw a light moving 
along the ravine a short distance to the east. Next morning 
Budd's stage driver found a $5 bill and some cigars ; also 
marks of a scuffle in the ground very near the present location 
of Egbert DuBois' granary. A mantle with a high collar, such 
as was worn by well to do people was found hidden in a stone 
wall close by. Deyo Dul'ois and his brother W'essel heard a 
horse whinnying, but thought it one of Gen. Wynkoop's 
horses running in the woods. 

Finally the greatest discovery came which left no doubt that 
a murder had been committed. Months afterwards two men 



ipo HISTORY or NEIV P.ILTZ 

in crossing the gorge of the Plattekill were stopped by a sad 
and grewsome sight. Here lay before them in the dark ravine 
the skeleton of a horse, still fastened by a stout haJter to the 
branch of a tree overhead. 

These were the remains of the noble animal the rent collec- 
tor had ridden. The poor beast had dug holes in the ground 
with his feet and gnawed the trees as far as he could reach 
before he perished of starvation. Much kinder would it have 
been to have killed him on that spring night when his master 
was slain. The bridle was still on the horse and near by was 
the saddle. 

But the murdered man's body was never found nor did we 
ever hear the name of the man who quite certainly lost his 
life on that night ; nor were any arrests ever made. News 
traveled slowly in those old days and justice was not so swift 
footed as now. But even to the present day people talk of the 
mystery of the dark deed nearly 80 years ago, and of the 
skeleton of the horse that was found in that dark ravine. 

Our \'ill.age ix 1850 

In 1850 our village had a population of about 250. On the 
upper part of Main street Abm. V. N. Elting resided in the 
brick house which he afterwards enlarged and in which he 
lived for nearly half a century afterwards. Airs. Jane Le- 
Fevre lived in tlic house a little farther down the street. The 
next house was that of Charles B. Hasbrouck, whose wife 
conducted a millinery establishment. Across the street Mr. 
Hasbrouck had a store which did a large business. Here was 
the village postofifice in 1850. The Huguenot Bank was not 
started until several years afterwards. The building was 
owned at that time by the family of Benj. Van W^agenen. 

The Steen Hotel was owned and occupied by Benj. Smedes. 
Aldert Schoonmaker was the village tailor having succeeded 



APPENDIX 191 

Air. Webb. John X. A'auderlyn purchased Mr. Schoonmaker's 
real estate. The shop remains as it was then. 

From tlie Steen Hotel to the foot of Alain street there were 
few houses in 1850. Part of the house of Daniel Relyea, who 
was the village butcher, is still standing, adjoining the store 
of DeWitt Schepmoes. The house at'the corner of Main and 
Chestnut streets, now the residence of the Coc family, was 
occupied in 1850 by the Poyer family. In 1855 Lewis D. 
Barnes built as a store the building that is now the grocery 
department of the store of J. J. Hasbrouck & Co. Mr. Barnes 
lived in wdiat is now the Jacob M. Hasbrouck house, which 
had been built a few years before by Dr. Isaac Reeve, who 
was practicing medicine. Dr. Wurts had built the house now 
owned by Peter AIcMullen a sliort distance farther west. 

Near the foot of Alain street was the distillery of George 
Wurts and the store building, which he had previously con- 
ducted, but which was run in 1850 by Air. Ruggles and shortly 
afterwards by Alatthew J. Smedes and his brother Josiah. 

The Alethodist church, which had been built in 1839, oc- 
cupied nearly its present location, but was a smaller building 
than at present.. 

The present residence of Josiah J. Hasbrouck was stand- 
ing in 1850 and occupied by the family of Airs. Christopher 
LeFevre. At the corner of Chestnut and North Front streets 
Kate Hasbrouck liad a shop in 1854 where she made boys' 
clothing and here she remained all her life. Benj. Johnson 
occupied the old hotel building, formerly the Budd place, 
nearly on the site of the present Colonial Hotel. The hotel 
was kept a little later by John Burger. A short distance up 
the street, near the village school-house l)ut on the other side 
of the street, Elias Coe had a blacksmitli shop. Down the 
street what is now the Alemorial Blouse was occupied at about 
this time and some years afterwards by Samuel D. V>. Stokes. 



192 HISTORY OF NEW P ALT Z 

The building now owned by Mrs. Andrew Deyo across tiie 
street from the Memorial House, became the village postoffice 
in 1852. Zach ilruyn was deputy postmaster and had a har- 
ness shop. In 1857 Air. Bruyn put up a building at the corner 
of Main and Chestnut streets, where Mr. Toucher's store now 
is. Here he had a harness store and kept the postoffice until 
1861 when Easton \ an Wagenen became postmaster and 
moved the postoffice to the building now the DuBois & Gregory 
drug store. 

Xow going again to the lower part of our village : The 
stone house witli a brick front south of the old grave yard 
was owned by Rebecca Elting and occupied by Mrs. Blandina 
Potter and her son Charles. The present residence of Abm. 
D. Brodhead was occupied by his grandfather, Abm. Deyo. 
It has been modernized and greatly enlarged. Daniel DuBois' 
family lived in the old fort and the \\'ebb family owned and 
occupied the next building, now the residence of Cyrus D. 
Freer. The Elting homestead was occupied by tenants. The 
house across the street from the Reformed church, now the 
Isaiah Hasbrouck house, was owned by his aunt, " Mreecha 
Hasbrouck." 

The northernmost of the old stone houses in the street was 
purchased about 1850 of the heirs of Andries DuBois by 
Samuel D. Morey, who long carried on the shoe making 
business there. A little farther north on the other side of 
the street were the select school building and the residence of 
Corodon Norton. 

The Huguenot Bank 

So far as the business interests of this place are concerned 
no more important event ever transpired in New Paltz than 
the organization of the Huguenot Bank, Feb. 10, 1853. Ed- 
mund Eltinge was the prime mover in the enterprise. Al- 



APPENDIX 



193 



f 



though the village was small New Paltz was the center of a 
good farming country and farmers at that period were nearly 
all saving a little money from year to year and farms were in- 
creasing in value. With a single exception all of the first 
board of directors were farmers and the capital stock of $125,- 
000 was nearly all owned by farmers within six or eight miles 
of New Paltz. In certain cases, however, farmers were so 
enthusiastic in the enterprise that they mortgaged their prop- 
erty in order to take stock. The first board of directors were 
Alfred Deyo, Jacob G. DuBois, Edmund Eltinge, Mathusalem 
Elting, Capt. Abram Elting, Abm. V. N. Elting, Roelif Elting, 
Oscar Hasbrouck, John Howell, Abm. P. LeFevre, Garrit Le- 
Fevre, Moses P. LeFevre and Timothy Seymour. Edmund 
Eltinge was the first president. The first cashier was A. G. 
Ruggles, who was succeeded not long afterwards by Nathan 
LeFevre. 

In 1857 came a financial crash extending over the country. 
The Huguenot Bank passed into the hands of a receiver for a 
few months. It was reorganized with Roelif Eltinge as presi- 
dent, Nathan LeFevre as cashier and Edmund Eltinge as as- 
sistant cashier. 

The Huguenot Patriotic, Historical and Monumental 

Society 
The incorporation of the Huguenot Patriotic Historical and 
Monumental Society of New Paltz took place in the year of 

1893. 

" The trustees for the first year were Louis Bevier, Irving 
Elting, A. T. Clearwater, George H. Sharpe, Frank Has- 
brouck, Joseph E. Hasbrouck, Edmund Eltinge, Jesse Elting, 
Jacob LeFevre, Dr. Abraham Deyo, Ralph LeFevre, Jonathan 
Deyo, Solomon DuBois, Abraham D. Brodhead and Jacob M. 
Hasbrouck. 



194 



lIISrORV OF NEW PALTZ 




THE HUGUE.\OT MEMORIAL HOrSE AND PATEMTEES' MONUMENT 



APPENDIX 195 

" The expressed objects and purpose of the society were: 

" ' To record the virtues and to perpetuate the memory of 
the Huguenot patentees of New Paltz and of the early settlers 
upon the New Paltz patent, by erecting and maintaining a 
suitable monument to the patentees at New Paltz village; by 
marking and by preserving the marks of the burial places of 
early settlers ; by marking and preserving historical sites and 
buildings ; by acquiring ownership of such sites and buildings, 
together with relics, documents and papers, and by founding 
and maintaining thereon and therewith a museum or museums ; 
by discovering, collecting and preserving documents and in- 
formation respecting the New Paltz patent and its early set- 
tlers and by publishing the same.' 

" Contributions of money were solicited from the descend- 
ants of the early settlers and from those interested, and all 
who contributed became members of the association. 

" The Jean Hasbrouck house was bought in 1899 and has 
since been maintained by the Society as a museum. The 
monument w^as erected in 1908, the unveiling taking place 
Sept. 29th, that being the 230th anniversary of the granting 
of the Patent by Gov. Edmond Andros. 

The tablet on the monument bears the following inscription: 

To The 
JNIemory and in Honor of 



Louis DuBois 

Christian DeyO' 

Abraham Hasbrouck 

Andre LeFevre 

Jean Hasbrouck 

Pierre Deyo 

Louis Bevier 

Anthoine Crespel 

Abraham DuBois 

Hugo Frere 

Isaac DuBois 

Simon LeFevre. 



196 HISTORY F NEW P A LTZ 

The New Paltz patentees, who, driven by rehgious persecu- 
tion from their native France, exiles for conscience' sake, came 
to America, after a sojourn in the Rhine Palatinate near jMan- 
heim, here established their homes on the banks of the Wall- 
kill, settled the country purchased from the Indians and 
granted by patent issued by Governor Edmond Andros on the 
29th day of September, 1677, and nobly bore their part in 
the creation of our free government. 

The Huguenot, Patriotic, Historical and Monumental As- 
sociation of New Paltz erects this monument, the 29th day of 
September, 1908. 



INDEX TO APPENDIX- 

• 

A 

PAGE 

Addison, John 40, 43, gp 

Allen, Matthew 39 

Alsop, William 38 

Andres, Governor Edmund 3, 4, 5, T96 

Anj ou, Gustave 84 

B 

Balcom, Henry K 183, 187 

Barnes, Lewis D 191 

Barberie, John 34 

Bauscher, H. M 179 

Beekman, William 7,y 

Bedford, Jacob 99 

Benson, Egbert 39 

Bevier, Abraham 66 

Bevier, Benjamin, Dr 156 

Bevier, Jacobus 66 

Bevier, Louis 8, 16, 17, 19, 25, 26, 27, 39, 46, 63, 65, 120, 193 

Bevier, Samuel 66, 89 

Blake, Capt. W. H. D 61 

Blanshan, Catharine 84 

Blanshan, Matthew 3, 84 

Blom, Rev. Harmanus 3 

Bogardus, Dr. John 161. 165, t68 

Bogardus, Rev. William R 165 

Bond, Daniel R T65, 167 

Bondet (or Brodet), Rev 6 

Bonrepos. Rev. David i, 4, 6 

Brace, Frederick i77 

Brace, Robert I77 

Brodhead, Abraham D 192, 193 

Bruvn, Cornelius 108 

Bruyn, Zachariah 178, 192 

Burger, John 191 

Burr, Aaron 44) 45 

Butler, Mr. and Mrs I7^> 

C 

Cantine, Moses 56 

Case. Stephen 39 

Clearwater, A. T I93 

Clinton, Charles 33, 39 

Clinton, Governor George 47 

Coddington, Joseph 44 

Coe, Elias i9i 



198 IXDEX TO APPENDIX 

PAGE 

Coklcn, Cadvvallader 32, .^5 

Coltiii, Catliarinc 85 

Cottin, Jean 58 

Crispeil, Antoine 3. 16, 17, 25, 45 

Crocker, Miss 169 

D 

Dai lie. Rev. Pierre 4, 5, 6, 8 

Danielson (Donaldson), Catharine 23 

Dean, William 172 

DeGarmo, William H 178 

Dellius, Rev. Godfridus 5, 6 

Devine, James 173 

Dcwitt, Aaron 161 

Dewitt, Cornelia 169 

Dewitt. D. M • 178 

Dewitt, Moses 161 

Deyo, Aaron 162 

Deyo, Abraham 19, 20, 25, 31, 63, 193 

Deyo, Aliraham A 175, 176 

Deyo, Alfred 168, 178, 181, 183 

Deyo, Andrew 175, 192 

Deyo, Ben j amin 88 

Deyo, Benjamin J I 45, 46 

Deyo, Christian 16. 24, 30, 45, 46 

Dejo, Christopher 29 

Deyo, Daniel A 165, 167 

Deyo, David 63 

Deyo, Elting T 181, 188 

Deyo, Ezekiel 166, 175 

Deyo, Tra 179, 181 

T)cyo, Isaac 63 

Deyo, Jacobus 157, 158 

Deyo, John 162 

Deyo, Jonathan 178, -188, 193 

Deyo, Louis 38 

Deyo, Mathusalem 163 

Deyo, Moses 161 

Deyo, Nathaniel, Dr 156 

Deyo, Perry 28 

Deyo, Peter Cand Pierre) 16, 17, 25. 45, 46, 63. 120, 157, 159, 175 

Deyo, Philip 168 

Deyo, Solomon (^2,, 168. 178, 188 

Deyo, Theodore 1 78, 181 

Deyo, William 46 

Deyo. William W I75 

Dimmick, J. W IT3 

Donaldson, Abraham 88 

Dongan, Governor 4- i<55 

Dow, Abraham 35 

Drake, John T64 

DuBois, Abel 137 

DuBois, Abraham 16, 17, 25, 38, 46, 65, 120. 127, 129, 130. 

131, 132, 133, 135, 139. 152 



INDEX TO APPEXDIX i99 

PAGE 
13^ 

DuBois, Addison gg 

DuBois, Ann ....... •^- • ;•• ; ; ;•;;;;;;;;. ... ,35, 137 

DuBois, Anson, Re\ . L>\ ^^^ 

DuBois. Augustus J29 ' 134. 1*3=; 

DuBois, Benjamin ^25, 128. 135 

DuBois Barent ^^4, 134 

DuBois, Charles 124 

DuBois, Charles A ^^q' ^.^^ ,53 

DuBois, Christian 127 



DuBois, Conrad 
DuBois, Cornell 
DuBois, Lieut.-Col. Cornelius 



^. „ y, 66,107,127,129,147,153 

DuBois, Cornelius ... ■_■ ■ I34 



Dubois, Lieut.-^oi. ^u.ucu.. •„•••- g, 62. 98, 137. 

DuBois, Daniel Id- !/• ^9, -3, 3> ''165, t68, 174, I75, ^92 

. , f24, 129, 137 

DuBois, David 127 

DuBois, Derrick • " ' 131, ^33 

DuBois, Dominicus • \ 131 

DuBois, Edmund C " ' ' 163 

DuBois. Edward ■■■' ^22, 147 

DuBois, Elias 124 

DuBois. Elijah ■_■_■;;; 153 

DuBois. Elisha ,22. 14S, 146 

DuBois, Ephraim ■ 130 

DuBois, Ezekiel 130 

DuBois, Francoise I ; 131 

DuBois, George H 137 

DuBois, George M 146, 149 

DuBois, George W 126, 129 

DuBois. Gerrit 122, 145, iS3 

DuBois, Gideon 163, 

DuBois. Gilbert 66 

DuBois, Hendricus 175 

DuBois. Henry I 183 

DuBois, Henry J 66, 122, 146 

DuBois, Hezekiah 134 

DuBois, Huyhartus t6' 46 66 ' 123 126, 129, i34, I35, 138 

DuBois, Isaac a^, 4 , ' ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^7, 128, 129, iS3 

DuBois, Jacob ' 175, 176, I93 

DuBois, Jacob G 153 

DuBois, Jacob T 151, 152 

DuBois, Jacobus 151 

DuBois, Jacobus N 133 

DuBois, James ' ' 131 

DuBois, James C 131 

DuBois, James S • 123, 149, I5i 

DuBois, Jaques 151 

DuBois, Jean j^, 124, 128, I45, 146, 147 

DuBois, Jeremiah 122, I47 

DuBois, Jesse 136, I45, I47 

DuBois, Joel ^2-^ 123, 126, 127, 146, 1^2 

DuBois, Johannes j;„" ^^^^'^ J34. 136, 137, 147, 187 

DuBois, John "" '.; 124 

DuBois, John Gosman 124 

DuBois, John Jeremiah 



200 INDEX TO APPENDIX 



PAGE 

DuBois, John W i8i 

DuHnis, Jonathan 66, 124, 129, 152 

DuHois, Josaphat 66, 125 

DuBois, Joseph 129, 131, 133, 137 

DuBois, Josiah 167, 168, 175 

DuBois, Joshua 123, 124 

DuBois, Kocrt 153 

DuI5ois, Lemuel 124 

Dul^ois. Col. Lewis 147 

DuBois, Lewis 137, 145, 146, 147 

DuBois, Louis 3, 8, 17, 25, 45, 47, 120, 122, 125, 128. 129, 

130, 137, 138, 14s, 146 

DuBois, Louis V 124 

DuBois, Lowrens 135 

DuBois, Mary ' 16, 17, 165, 167 

DuBois, Matthew 121, 122, 123, 127, 129, 145, 146, 147 

DuBois, Matthias 137 

DuBois, Melissa 163 

DuBois, Nathan 123. 151 

DuBois, Nathaniel 147 

DuBois, Nehimiah 151 

DuBois, Nicholas , . . 131. 133 

DuBois, Nicola 13a 

DuBois, Orrin 137 

DuBois, Peter (and Pierre) 59, 66, 123, 126, 127, 129, 13S. 

146, 147, 151, 152, 153 

DuBois, Peter J 124 

DuBois, Philip 66 

-DuBois, Richard 133 

DuBois, Rohert Patterson 128 

DuBois, Samuel 46, 129, 131, 137, 151 

DuBois, Sarah 128 

DuBois, Simeon 88 

DuBois, Solomon 61, 63, 66, 125, 129, 134, 193 

DuBois, Sophia 130 

DuBois, Thomas 147, 153 

DuBois, Tobias 127 

DuBois, Tennis 153 

DuBois, Tunis V 130 

DuBois, William 131, 133, 151 

DuBois, William Ewing 128 

E 

Ean, Elias 38, 45, 165 

Een, Geesje 24 

Een. Jan (John) 19. 22, 24, 25 

Ehle. Mrs 172 

Ein, Abraham 88 

E!tin<?, Abraham 88, 175, 193 

Elting, Abraham D. B 175 

Kltinsi-, Abraham V. N 178, 181, 190, 19^ 

EltinR, Derrick W 168, 175, 176 

Ehing-, Ezekiel 46, 174 

Elting, H. H 183. 188 



INDEX TO APPENDIX 205 

T T- TT ■ PACE 

Lev evre, Henrietta jj7 

LeFevre, Isaac 17, 19, 25, 28, 114, 115, Vi'6, 117 

LeFevre, Jacob 63, 126, 177, 181, 183, 188, 193 

I^eFevre, Jane j2o 

LeFevre, Jean (John) 17^ '79/ 23^ 25 

LeFevre, Johannes 28, 99, 116 

LeFevre, Jonas N '. . . ' 175 

LeFevre, Jonathan jjj 

LeFevre, Jonathan J jgg 

LeFevre, Josiah P 77^^ 175 

LeFevre, Margaret ' 116 

LeFevre, Maria 116 

LeFevre, Martin 117 

LeFevre, Mary 17 

LeFevre, Melvin t 15 

LeFevre, Matthew 45, 8S 

LeFevre, Moses P 175, 176, 193 

LeFevre, Nathan 193 

LeFevre, Nathaniel 27, 42, 47, 16^ 

LeFevre, Nellie 116 

LeFevre, Peter 45, 46, 97, 99, 115, 116 

LeFevre, Petronella 28 

LeFevre, Petrus 29, 39, 44 

LeFevre, Ralph 168, 179, 183, 188, 193 

LeFevre, Roman G 118 

LeFevre, Sarah 117 

LeFevre, Sarah C 117 

LeFevre, Simon 16, 17, 25, 29, 45, 63, 66, 116, 120 

LeFevre, Solomon 175 

LeFevre, William Il6 

LeFevre, William Chauncey 117 

Leisler, Jacob 5 

Lohmas, Deyo 159 

Lupardus, Rev 6 

M 

Mancius. Rev. G. W 7. 13 

McClanry, T 167 

McMullen, Peter 191 

Merritt, S. W 172 

Michaelius. Rev. Jonas 2 

Molinaer, Rev 6 

Morey, Samuel D 192 

Morpe, Rev 6 

Munsell, Mr 1/6 

N 

Norton, Corodon 161, 192 

Nucella, Rev 6 

O 

Oliver, Andrew I54 

Oliver, Ann 156 

Oliver, Anna I54 



2oC) INDEX TO APPENDIX 



PAGE 

Oliver, Anne 154 

Oliver, Catharine 154 

Oliver, Cornelius 156 

Oliver, Elizabeth 154, 157 

Oliver, Esther 156 

Oliver, Garret N 156 

Oliver, Gitty 157 

Oliver, James 154 

Oliver, Jane 154 

Oliver, John 154 

Oliver, Margaret 155, 156 

Oliver, Maria 154 

Oliver, ]\Iary 134, 157 

Oliver, Matthew 155, 156 

Oliver, Richard 154, 156 

Oliver, Samuel 153 

Oliver, Sarah C 157 

P 

Palmaticr, Peter 39 

Parker, William 169 

Parrot, Marvin 163 

Pells, Abraham 166, 167 

Perret, Rev 6 

Pieret, Rev. Pctrus 6 

Perry. William F 179 

Post. Mr. and Miss 177 

Potter, Blandina .\ 192 

Potter, Charles 192 

Poucher. Dr 192 

Poyer, Joseph 166, 167, 174, 191 

Q 
Qua, Rev. Mr 167, 169 

R 

Rank (Ronk?) 15 

Reeve, Dr. Isaac 191 

Relyea, Rev. Ben j amin 164 

Relvea, Daniel 191 

Rice, Gilbert Cuthbert 161 

Rogers, Augustus 162 

Rose, Daniel 27 

Rosa, Edmund Z9 

Ruggles, Augustus 19? 

Ruggles, (State Superintendent) 187 

S 

Saffer, David 44 

Saxton, Gilbert 44 

Schepmoes. Dewitt 191 

Schoonmaker. Aklert 175- 1/6, 190 

Schoonmakcr, Jacob I 166 

Schoonmaker, Jennie 164 



INDEX TO APPENDIX 207 

PAGE 

Scoval, Miss X69 

Selyns, Rev. Plenry 4^ -_ 6 

Seymour, Timothy "iq-^ 

Sharpe, George H 1^3 

Sinclair. J. H., and Miss 176 

Sloughter, Governor 5 

Smedes, Benjamin igo 

Smedes, Matthew 191 

Smiley, A. K 179, iHo, i8t, 183, 187 

Snyder, Jacob L 183 

Steele, John B j 1 76 

Stilwell, Stephen 175 

T 

Terpening, Bridgen 117 

Terpening, John 19, 22, 25 

Terwilliger, Evert 15 

Teschenmaker, Rev. Peter 4 

Tompkins, Isaac 3c;, 39 

Tompkins, Joseph 35. 39 

Tucker, Sarah 175 

Turck, Jacob 40 

Tuthill, Aaron 162 

V 

VanDriesen, Rev. Jan 12 

Vanderburgh, Henry 35 

Vanderlyn, John N 191 

Van Hovenberg, Dr. Henry 150 

Van O'Linda, Rev. Douw. . 168, 174, 178 

Van Orden, Abraham 97 

Van Orden, Maria 97 

Van Orden, Peter 91 to 97 

Van Orden, Sarah 168 

Van Wagenen, Ann 164 

Van Wagenen, Benjamin 165, 166, 167, 168, 190 

Van Wagenen, Easton 162, 192 

Varrick, Rev. Rudolphus 5 

Vas, Rev 9 

Vennema. Rev. Ame 183 

Vrooman, Rev. Barrent 10 

W 

Walsh, M. McN 178 

Warner, John 97 

Washington, General 107 

Webb, J. K 116 

Webb, (family) 192 

Wentworth, Hugh 40. 42 

Wessenfels, Rev 103 

Westbrook, Frederick 99 

Westbrook. Jonathan 99 

Williams, Nathan 162 

Woolsey, Elijah I75. 178 



208 



INDEX TO APPENDIX 



PAGE 

Wurts, Capt. Cornelius : 174 

Wui-ts, Dr. David 162, 168, 175, 176, 191 

Wurts, George 174, igi 

Wurts, Dr. Jacob ' 162 

Wurts, Maria 175 

Wurts, Dr. Maurice 175 

Wyncoop, Jacob 161 



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